Sanitation Supervisor

Position Summary

Manages and directs all operations of the plant Sanitation Department.

General Purpose

Strategic planning; food safety; problem resolution

Role Qualifications

• Must develop systems and controls to ensure compliance with quality standards.
• Must communicate with all department managers and USDA to accomplish their goals.

Position Responsibilities

• Crider, Inc. requires all employees to comply with and support all Food Safety and Quality policies, programs, and procedures to ensure our products meet and exceed consumers’ expectations.
• Develops and directs procedures and methods to ensure that quality standards are met and maintained.
• Enforce Company and OSHA safety rules and regulations.
• Conduct weekly safety meetings and training.
• Enforce Company and USDA rules and regulations on Gmp’s, HACCP, etc.
• Maintain micro plate counts at 100 or below and 3,000 or below on Charm swabs.
• Ensure the plan is released to production on time.
• Assure the equipment to be used in production is clean and set every day.
• Maintain chemicals and labor cost at budget or below.
• Prepare chemicals, labor, and material budget at the end of each year.
• Order and maintain records of all materials needed.
• Perform and maintain records of all material inventories and communicate with immediate supervisor and accounting once per week.
• Maintain records and control of water usage.
• Communicate to immediate supervisor day to day operation and Department needs.
• Develop a sanitation crew training program and form to document the training.
• Perform quarterly and yearly evaluations of your employees.
• Develop a program for daily and periodic cleaning for our facility and maintain records.
• Maintain SSOP’S and pre-op daily records.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Leadership: demonstrated ability to lead people and get results from others.
• Planning: ability to think ahead and plan over a one to two-year period
• Management: the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities
• Problem analysis and problem resolution capabilities at both strategic and functional levels
• Strong food safety orientation
• Commitment to company values

Preferred Relevant Skills and Experience

• Microbiology degree
• HACCP certified
• Experience in sanitation (Cook Plants)

Computer skills

Positions reporting to this person

• Sanitation supervisor and crewmembers

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essentials functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear. The incumbent must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

General Sign-Off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to policies. The company reserves the right to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the company desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “AT- WILL.” Qualified employees who, because of a physical or mental impairment that significantly limits a major life activity, require a reasonable accommodation to perform the essential functions of this position should notify their Manager or Human Resources.

Food Safety Sign-Off: All team members at Crider Foods must adhere to our food safety requirements and must report food safety problems to management. All attempts should be made to ensure that the written and digital records are documented at the time the activity is performed, legible, clear, concise and suitably authorized (not falsified) by those undertaking monitoring (documented work tasks). This position may be responsible for the inspection and verification of records.

“We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law”.