Sanitation Manager

SK Food Group; Cleveland (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Associate Bonus Programs

Family & Friends Referral Bonuses

DailyPay – Access Earned Pay Sooner

401k Retirement Plan with company math

Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending

Educational Tuition Assistance

Job summary

SK Food Group is seeking a Sanitation Manager in Cleveland, TN to lead the plant sanitation program and drive continuous improvement. The role focuses on compliance with Ready-To-Eat, SQF, USDA, FDA, and CFIA standards while managing environmental monitoring and third-party services.

Reporting to the Sr. Plant Director, this exempt position oversees sanitation operations, budgets, training, and vendor management across the site to ensure food safety and regulatory readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or eight years of related experience in food manufacturing.
• Experience with chemical hygiene/safety preferred.
• Experience in Ready-To-Eat environments, USDA facility experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead sanitation team, promote engagement, high performance, and career development.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance to ensure safe, high-quality products.
• Own sanitation program, master schedule, and KPIs.
• Oversee training for shift associates on safety, GMPs, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure readiness for visual sanitation pre-operational inspections.
• Oversee sanitation budgets and vendor/contractor interactions.
• Drive preventive, risk-based sanitation culture to eliminate contamination risks.
• Support regulatory inspections and customer audits.
• Lead root cause investigations and CAPA for microbiological, chemical, and physical hazards.

Skills

Chemical safety

Environmental monitoring

Pathogen control

Technical writing

Leadership

Team collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Eight years of related experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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Sanitation Manager

Cleveland, TN, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 3332

Salary Range: $84,756.00 To $105,945.00 Annually

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Reports To: Sr. Plant Director

FLSA Status:Exempt

ROLESUMMARY

As the plant’s sanitation leader, the Sanitation Manager is responsible for strategic direction, execution and continuous improvement within the assigned facility. This role ensures the sanitation program is in compliance according to Ready-To-Eat standards, SQF, USDA, FDA, CFIA standards while driving a proactive sanitation and food safety culture. The incumbent holds end-to-end accountability for sanitation performance to include environmental monitoring, third-party services and sanitation compliance site wide.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESinclude the following:

• Lead, manage, coach, and provide direction to plant or 3 rd party sanitation team that promotes a culture of engagement, high performance, and career development.


• Partner closely with Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance leadership to ensure the production of safe, and high-quality food products that meet/exceed customer and regulatory requirements.


• Direct ownership of sanitation program, master sanitation schedule and KPI’s.


• Implement and oversee training for shift associates that align with company standards, safety requirements and other regulatory requirements. Drive engagement, accountability, and a strong safety and food culture sitewide.


• Oversee equipment assembly in adherence with specific SOPs and Plant procedures, resulting in timely preparation of the facility for a visual Sanitation Pre-Operational inspection.


• Responsible for ensuring associate adherence of safety standards, OSHA requirements and SKFG policies and procedures.


• Ensure effective onboarding and ongoing training in sanitation, GMPs, food safety, and chemical safety.


• Manage and adherence to Sanitation budget.


• Provide oversight of 3 rd party sanitation contractors (where applicable), chemical company and other vendors as applicable to the site. Evaluate vendor performance and leverage their technical expertise to achieve plant sanitation goals.


• Drive a preventive, risk-based sanitation culture focused on eliminating contamination risks.


• Serve as key contributor to ensure site readiness for regulatory inspections and customer audits.


• Lead root cause investigations and CAPA for microbiological, chemical and physical hazards to ensure food safety compliance.


• Act as primary Sanitation lead during food safety incidents and crisis response.


• Drives continuous improvement of the program.


• Other duties as assigned.

Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this position.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position supervises third shift SK Food Group Sanitation associates and oversees contractor sanitation execution (where applicable).

QUALIFICATIONS /EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) or eight years of related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience with Chemical Hygiene/Safety preferred. Experience in Food Manufacturing, specifically Ready-To-Eat environments, is required. Experience in a USDA facility required.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS

HACCP certificationand/or PCQI certification, Sanitation certification(s) completed with 3 rd party provider.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Knowledge of chemical use, including safety and disposal required.


• Knowledge of environmental monitoring and pathogen control.


• Basic math skills required. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area and volume.


• Technical writing skills required.


• Must be able to think logically, problem solve and troubleshoot. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.


• Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office Suite, is required.


• Must possess strong time management, people management, communication and organization skills.


• Must be a team player, able to coach and able to develop associates.


• Must possess an understanding of how equipment works and its design.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and extreme cold (non-weather). The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

REQUIRED TRAINING

This position requires training on Good Manufacturing Practices critical to the effective implementation of the Food Safety Plan and the maintenance of food safety, quality and process efficiency. Training is also required on how to identify food safety issues such as temperature control, cross-contamination, sanitation and cleanliness of the lines, etc., critical to the effective implementation of the Food Safety Plan and the maintenance of food safety, quality and process efficiency.

BENEFITS:

SK Food Group provides competitive salaries and a wide variety of benefits including programs that provide for your health and welfare, help you prepare for retirement and truly enable you to balance your work and family life.

• Associate Bonus Programs


• Family & Friends Referral Bonuses


• DailyPay – Access Earned Pay Sooner


• 401k Retirement Plan with company match


• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays


• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts


• Educational Tuition Assistance

ABOUT US:

Established in 1943, the SK Food Group is a leader in the food manufacturing and wholesale food sales industry. We produce a complete line of products for many different market segments including retail, convenience stores, vending and the transportation industry. In addition, we pride ourselves on the sub-contract manufacturing and private labeling capabilities our company offers to customers throughout the United States. Please visit http://www.skfoodgroup.com for more information.