Sanitation Supervisor

Job Category:

Quality

Sanitation

Sanitation Supervisor

As the Sanitation Supervisor
, you will be a hands‑on leader, expert and advocate. You'll handle deployment, monitoring, and enhancement of sanitation programs to assure processes are effective and meet company standards. You will lead sanitation crews to coordinate CIP and manual cleaning activities, partner training, inspection, and continuous process improvement efforts.

This role is 100% on‑site at our Fairview Plant, in Carthage Missouri. It is an off‑shift position scheduled to work Friday‑Tuesday, 11 pm to 7 am. This shift qualifies for the off‑shift bonus outlined below.

• Relocation Benefits:
  Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus plus a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for the position.
• Off‑shift bonus up to $10,000 annually available for qualifying shifts.
• Extra shift bonus available when working beyond the regular schedule.

• Lead plant sanitation activities.
• Work with sanitation crews as well as leadership, production, maintenance, quality, and other functions to effectively clean/sanitize equipment and the plant before resuming operation.
• Ensure sanitation processes are deployed effectively and efficiently.
• Manage crew performance through training, coaching, and performance feedback to assure delivery of effective sanitation processes.
• Monitor compliance through hands‑on monitoring, inspection, swabbing, and coaching.
• Maintain and administer plant sanitation records; use them to monitor performance and improve sanitation practices based on results.
• Perform pre‑operation inspections, equipment swabbing, environmental monitoring, and other mandatory activities.
• Administer, maintain, and monitor conformance to the Master Sanitation Schedule.
• Work closely with production and maintenance partners to establish effective sanitation practices necessary to maintain a food‑safe environment.
• Coordinate training of sanitation and janitorial partners on required job responsibilities.
• Deploy plant training modules; utilize internal resources and external expertise for partner development.
• Work with internal experts and suppliers to evaluate performance of existing cleaning agents and technologies.
• Optimize resources through effective scheduling and coordination of lean but effective sanitation processes.
• Maintain a partner safe work environment through deployment and monitoring of JHA, lock‑out/tag‑out, and MSDS training and monitoring processes.
• Ensure compliance with Food Safety and Food Quality Plans, plus customer requirements. Interpret and communicate customer requirements to plant production and support groups. Establish and audit PCPs, CCPs, and standard operating procedures to define and monitor processes, ensuring customer requirements are met. Review incidents where procedures were not met and determine corrective action.

• High School diploma/GED; a technical degree in Food, Dairy, Biology, Chemistry, or a related field is preferred but not required.
• 3–7 years of experience in a food manufacturing environment.
• Experience in sanitation or quality control is desired.
• Experience with federal or state government compliance audits related to food manufacturing is a plus.
• Food plant sanitation certification; pest and rodent control licenses are a plus.
• Proficiency in sanitation procedures and GMP/IAB requirements within a food manufacturing environment.
• Clear understanding of quality, OSHA, FDA, and USDA food safety requirements within a manufacturing environment.
• Effective at teaching specific sanitation procedures.
• Strong decision‑making ability.
• Can work well with limited direction.
• Interacts well with others and can develop cohesive working relationships with partners who do not directly report to them.
• Efficient in the use of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Effective communicator.
• Ability to travel up to 5 %.

• Participant in our Employee‑Stock‑Ownership Plan (ESOP) and an 8 % 401(k) match into the ESOP, plus company contributions toward retirement savings (approx. 16 % of earnings).
• Earn incentive pay twice a year when company goals…