Sanitation Supervisor

KCO Resource Management; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

KCO Resource Management is seeking a 3rd Shift Sanitation Supervisor to lead the overnight sanitation team in a food production environment. The role involves ensuring compliance with stringent food safety standards, supervising sanitation operations, and driving continuous improvements. Candidates should possess leadership skills and relevant experience, ideally with a scientific background.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Microbiology, Food Science, or similar preferred.
• Experience leading sanitation and quality compliance.
• Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices essential.

Responsibilities

• Supervise overnight sanitation team, ensuring compliance with safety standards.
• Implement and revise sanitation schedules and maintain hygiene protocols.
• Perform regular inspections for compliance and report variances.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a science-based area

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

SAP

Job description

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$65,000.00/yr - $80,000.00/yr

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We’re partnering with a leading food manufacturer in North America that’s hiring a 3rd Shift Sanitation Supervisor. This critical role offers the opportunity to lead the overnight sanitation team in a high-volume production environment, ensuring all equipment and facilities meet rigorous food safety and cleanliness standards. Responsibilities include supervising nightly sanitation operations, directing employee workflows, maintaining compliance with regulatory and company hygiene protocols, and driving continuous improvement in sanitation practices. This is a key leadership role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, hands-on environment and is ready to make a lasting impact on product quality and plant safety.

Location: commutable from Greensboro, NC

Job Responsibilities:

• Inspects products and equipment for conformity to federal and state sanitation laws and plant standards.
• Supervises and instructs production team members in sanitary and pest-control procedures.
• Supervises and leads cleaning of equipment and work areas as defined by the COP/CIP/SIP schedules.
• Implements and revises all plant master sanitation schedules following State, Federal Regulations, and Company policies.
• Performs inspections of plant premises for unsanitary practices and conditions. Reports and communicates variances and corrective action plans.
• Monitor HACCP as outlined in the IDFA product safety system and ensure that sanitation activities regarding HACCP are performed and documented consistently.
• Ensures that pest control is effective and meets all internal and external requirements.
• Develops reports regarding regular plant and equipment inspections, areas of concern, and corrective action plans to resolve deficiencies actively.
• Actively applies the production run and sanitation schedules and estimates hour requirements for completion of clean-up and sanitation times. Effective coordination with production to ensure COP/CIP and SIP activities are planned and completed.
• Audits and retains all sanitation and pest control records. Follows record-keeping guidelines.
• Supports internal and external audits.
• Develops and implements Standard Operating Procedures that are sanitation related.
• Monitors compliance with GMPs.
• Participates as a member of the Plant HACCP team and ensures that sanitation issues comply with HACCP.
• Manages Environmental Monitoring Program to ensure that all scheduled environmental swabs are completed and documented, and if necessary, corrected and re-tested.
• Monitors the Drain Cleaning Program. (Pathogen Location program).
• Communicates with the chemical supplier in establishing and maintaining the proper chemicals and use of cleaning agents.
• Supports Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) programs and activities.
• Trains and instructs employees regarding quality and food safety standards and processes.
• Engages in the typical responsibilities of a manager, requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating, and delegating.
• Actively leads, trains, mentors, coaches, investigates, and communicates corrective action.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a science-based area (ex: Microbiology, Food Science, Dairy Science) of study preferred, or a minimum of 2 years high-level plant-based laboratory experience.
• Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Experience leading and following food quality and safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to follow all Sanitation and Quality Policies and Procedures, and report and follow through on any deficiencies.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and computer-based applications. SAP experience preferred.
• Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs; ability to lead others through change.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Skill in organization and prioritization, and attention to detail.
• Strong team player and leader with the ability to work across multiple functions and disciplines.
• Ability to select, lead, coach, influence, motivate, develop, engage, and retain a team of employees.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to understand cost containment and budgetary principles.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including weekends.
• Exposure to wet, hot, humid, and cold temperatures, moving machinery, including forklift traffic, and noise levels exceeding 85 dB.
• Must have the ability to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds independently on an intermittent basis and 50 pounds with assistance.
• Regularly required to work in office and production environments.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Required to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Manufacturing, Dairy Product Manufacturing, and Beverage Manufacturing

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