Sanitation Manager

General Job Description:

The Sanitation Manager is responsible for developing, implementing, and continuously improving the Company’s sanitation and hygienic design programs to ensure the production of safe, high-quality food products in compliance with USDA, FDA, BRCGS, customer, and company requirements. This position provides strategic leadership for sanitation programs, personal, Clean-In-Place (CIP) systems, chemical management, and continuous improvement initiatives while fostering a culture for food safety, accountability, and operational excellence

Principal Roles & Responsibilities • Lead, coach, develop, and manage sanitation personnel to ensure safe, effective, and efficient sanitation operations.

• Develop, implement, and maintain the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS), ensuring all routine and periodic sanitation activities are completed and documented.

• Oversee facility, equipment, environmental, and CIP cleaning programs to ensure sanitation procedures are effective and consistently executed.

• Manage and optimize CIP systems, including verification of cleaning parameters, troubleshooting, validation support, and continuous improvement.

• Serve as the facility’s sanitation chemical expert by managing chemical inventories, evaluation chemical effectiveness, working with chemical supplies, and recommending process or product improvements.

• Partner with quality, Operations, Maintenance, and outside service providers to improve sanitation performance and hygienic equipment design.

• Ensure compliance with all applicable USDA, FDA, OSHA, BRCGS, customer, and company food safety and sanitation requirements. • Participate in regulatory, customer, and third-party audits, ensuring the facility remains audit ready and that corrective actions are effectively implemented.

• Monitor sanitation performance through inspections, environmental monitoring, ATP verification, sanitation records, and trend analysis.

• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives that enhance sanitation effectiveness while reducing labor, water, chemical usage, downtime, and operating costs.

• Develop, review, and maintain sanitation procedures, SSOPs, training programs, and sanitation documentation.

• Support food safety investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective and preventative actions related to sanitation.

• Promote a safe work environment by ensuring proper chemical handling, PPE usage, Lockout/Tagout compliance, and adherence to all safety policies.

• Perform other duties as assigned to support plant operations and business objectives.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required. BS Preferred.

• Minimum 5 years of sanitation experience in a food manufacturing environment. • Minimum of 3 years of supervisory or management experience leading sanitation teams.

• Work knowledge of USDA, FDA, GMPs, SSOPs, HACCP, and BRCGS or other GFSI-recognized food safety standards.

• Experience managing Clean-In-Place (CIP) systems, sanitation chemicals, and Master Sanitation Schedules.

• Strong leadership and technical skills required.

• Must possess communication skills.

• Must be able to work effectively in a team-based environment.

• Must be able to work overtime, weekends, and holidays