About the Role
The Dishwasher / Sanitation Technician supports safe, efficient manufacturing by cleaning, sanitizing, organizing, and staging food-grade production equipment, utensils, containers, and work areas. This role helps maintain cGMP, food-safety, sanitation, and cross-contamination controls across Edibles, Beverage, Packaging, and other assigned production areas.
Responsibilities
- Wash, rinse, sanitize, inspect, and properly store utensils, molds, pans, tanks, containers, tools, machine parts, and other production equipment.
- Maintain the dishwashing and sanitation areas in a clean, orderly, and audit-ready condition throughout the shift.
- Perform scheduled and as-needed deep cleaning of sinks, floors, drains, walls, stainless-steel surfaces, equipment, and production workspaces.
- Follow approved sanitation procedures, chemical concentrations, contact times, allergen controls, and cross-contamination prevention practices.
- Safely prepare, label, use, and store cleaning chemicals in accordance with Safety Data Sheets and company procedures.
- Transport cleaned and sanitized items to designated storage or production staging areas without compromising sanitation status.
- Complete sanitation logs, checklists, chemical records, and other required documentation accurately and on time.
- Identify and immediately report damaged tools, equipment concerns, pest activity, spills, safety hazards, or sanitation issues.
- Support trash, recycling, compost, and regulated waste handling in accordance with company procedures.
- Assist production teams with basic cleaning, staging, and material-handling tasks when primary sanitation duties are complete.
- Follow all cGMP, food-safety, PPE, security, and workplace safety requirements.
Requirements
- Ability to follow written procedures, chemical instructions, sanitation schedules, and supervisor direction.
- Dependable attendance, punctuality, attention to detail, and a consistent sense of urgency.
- Ability to work independently while communicating effectively with production and sanitation team members.
- Comfort working around cannabis products and in a highly regulated manufacturing environment.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods and regularly bend, reach, push, pull, and perform repetitive cleaning tasks.
- Ability to safely lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
- Frequent exposure to water, humidity, cleaning chemicals, temperature changes, wet floors, and moderate production noise.
- Ability to wear required PPE, which may include gloves, safety glasses, protective footwear, hair restraints, and other sanitation garments.
- Flexibility to support multiple departments and occasional schedule adjustments based on production needs.
Skills
- Communication
Location
- Rochester, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $18.00/hour
Equal Opportunity
- The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
