Sanitation Manager

Job Summary: The Sanitation Manager is directly responsible for Plant Sanitation.  This position is also the primary back up for the Sr. Quality & Food Safety Manager.  The Sanitation Manager will lead and develop Sanitation Lead and Technicians and ensure the team is driving results in Food Safety, Quality, Sanitation.

Essential Functions:

• Develop and implement food safety programs and procedures as BRC Leader to ensure all aspects of food process, food safety, raw materials, finished food, and customer specifications are covered
  • Develop and execute Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) to ensure excellent facility hygiene is maintained
  • Support creation and training for SSOPs for production equipment in partnership with Operations team
  • Ensure compliance with sanitation aspects of all regulatory, BRC, Third-Party Certifications (Organic, Gluten Free, Kosher) and Customer Food Safety standards and audits
  • Execute procedures and comply with audit requirements including record review, facility review
  • Conduct investigations for Environmental Monitoring Program.
  • Manage Chemical Control and Sanitation Program and external vendor performance
  • Manage sanitation supply and chemical inventories
• Train, supervise, and develop direct reports:
  • Create, Train, and Verify SOPs for Sanitation teams for facility (MSS), drain, and equipment cleaning
  • Conducts and creates sanitation department safety and cleaning training. Arrange for training through sanitation vendors as necessary
  • Teach problem solving, critical thinking, and “Teaming with Production” to Sanitation teams
  • Maintain proper departmental staffing levels and schedules, monitor overtime budget, and develop partners to succeed and grow
  • Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures in area of people management
  • Conduct Performance evaluations and administer disciplinary action as required
• Partner with Warehouse, Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Finance Teams to:
  • Be a presence on the production floor (80% of time is expected to occur on the production floor)
  • Act as the main contact for day-to-day sanitation activities
  • Drive facility sanitation improvements including partnering with Operations to utilize best cleaning methods and technique, evaluate SSOPs, cleaning effectiveness, cleaning order of operations.
  • Ensure plant-wide compliance with all Sanitation programs via training, document and record review
  • Accurately communicate with Supervisors and Managers of other departments
  • Determine Corrective and Preventative Actions for deviations in procedures and processes
  • Provide reliable and accurate departmental information to Finance to ensure that end of month closing schedules are met
  • Maintain and enforce company standards. Coach and train employees on GMP’s.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Biological Science or equivalent
• 7-10 years of experience in Quality Assurance at a food manufacturing facility
• HACCP certification, PCQI certification
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Understanding of production equipment in relation to sanitary design and disassembly, reassembly in relation to sanitation procedures
• Understanding and experience with Sanitation including SSOPs, chemical selection, and supply management
• Flexibility and the ability to remain organized, establish a plan and execute on Company priorities
• Commitment to steadily improving the organization and creating an outstanding performance-based work environment
• Experience with industry standards, regulations, and audits such as: FSMA, GFSI (SQF, BRC), HACCP
• Strong ability to train and engage other employees
• Establish credibility-excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Ability to communicate and understand work instructions in English. Ability to manage communication using various styles (written, oral, symbolic) within a diverse team environment with multiple languages

Working Conditions/Physical Factors:

• Able to conduct work in adherence to BRC and Bridgetown Natural Foods policies
• Able to work in environment containing nuts, peanuts, milk, grains and other allergens
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to safely maneuver through a production and warehouse environment
• Ability to be flexible with work hours, shifts, and shifting priorities based on Production schedule