Job Description

The Sanitation Supervisor is extremely important and critical to the production of food products. Leading and training all sanitation employees in the cleanliness of the facility. You must have the ability to work in a fast pace environment, under pressure and follow verbal and written directives. Train and motivate new and seasoned employees. Execute all sanitation and production schedules. Comprehend all SSOP and be flexible and willing to adapt and improvise to accommodate schedule changes in sanitation as well as production.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain an environment that assures a high level of employee and food safety
• Supervise, schedule, coach, train, lead and motivate a shift of sanitation workers to meet planned objectives
• Prepare for regulatory and customer inspections
• Cooperate with engineering and production departments in the required sanitation of equipment and facilities
• Collaborate to improve performance as measured by waste, downtime, and efficiency
• Operate to pre-set Quality and Sanitation standards; improve standards and implement them where they do not exist
• Maintain proper morale and teamwork within the department
• Control inventory (sanitation supplies and chemicals)
• Trouble-shoot problems
• Cross-train employees
• Conduct employee performance evaluations
• Maintain union relations
• Coordinate with Receiving, Production, Shipping, and Maintenance departments
• The ability to clean and sanitize all equipment in this facility as well as learn to clean any new equipment.
• Need to be able to use all equipment that pertains to sanitation.
• Need to be able to comprehend and execute Lock Out/Tag Out (LO/TO).
• The ability to dispense chemicals at the approximate titration.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2-3 years proven work experience in manufacturing, production or industrial setting
• Aptitude in production processing and Food Safety
• Experience and/or education in Food Safety
• Leadership skills
• Work independently, positive work attitude, self-starter, dedicated, detail oriented & professional demeanor
• Ability to work all shifts and weekends (required)
• Knowledge/experience in FDA, USDA, and food plant operations
• Knowledge/experience in pest control in a food plant environment
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

ADDITIONAL ATTRIBUTES:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The incumbent is subject to manufacturing, warehouse, and distribution environments which include proximity to moving parts and exposure to heat, odors, and noise. The position requires the employee to stand, walk, sit, reach above shoulder level, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch. The employee must occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. The position requires flexibility regarding start-times and the number of hours to be worked daily (this is not a "9 to 5" job). Work can include weekend hours as the needs of business dictate.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Work in a noisy environment
• Work indoors as well as outdoors
• Work in wet and/or humid conditions
• Work in cold or hot environments
• Work around machinery

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