Sanitation Manager Arlington, TX, due
Listed on 2026-08-30
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Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Food Quality & Safety, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Quality Engineering, Quality Control - QC Analysts/Managers
Sanitation Manager
About Mowi
Mowi is the world’s leading producer of sustainably farm-raised Atlantic salmon, dedicated to delivering premium seafood with a strong commitment to quality, innovation, and environmental responsibility. As a fully integrated global company, Mowi operates across the entire value chain, from feed production and farming to processing and distribution, ensuring full traceability and consistently high standards.
Headquartered in Bergen, Norway, Mowi employs approximately 12,500 people across 26 countries and is publicly listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company is widely recognized as a global leader in sustainability and has been ranked among the most sustainable animal protein producers by the Coller FAIRR Index.
In the U.S., Mowi’s operations include Ducktrap River of Maine in Belfast, ME, a flagship smoked seafood facility known for combining traditional smoking techniques with modern production practices. Ducktrap plays a key role in delivering high-quality, value-added products while supporting operational excellence and the local Maine community.
The Sanitation Manager is responsible for leading sanitation, food safety, and facility hygiene programs within a fresh seafood processing facility. This role ensures compliance with FDA and USDA regulations, HACCP, GMPs, SSOPs, and applicable third‑party food safety standards, while supporting overall product quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance objectives. The Sanitation Manager leads sanitation teams, owns sanitation programs and documentation, and works cross‑functionally with Quality, Maintenance, Production, and Warehouse to maintain a hygienic, well‑controlled, and audit‑ready processing environment.
The role also supports food safety verification activities, continuous improvement initiatives, and oversight of facility conditions and appearance to ensure the site remains inspection‑ready and visit‑ready at all times.
Responsibilities
Sanitation Program Management
- Develop, implement, and maintain SSOPs and Master Sanitation Schedules for all equipment, processing areas, and facility infrastructure.
- Standardize sanitation methods, materials, and procedures across facilities to ensure consistent food safety and quality outcomes.
- Ensure sanitation programs meet or exceed FDA, USDA, HACCP, customer, and third‑party audit requirements.
- Verify sanitation effectiveness through inspections, environmental monitoring results, checklists, and visual verification.
- Support the development and continuous improvement of food safety and quality programs related to sanitation, allergen control, and preventive controls.
- Lead, train, and supervise sanitation supervisors, leads, and technicians.
- Ensure proper training on safe cleaning practices, chemical handling, lock‑out/tag‑out, scissors‑lift usage, PPE usage, GMPs, and food safety protocols.
- Promote a strong food safety, quality, and safety culture across all shifts, including overnight sanitation.
- Coach teams on the importance of sanitation practices in preventing product contamination, quality defects, and regulatory non‑compliance.
Cross‑Functional Coordination
- Partner with the Quality team on audits, inspections, environmental monitoring programs, investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate with Maintenance and Production to support sanitary design, effective cleanouts, operational efficiency, and minimized downtime.
- Investigate sanitation‑related issues that could impact product safety, product quality, shelf life, customer satisfaction, or regulatory compliance.
- Participate in root cause analysis and corrective action processes for customer complaints, quality incidents, and food safety events where sanitation may be a contributing factor.
- Stay current on emerging sanitation technologies, food safety practices, and cleaning materials, and recommend improvements.
Facilities Upkeep & Contractor Oversight
- Own overall facility condition and appearance in coordination with Maintenance, ensuring the site remains food safe, audit‑ready, and customer‑visit ready at all times.
- Identify facility deficiencies that could impact sanitation, food…
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