Sanitation Lead I - 3rd Shift

Maker’s Pride, LLC; Itasca (IL); On-site; USD 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Disability insurance

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Bonus opportunities

401k and wellness benefits

Job summary

Maker’s Pride, LLC is seeking a Sanitation Lead in Itasca, IL. The role oversees a team of sanitation operatives, maintains sanitation standards across the production shift, and ensures a safe workplace. Responsibilities include staffing, training, scheduling, and coordinating with audits while promoting regulatory compliance.

Starting pay is $23.40/hr with shift differentials for third shift. Benefits include health/dental/vision, FSA, disability coverage, paid holidays and vacation, and

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required. 3–5 years of applicable sanitation supervision experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership and the ability to drive excellence in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong verbal and written communication, and effective interpersonal skills.
• Computer literacy in Word, Excel and related programs is expected.
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment and leading a diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and direct the sanitation team to meet master cleaning schedules.
• Deploy training plans and ensure staff have appropriate skills.
• Create and present forward resourcing plans for cleaning operations.
• Coordinate sanitation with internal audits and safety practices.
• Ensure compliance with inventory controls and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Team player

Verbal & written communication

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Itasca, 1220 Meacham Rd, Itasca, Illinois, United States of America

Job Description

Posted Friday, August 14, 2026 at 5:00 AM

What We Want to Give You:

• health/dental/vision insurance
• flex spending accounts
• short & long-term disability
• paid holidays and vacation
• bonus opportunities (referral, production, etc.)

Job Summary:

A Sanitation Lead monitors and reviews the activities of a team of sanitation operatives to ensure that all sanitation processes are completed in full and that sanitation standards for a given area are maintained during the production shift.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that the team has the right number of resources with the appropriate skills
• deploying a training plan and adopting appropriate people practices enabling them to
• deliver the master cleaning schedule.
• Create and present clear forward resourcing plant (people and materials) for cleaning
• sanitation, environment and technical; adopt this in light of emerging circumstance to
• minimize food risk.
• Direct and monitor the team’s delivery of the day-to-day sanitation activities, in line with
• the master schedule, to ensure operational integrity.
• Communicate, and validate the team’s adoption of amendments to SOPs to ensure
• change is effectively implemented, and improvements are made to functional sanitation
• performance and safety practices.
• Review equipment and highlight damage, escalating risks, to inform the preventative
• maintenance program.
• Ensure personal and team compliance with inventory controls to facilitate the timely
• replacement of materials.
• Provide appropriate information, in accordance with agreed procedures, to
• customers/regulatory bodies to ensure demonstration of process and procedures.
• Identify sanitation requirements by monitoring changes in the production environment
• developing and refining the SOP’s and master cleaning schedule to ensure safe food is
• delivered in compliance with regulatory, customer codes and identified best practice.
• Coordinate the sanitation aspects of external audits.
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for employees and that as a minimum the
• department meets the standards set in the SHE policy.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED, with between 3-5 years of applicable experience.
• Results oriented, possess strong interpersonal skills, be a team player as well as an independent worker and have strong and effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Recognized as a leader capable of driving excellence.
• Possess leadership skills as well as an appropriate number of technical skills in a larger scale manufacturing environment.
• Computer literate in Word, Excel and other programs.
• Previous experience in a food manufacturing environment or similar industry and experience leading and working in a diverse workforce.

Sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position. It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure they are legally authorized to work in the location to which they apply.

Starting Pay: Sanitation Lead I $23.40/hr., a shift differential is offered for 3rd shift opportunities. Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. The position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive based on company and individual performance. We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees including health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the 90 th day of employment.

This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location.

Maker's Pride is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Itasca, 1220 Meacham Rd, Itasca, Illinois, United States of America