Onsite Sanitation & Food Safety Operations Lead

Ecolab Philippines Inc.; Cavite City; On-site; PHP 420,000 - 620,000; Full time

Job summary

Ecolab Philippines Inc. seeks a Production Operations Associate to support and manage day-to-day cleaning and sanitation operations across plants. The role ensures sanitation programs, workforce management, food safety compliance, and continuous improvement.

You will lead about 400 sanitation personnel, supervise staff, monitor productivity, and drive safety, quality, and efficiency improvements while maintaining accurate records and KPI tracking.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline as listed.
• At least 2 years in manufacturing/ sanitation/ facilities management or related environments.
• Experience in supervisory/operational leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily sanitation operations across assigned plants.
• Coordinate manpower, schedules, and resources for uninterrupted operations.
• Resolve safety, quality, and service issues affecting operations.
• Supervise sanitation personnel and optimize workforce utilization.
• Monitor attendance, productivity, and performance.
• Support recruitment, coaching, training, and employee development.
• Ensure sanitation programs, procedures, and standards are followed.
• Verify cleaning effectiveness and maintain documentation.
• Implement corrective actions and operational improvements.
• Ensure GMP, HACCP, food safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Support inspections, audits, investigations, and corrective actions.
• Promote a strong food safety culture across operations.
• Maintain safe and efficient use of sanitation equipment and chemicals.
• Monitor equipment readiness, maintenance, inventories, and consumption.
• Enforce workplace safety standards and incident prevention.
• Serve as primary operational contact for site stakeholders.
• Communicate performance, risks, and support needs.
• Prepare and maintain reports, records, and KPI tracking.
• Identify and implement sanitation improvements for efficiency and cost savings.
• Support adoption of best practices and process enhancements.
• Sustain improvements through standardization and monitoring.

Skills

Leadership

Operations coordination

Team supervision

Documentation & records

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering, Food Technology, Food Engineering, Microbiology, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, Manufacturing Management, or related

Job description

Ecolab Philippines Inc. seeks a Production Operations Associate to support and manage day-to-day cleaning and sanitation operations across plants. The role ensures sanitation programs, workforce management, food safety compliance, and continuous improvement.

You will lead about 400 sanitation personnel, supervise staff, monitor productivity, and drive safety, quality, and efficiency improvements while maintaining accurate records and KPI tracking.