Sanitation Manager

This position will lead the sanitation team for their Long Island manufacturing facility. You will be responsible for establishing and scaling a strong hygiene/sanitization program, that maintains quality compliance, and business continuity. The position will serve to support the successful execution of business strategies while meeting or exceeding quality performance goals.

This is an opportunity to build and own the function during a pivotal growth phase, establishing processes, credibility, and structure that will support long-term success. It offers meaningful visibility, influence, and the chance to shape how practices are executed across the organization.

** Experience with in a manufacturing setting such as personal care, pharma, food/beverage, or adjacent consumer/manufacturing settings. **

Location:

onsite at their Suffolk, County, NY facility.

• Lead and supervise the sanitation team (staffing/coverage, daily execution, coaching, onboarding) and enforce GMP hygiene expectations across compounding, filling, warehouse, and support areas
• Own sanitation master schedule and standards; verify execution, and maintain GDP-compliant records
• Develop and track KPIs and trends; communicate performance, risks, and action plans to leadership and drive continuous improvement
• Build a risk-based, scalable hygiene program that is resilient to volume fluctuation
• Standardize and simplify practices while managing cost and sustainability (chemical, water/energy, waste)
• Provide hygienic design input for new equipment/capital projects and support commissioning activities
• Lead internal hygiene audits, close findings, and support customer/regulatory audits as the hygiene SME
• Design, implement, and maintain a comprehensive hygiene training program for all relevant plant personnel
• Develop role-based training content (GMPs, hygienic zoning, cleaning verification, documentation)
• Conduct behavioral audits of plant areas and close gaps with targeted retraining and process improvements
• Maintain training records and ensure readiness for internal/external audits
• Own the facility’s environmental monitoring strategy (risk-based sites, frequencies, and escalation pathways)
• Coordinate sampling plans and schedules to align with production
• Trend data, identify issues, and lead cross-functional actions to mitigate risk
• Prepare EM summaries for review and for regulatory/customer requests as applicable
• Partner with the microbiology lab to ensure effective sample handling, result interpretation, and timely communication of risks
• Support deviation/OOS/OOT investigations related to hygiene, EM, utilities, cleaning, and micro risk; lead root cause analysis and CAPA development
• Provide technical input for cleaning validation and verification
• Serve as the hygiene technical interface between Facilities, Safety, Quality, Operations, and Planning
• Align sanitation with production planning (downtime windows, shutdowns, deep cleans, line trials)
• Coordinate with facilities on hygienic design issues, water/air systems, pest prevention, and infrastructure upgrades
• Ensure sanitation chemical selection/use aligns with safety and compatibility with surfaces/equipment

• 5+ years of progressive experience within manufacturing hygiene sanitation in personal care, pharma, food, or adjacent consumer/manufacturing sectors
• Proven success in small-to-mid-size or high-growth organizations where leaders are hands-on
• Deep working knowledge of:
• Hygienic manufacturing practices and plant sanitation
• Quality systems – audits, deviations, investigations, change controls, CAPAs, and risk assessments
• Microbiology and environmental monitoring programs
• Practical, action-oriented, and comfortable rolling up sleeves
• Able to teach, mentor, and build sustainable and scalable processes
• Strong data and systems fluency; able to assess complex information to drive decisions and actions
• Proven track record in leading cross-functional projects from concept to implementation
• Available for light travel to their Midwest facility