Sanitation Manager

Our client is one of America’s premier agribusiness and dairy food companies and is a member-owned cooperative with industry-leading operations that span the spectrum from agricultural production to consumer foods. With annual sales of over $19B, they are one of the nation’s largest cooperatives, ranking 232 on the Fortune 500. Building on a legacy of more than 100 years of operation, they today operate some of the most respected brands in agribusiness and food production including Dairy Foods, Animal Nutrition, others.

The Sanitation Manager provides leadership and guidance in the areas of sanitation, sanitary design, risk analysis and HACCP. Operational Pre-Requisite Programs for the Quality Department. Primarily responsible to support all phases of sanitation, sanitary design and pathogenic environmental risk control for the Kiel facility.

This individual is part of the Quality Department and will report to the Quality Assurance Manager. This role will: own, manage, understand, communicate and lead sanitation and ensure all sanitation activities are performed in an effective manner for the Milk Intake Facility in Tulare, CA. The position will interact with operations at all levels, corporate QA, 3rd party vendors, R&D and be a vital contributor to the sanitation and food safety programs for the site.

Hours: – This role may require off shift hours, weekends and Holidays as needed.

• Provides expertise and functional leadership relating to the implementation and execution of Sanitation, Chemical, Pest Control programs and processes within the plant.
• Manage and lead the day-to-day Sanitation, Chemical, programs and documentation.
• Leads continuous improvement efforts within the plant to ensure sanitation programs are developed and implemented within the production organization.
• Drives knowledge and understanding of sanitation practices throughout the plant; provide best practices expertise surrounding cleaning practices, CIP systems and sanitary design of equipment and processes.
• Oversees the implementation of concepts to support hazard analysis, risk assessments, sanitation, continuous improvement and system/process application.
• Continuously evaluates facility sanitary conditions, assessing risk based on food safety and public health principles, prioritizing corrective actions, and verifying sanitation activities and validation testing.
• Responsible for understanding and complying with applicable quality, environmental and safety regulatory considerations.
• Excellent communicator, experienced at delivering training.

• Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, or related field with Operations Management and 3+ years of food, beverage or dairy sanitation experience OR High School Diploma and 5+ year of Sanitation experience in a food, dairy or beverage industry.
• Experience implementing leadership and leading people in a manufacturing/production environment.

• Skilled in project management orientation and implementing organizational change related projects.
• Uses explicitly defined visual processes to track and follow-up on assignments and take appropriate corrective action.
• Experience reading, analyzing, and interpreting complex documents and responding effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints.
• Experience making effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to management.
• Knowledge of chemical usage and safety.
• Certified in SQF, Food Safety, and/or HACCP preferred.
• Understands Halal and Kosher claim requirement.