| 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. |
| Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities |
- 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.
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| Education and Experience |
- 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.
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| Skills and Abilities |
- 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.
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