Sanitation Manager

The Sanitation Manager will ensure the effectiveness of the cleaning and sanitation program to maintain an appropriate environment for the manufacturing of safe products at our Brockton, MA facility.

Essential Functions of the Job

• Responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the sanitation program.
• Support and ensure compliance with GFSI, FSMA, FDA, OSHA, and State and Local regulations in the areas of GMP, Sanitation, CIP, Pest Control, Environmental Monitoring, and hygienic design programs.
• Ensure that all equipment and environmental surfaces are cleaned per SSOP, according to the cleaning record schedule, and using approved chemicals.
• Lead and train all levels of employees on pre-operational inspections of equipment
• Direct sanitation employee activities and establish priorities for cleaning in keeping with effective operation and cleaning schedule
• Ensure safe handling of chemicals and use of approved chemicals, including obtaining Safety Data Sheets.
• Own, review, and create action plans when nonconformances associated with cleaning activities occur.
• Identify challenges and concerns to communicate/ take corrective actions.
• Responsible for preparing and maintaining all requisite documentation for successful implementation of SQF as it pertains to sanitation and related activities. Including the documents related to: HACCP, SSOP’s, and GMP’s that touch the area of sanitation.
• Responsible for deploying all sanitation department assets in an efficient and safe manner to ensure best in class performance in all sanitation-related internal and external audits.
• Prepare, implement, and audit the Master sanitation schedule to effectively address all equipment and facility cleanliness and suitability to food preparation and manufacture activities.
• Works with third party service providers (such as chemical providers and sanitation consultants) to troubleshoot sanitation issues and drive cost savings.
• Calibrate and clean equipment to ensure results are correct.
• Lead facility CIP validations according to schedule.
• Assist with investigations, troubleshooting, and program review related to incident management.
• Ensure effective safety procedures, tools and record keeping are managed through site leadership.
• Responsible for the Allergen and Non-Allergen Sanitation/Allergen Control Program.
• Govern use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) when required.
• Provide employee coaching and development for team members.

Minimum Qualifications

• ​​5 years of work experience in a Sanitation Leadership role, three years as a HACCP Certified Sanitation Manager for a food processing facility preferred.​
• B.S. in chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Food Science, Microbiology or related field or equivalent related experience.
• QA related experience in a high-speed automated Consumer Goods manufacturing environment preferred (e.g. production of food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and/or household goods)

Preferred Qualifications

• Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) Certification
• SQF Certification
• Preventive Control Qualified Individual (PCQI) Certification
• Allergens Management

Knowledge and Skills

• Understanding of Clean in Place systems
• Knowledge in Food Industry Quality Control Systems as well as FDA Criteria and Good Manufacturing Practices
• Knowledge in microbiology, microbial elimination systems and sanitization of food plants
• Great verbal, written, multi-tasking and presentation skills.
• Must have a working knowledge of MS Word and PowerPoint and be proficient with MS Excel software.

Concord Foods is an EOE

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Ability to Commute:

• Brockton, MA 02301 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $100,000 - $120,000