3rd Shift Sanitation Supervisor – Food Safety & KPI Leader

Kraft Heinz; Garland (TX); On-site; USD 78,000 - 97,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellbeing programs

401k plan

Job summary

Kraft Heinz Garland Plant is seeking a 3rd shift Sanitation Supervisor to coordinate and execute the plant’s sanitation program, ensuring food safety, cost efficiency, and KPI delivery. Lead hourly teams, manage chemical usage, and partner with corporate and third-party providers to drive improvements.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 2+ years in quality/production sanitation, and willingness to work a 3rd shift with occasional schedule changes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in food science or equivalent education and experience to know sanitary production of food and government regulations regarding food operations.
• 2+ years’ experience in Quality, Laboratory, or Production experience with emphasis on Quality Control
• Certified Sanitarian or ASQ Certified Quality Engineer preferred.
• Knowledge in HACCP, Microbiology, Sanitation, Chemical Safety, Pest Control, and Quality Systems.
• Understand and align with government regulations relating to OHSA, FDA, USDA, and EPA.
• Computer skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Work schedule is primarily 3rd shift but be able to periodically change shifts for business needs.

Responsibilities

• Achievement of established business unit/plant goals in sanitation compliance, effectiveness, safety, quality, and cost efficiency
• Provides leadership and guidance to hourly Sanitation Coordinators, analysts, Byproducts Leads/team, Janitorial Lead/team, chemical supplier reps., and outside pest control operator.
• Monitors all weekly sanitation records for compliance and follows-up to ensure adherence to programs and established limits to ensure food safety.
• Leads plant sanitation improvement projects, automation, and expansion projects.
• Directs and reports on overall plant sanitation programs including PSS, RSS, PIC/PEC, expansion, and extended runs.
• Develops, participates, and reports on monthly plant KPI’s.
• Partner with business leaders on implementation of process improvement (Six Sigma / Lean/Kraft Heinz Global Production System (HGPS)), including leading change initiatives, planning, and facilitation.
• Manage and evaluate the Sanitation staff including but not limited to performance management and employee development, etc.
• Oversees, tracks, and reports chemical usage and supply control programs to ensure proper levels of utilization and optimize costs.
• Directs sanitation environmental control programs like clean equipment swabs, environmental monitoring, and pathogen testing.
• Coordinates and conducts full sanitation audits including equipment tear downs to ensure effectiveness of equipment cleaning procedures.
• Monitors plant infrastructure for compliance and develops action plans for continuous improvement.
• Communicates closely with all functions and levels of the plant organization, including corporate quality, production, and sanitation.
• Leads sanitation training for operators and maintenance.
• Trains, develops, and maintains plant sanitation SOWI’s, sanitation programs and reports.
• Manages sanitation tool, brush, and bucket programs to ensure proper tools for the job and compliance with plant color code policies.
• Member of plant food safety team participating in FSSC certification and HACCP validations.
• Active participant in sanitation and Pest control KHMS programs
• Supports R&D trials, plant commercialization, and A-1 sanitary design for projects.

Skills

Sanitation leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Data monitoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Shift flexibility

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Kraft Heinz Garland Plant is seeking a 3rd shift Sanitation Supervisor to coordinate and execute the plant’s sanitation program, ensuring food safety, cost efficiency, and KPI delivery. Lead hourly teams, manage chemical usage, and partner with corporate and third-party providers to drive improvements.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 2+ years in quality/production sanitation, and willingness to work a 3rd shift with occasional schedule changes.