Site Manager - Dublin Ln, Owensboro, KY

Position Summary

As a Site Manager II specializing in food processing sanitation, you will lead a dedicated team to ensure rigorous cleanliness and hygiene standards, safeguarding product quality and consumer safety. You will shape industry-leading practices and deliver excellence in sanitation.

• Leader in food safety solutions for both contract sanitation and chemistry in the food processing industry.
• Over 10,000 dedicated team members across North America.
• Corporate headquarters in Atlanta, GA with team members working in over 250 plants throughout North America.
• Over 50 years of experience in creating long‑lasting partnerships.

• Protect What Matters: ensuring the health of everyone is central to all we do – from plant team members to consumers.
• Deliver On Our Promises: speaking honestly and upholding ethical standards.
• Win as a Team: collaborating to unlock potential and achieve stronger results together.
• Advance a Safer Future: innovating more effective, sustainable, and cost‑efficient food safety solutions.

Job

Duties Include:

• Plan, develop, and implement strategy for operational management to meet performance, safety, timeliness, and budget requirements.
• Manage and control site expenditures within approved budgets.
• Manage site usage of labor, supplies, and chemicals to ensure P&L standards are met.
• Evaluate and document sanitation processes for potential cost savings, citing specific areas, dollars, and percentages to support recommendations.
• Monitor, measure, and report on operational issues, opportunities, improvement plans, and achievements within agreed formats and time frames.
• Communicate daily with Area Manager to report accidents, downtime, damage, and other important plant issues.
• Communicate daily with Corporate office regarding items such as nightly logs, payroll, chemical and supply orders, timesheets, etc.
• Complete weekly internal safety audits on staff and equipment to ensure a safe work environment.
• Set, monitor, motivate, and track specific goals for the sanitation crew regarding working safely, cleanly, and on time.
• Manage and develop direct reporting staff, including interviewing, hiring, training, coaching, motivating, evaluating, and adjusting pay rates and hours of work.
• Ensure compliance with all internal company procedures and policies, including Human Resources, Accounting, IT, and general customer service.
• Implement the company’s training programs, including safety training and ERP.
• Coordinate responses to any governmental or customer deficiencies.
• Report and investigate all accidents.
• Monitor treatment of injured team members and assist workers’ compensation in providing restricted duty work.
• Liaise with the company’s customers and attend sanitation meetings (e.g., production, USDA, audits) on behalf of the company.
• Communicate customer responsibilities for sanitation of the facility, submit corrective actions when necessary, and follow up to ensure resolution to their satisfaction.
• Act as liaison with regulatory agencies as needed, supported by Human Resources, Payroll, and Technical Services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Ability to read, write, add, and subtract.
• 2 years of relevant sanitation experience.
• General working knowledge of computers/technology (Microsoft Office programs: Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) and work in environments with extreme temperature fluctuations.

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• 2-year degree from Community College or University.

This position reports to a processing facility that may have hot, cold, and wet conditions. The use of PPE is required, which may consist of a hard hat, rain jacket, rain pants, boots, goggles, gloves, etc.

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Basic Life Insurance
• Short-term Disability
• Long-term Disability
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Holidays (Varies by Location)
• Paid Vacation
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training & Development Opportunities

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