Sanitation Manager - 1st Shift; Assistance

Job Summary

Reporting to the Director of Operations, you will oversee sanitation activities and two crews of employees in a food manufacturing environment including equipment cleaning during scheduled line downtime, execution of Master Sanitation program, 24/7 facilities cleaning, pest control, and plant regulatory and food safety compliance programs for sanitation.

• Directly manage sanitation activities to ensure compliance to Sanitation Procedures and regulatory requirements (USDA/FDA) within the plant.
• Meet our strategic needs by being involved in cross-functional teams within the plant to lead sanitation knowledge and improvement.
• Determine resources and provide technical guidance, training, and leadership to sanitation personnel.
• Advise senior management on effectiveness of routine plant sanitation and cleaning programs.
• Lead plants during special plant sanitation issues including microbiological and environmental control.
• Ensure plant follow up of Pathogen Environmental programs to detect and eliminate sources of contamination.
• Provide sanitary design recommendations for our equipment and modification/installation of existing/new equipment.
• Creates Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures and owns implementation of new/revised cleaning processes.
• Ensure all Sanitation documentation is being filled out correctly and effectively. Oversee upkeep/revision of all Sanitation department procedures and documents.
• Represent Sanitation department in all engineering projects to ensure sanitary design aspects of the project and review/approve project for compliance with sanitary design goals.
• Maintain cost-effective programs and practices within the plant sanitation program.
• Manage Sanitation Department budget
• Manage technical training for plant sanitation employees and auditors.
• Attend technical meetings to update knowledge in advances in sanitation and pest control.
• Conduct internal sanitation and pest control audits.
• Represent Sanitation Department during regulatory and food safety related plant audits.
• Provide recommendations for equipment and machinery-based change (new equipment, retrofits or design modifications of existing equipment and sanitary design reviews).
• Work with Maintenance department and equipment vendors to ensure that new equipment meets sanitary design and regulatory design requirements before installation.
• Validates that equipment modifications or new equipment can be cleaned and sanitized to a microbial level.
• Implement and maintain company Sanitation Procedures within the plant.
• Work with preferred pest management vendors during their service visits to the facility as needed.
• Work with external sanitation vendors to improve sanitation performance and costs.
• Use process metrics and experience to prevent problems that could affect product quality and safety.
• Investigate sanitation issues, which are resulting in product contamination, reduced shelf-life, or customer rejection of products.
• Aid in the identification of root cause and corrective actions. Reliable and regular transportation and attendance.

• Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years experience in food manufacturing experience in sanitation leadership roles.
• Excellent knowledge of applicable FDA, USDA, and HACCP requirements.
• PCQI Certified, preferred
• Experience with sanitary design, sanitation and pest management in food processing.
• Experience leading and building teams
• Experience with microbiological organisms and their impact on process design, sanitary design and sanitation.

• A working knowledge of food technology, food science, microbiology or chemistry preferred.
• Understanding of pathogens and other food contaminants.
• Understanding of modes of control of various sanitation chemicals and physical cleaning.
• Communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills.
• Prior experience with government regulatory requirements in the processing of food.
• Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) a plus.
• Ability to work nights and weekends.
• Must be able to work in a facility that processes food allergens.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to fingers; handle; and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl; and talk and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision;

peripheral vision; and ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be willing and able to wear approved PPE as specified by GMP standards. The employees are regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places; extreme heat and cold. While employee is performing regular duties they are also exposed to possible risk of electrical shock.

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