Sanitation Manager

JobSquad; Buckner (KY); On-site; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

JobSquad is seeking a Sanitation Manager in Buckner, KY, to lead the sanitation team and ensure compliance with food safety requirements. This role oversees planning, budgeting, and execution of sanitation programs across the facility.

The ideal candidate will drive continuous improvements, manage audits with QA, and coordinate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and R&D for sanitary design and new equipment. On-site, full-time, with shift from 2:00 AM to 10:00 AM.

Qualifications

• Experience leading sanitation teams in food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of sanitation programs and standards.
• Ability to plan labor and resources to meet schedules.

Responsibilities

• Lead sanitation team to ensure safe, compliant operations.
• Direct all sanitation activities to meet food safety requirements.
• Plan labor and resources to support production and sanitation goals.
• Develop and improve sanitation programs and standards facility-wide.
• Monitor performance using key metrics and drive corrective actions.
• Collaborate with QA to validate sanitation effectiveness and audits.

Skills

Sanitation leadership

Safety compliance

Team coaching

Regulatory audits

Job description

Job Title

Sanitation Manager

Job Location

Buckner, KY

Pay and Hours for Job + Benefits

$110,000/ 2:00 AM-10:00 AM (some flexibility on this time) Monday-Friday (weekends based on business need)

Job Description

MUST HAVE FOOD OR QUALITY EXPERIENCE The Sanitation Manager provides strategic leadership for all sanitation operations across the facility, ensuring processing and packaging equipment and facilities consistently meet company, customer, regulatory, and food safety requirements. This role is responsible for managing, coaching, and developing the sanitation team, ensuring production readiness through effective sanitation practices, driving continuous improvement initiatives, optimizing labor and operating costs, and maintaining compliance through successful internal and external audits.

Essential Functions, Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop, and manage the Sanitation team to ensure a safe, engaged, and high-performing workforce.
• Direct all sanitation activities to ensure equipment and facilities meet company, customer, regulatory, and food safety requirements.
• Plan, prioritize, and allocate labor, equipment, and resources to support production schedules and sanitation objectives.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve sanitation programs, procedures, and standards across the facility.
• Monitor sanitation performance through key metrics (including SE, PEM, and MSS), identify trends, perform gap analyses, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Investigate sanitation-related issues, determine root causes, and partner with cross-functional teams to implement sustainable solutions.
• Partner with Quality Assurance to validate sanitation effectiveness, evaluate environmental monitoring results, and ensure continuous compliance.
• Lead and support internal, customer, SQF/BRC, FDA, and other regulatory audits, ensuring audit readiness and timely resolution of findings.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and R&D to support new equipment installations, product commercialization, and sanitary design initiatives.
• Manage the sanitation operating budget, inventory, and procurement of sanitation supplies.
• Develop and deliver sanitation-related training to ensure compliance with company standards and regulatory requirements.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to perform the following: standing, climbing, pulling, and or pushing, carrying, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning and stooping.
• Ability to walk and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to work overtime and extended hours as required.
• Good physical condition with the ability to lift up to 50 lbs frequently.
• Good hand/eye coordination, motor skills, 20/20 corrected vision and hearing within the normal range.

Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements

• Must wear all required personal protection equipment associated with specific manufacturing work environment and job duties as stated in the Employee Handbook, posted policies, or as assigned by leadership personnel.
• Maintain clean and safe working environment and follow all safety policies and procedures, such as lock out/tag out, safe lifting techniques, and all others as instructed.
• Inform Management of any food safety or quality issues or of any processes which become noncompliant with specified requirements.

Food Safety

• Notify supervision of any repairs or adjustments that are required.
• Understand, observe, and comply with the handling and usage of the color-coded container policy while in the Production Areas.
• Perform all duties necessary to meet Company, Customer and/or Government requirements/standards as prioritized by the Company.
• Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system.
• Identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety system.
• Controls further processing or delivery of nonconforming product in terms of Food Safety and Quality issues until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been correct

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