Sanitation Lead I - B Crew

Maker’s Pride, LLC; Ohio; On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flex spending accounts

Disability insurance

Holidays and vacation

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Maker’s Pride, LLC is seeking a Plant Sanitation Lead to drive the sanitation program across the site. You will train production staff to identify GMP issues and enforce current food safety standards, communicating clearly with the Sanitation Manager and Plant Manager.

You will develop sanitation procedures, maintain schedules, and ensure readiness for inspections while leading continuous improvement in sanitation operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2–3 years in sanitation or food safety role.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe chemical handling, PPE use and safety for sanitation staff.
• Assist in developing and maintaining sanitation programs (FSMA, MSS).
• Lead investigations of consumer complaints and guide remediation actions.
• Develop sanitation procedures and maintain related paperwork.
• Collaborate with sanitation and QA teams to identify issues.
• Ensure facility readiness for third-party, customer or regulatory inspections.
• Support policy alignment with company and customer standards.
• Mentor contract workers where applicable and manage the Master Sanitation Schedule.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities in sanitation processes.
• Perform pre-operational inspections and maintain supplies.
• Train staff in proper sanitation methods.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Conflict resolution

Analytical thinking

Teamwork

Detail-oriented

Tools

Excel

Email

Job description

What We Offer:

We offer a competitive wage and wide array of benefits including:

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

Hours of Operation:

Panama Shift Pattern (2-2-3)

B Crew: 6:00AM to 6:00PM

Job Summary:

The Plant Sanitation Lead is responsible for executing the Sanitation program, and for ensuring that all current Food Safety Standards are being met throughout the site. The Sanitation lead will train and develop production employees to be able to identify and control GMP issues and to enforce all current food safety standards. The Sanitation Lead will be responsible for communicating in a clear manner any Sanitation issues to the Sanitation Manager, Plant Manager, and/or all the Production and Sanitation Staff.

Job Duties:

Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Ensures that employees all sanitation employees are practicing safe chemical handling, PPE use, and human safety issues related to sanitation activities;
• Assist in the development of and maintenance of Sanitation programs (FSMA, MSS, etc.) for a variety of products in compliance with customer and government regulations.
• Assist with consumer complaint issues and lead plant teams in the direction necessary to minimize complaints.
• Assist with the development of Sanitation procedures and paperwork.
• Work with the Sanitation Team in identifying sanitation or regulation issues at assigned facility.
• Ensure that the facility is ready for Third Party, Customer or Regulatory inspections.
• Assist with policy, procedures and paperwork to ensure that all Company and Customer standards are achieved in assigned plant.
• Provide an atmosphere that allows for the development of contract workers (if applicable)
• Assist with the management of the Master Sanitation Schedule.
• Identify Continuous Improvement opportunities of facility sanitation.
• Perform pre-operational inspections.
• Maintain supply inventories.
• Work with the Quality Assurance Department to identify and correct sanitation or environmental issues at assigned facility.
• Responsible for the dilution testing of all chemicals as required.
• Train employees under their leadership in the proper sanitation methods.
• Other duties as identified or assigned by Sanitation Manager.

Required Competencies & Knowledge:

Knowledge of:

• Must understand the seven steps of cleaning and sanitizing for wet or dry facilities
• Must understand the Master Sanitation Plan for the facility
• Must have a good understanding of plant GMPs.
• Must have a complete understanding of the use of PPE, chemical safety, wheeled and other machinery used to access plant areas.

Skill in:

• Demonstrated good record in handling conflicts with positive and practical attitude.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, computer literate, self-motivated and able to make sound food safety decisions.
• Excellent attendance.

Ability to:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, analytical ability, leadership strength and ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization.
• Work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have a strong working relationships with the Sanitation Supervisor, Sanitation Manager and Quality Assurance Manager.

Proficiency in:

• Excel and Email Correspondence.

Work Environment:

• Work is primarily done in a production environment.
• Frequent production environment exposure includes noise, dust, moving machinery, fork lifts, water, chemicals, and fluctuations in temperature and humidity.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 to 3 years of experience in a sanitation or food safety role.

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.