Sanitation Lead - Micro & Contamination Control

Forest Park, GA - USA (West Facility)

Forest Park, GA - USA (Main Facility)

Full time

23152

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The Sanitation Lead will manage sanitation functions at the Clorox Atlanta West manufacturing facility, providing expertise in sanitation, GMP, microbiological, and environmental programs while partnering with the Plant Management and Quality Teams. This role will establish and continuously improve sanitation policies and procedures, support cross-functional departments, drive contamination and non‑compliance prevention, and ensure regulatory and corporate requirements are met. The position will also lead training, problem‑solving, and continuous improvement initiatives, communicate technical information across all levels of the organization, and provide backup support to the Plant Quality Leader as needed.

• Ensure that the plant cleaning and sanitation procedures are effective and efficient. Provides operational support and analytical problem‑solving at the manufacturing site, drawing on internal and external experts as appropriate, and managing improvement plans and activities. Ensure practices are in place and standardized to ensure that stable conditions exist that ensure product safety and quality assurance standards are maintained in compliance with Federal regulations.
  
  Performs plant environmental, and sanitation audits and testing. Manages plant master sanitation schedule (MSS). Ensures documentation adherence and compliance. This position manages 3rd party suppliers and is accountable for the sanitation chemical and pest control services. Partners with Engineering, Operations, and Technical Services to ensure sanitary design principles are incorporated into new equipment, utilities, facility modifications, and process changes to minimize contamination risk and support sustainable hygienic operations.

• S upports the continuous improvement of the Sanitation function by identifying and resolving gaps/waste in systems, tools, and processes. Identified as the SME for key Sanitation processes to ensure they are effectively managed, standardized, maintained, and continuously improved.

• Ensures plant personnel are appropriately trained on sanitation methods. Provides sanitation and contamination control approval for new equipment installation, process changes, cleaning validation activities, and startup qualifications. Ensures sanitation of lines for new or changes to formulations meet plant and federal standards for documentation.

• Provides strategic leadership and functional vision to help develop the plant and quality journey milestones. This role identifies key leverage points within organization to drive sanitation improvements. Lead processes to improve sanitation by establishing credibility with business management team. Leads sanitation and contamination control readiness for internal, corporate, customer, and regulatory audits, ensuring sustained compliance and effective response to audit findings.

• Own and manage the site’s contamination control programs, including environmental monitoring, water systems monitoring, and sanitation effectiveness verification. Partner with Site Quality Leadership, Corporate BQM, Operations, Engineering, and other cross‑functional stakeholders to maintain effective contamination control programs. Lead the review, trending, and interpretation of Environmental Monitoring (EM), Cleaning & Sanitation (C&S), water monitoring, and…