Sanitation Supervisor - 3rd Shift (Mon - Fri)

U.S. Waffle Company; Hazelwood (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

US Waffle in Hazelwood, MO is seeking a hands-on Sanitation Supervisor to lead the sanitation team across shifts and ensure clean, safe startup of production lines.

You will develop and own SSOPs, manage the Master Sanitation Schedule, and collaborate with FSQA, Maintenance, and Production to drive continuous improvement in hygiene and efficiency. This role requires strong leadership and on-floor participation.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required. Associate or bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Operations, Business, or related field preferred.
• 3+ years of sanitation experience in food manufacturing with demonstrated leadership of sanitation employees or teams preferred.
• Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills strongly preferred.
• Hands-on sanitation leadership with time on the floor, not desk-based.
• Experience developing, implementing, training, and improving SSOPs and ensuring MSS execution.
• Working knowledge of GMPs, allergen controls, chemical handling, ATP verification, environmental monitoring, LOTO, and pre-operational inspection requirements.
• Strong leadership, coaching, communication, problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to use sanitation records, checklists, electronic systems, and performance reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on leadership for Sanitation employees during assigned shifts.
• Spend the majority of the shift on the sanitation floor supervising and assisting.
• Develop, document, implement, and improve SSOPs for equipment and areas.
• Ensure SSOPs include disassembly, cleaning steps, chemicals, temperatures, and safety.
• Own daily MSS execution; assign, complete, document, verify, and escalate tasks.
• Train and coach Sanitation Leads on SSOPs, safety, and proper sanitation tools.
• Partner with FSQA to meet sanitation verification requirements and corrective actions.
• Investigate sanitation failures and start-up delays; identify root causes and implement actions.
• Coordinate with Production and Maintenance for disassembly, access, repair, and startup timelines.
• Establish standard work, shift assignments, cleaning sequences, and labor plans.

Skills

Leadership

Bilingual English/Spanish

GMP knowledge

Problem-solving

Root-cause analysis

Communication

Coaching

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate or Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

ATP testing

LOTO

Environmental monitoring systems

Job description

Sanitation Supervisor

Job Title: Sanitation Supervisor

Department: Sanitation

Reports To: Sanitation Manager

Site: Hazelwood Manufacturing Production (HZMP)

FLSA Status: Exempt

Professional Profile:

Cérélia's newly established Frozen Breakfast Business Unit – US Waffle – is driving an ambitious growth strategy, supported by manufacturing facilities in Liberty, SC, and Hazelwood, MO. To support the rapid growth of our state-of-the-art Hazelwood facility, US Waffle is seeking a dynamic, highly hands-on Sanitation Supervisor.

The Sanitation Supervisor is responsible for the daily execution of sanitation activities across assigned production areas and shifts, ensuring equipment, production lines, and facility areas are cleaned, inspected, and released safely and on time. This is a working supervisor role requiring a highly visible, hands-on leader who spends the majority of the shift on the floor directly leading, training, coaching, and working alongside the Sanitation team.

A primary responsibility of this role is developing, implementing, and continuously improving Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) and ensuring the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) is executed completely and on time. The Sanitation Supervisor will verify that cleaning methods are effective, repeatable, documented, and understood by the employees performing the work. The Supervisor is expected to personally understand the cleaning process for each assigned piece of equipment and actively participate when the team needs support.

In our fast-paced startup and growth environment, the Sanitation Supervisor will work closely with FSQA, Production, Maintenance, and Engineering to improve hygienic conditions, eliminate recurring sanitation failures, support allergen and food-safety controls, and ensure equipment is returned to Production clean, safe, and ready for startup. This role requires urgency, ownership, strong follow-through, and a willingness to get directly involved in the work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide hands-on leadership and direction for Sanitation employees during assigned shifts, ensuring cleaning activities are completed safely, correctly, completely, and on schedule.
• Spend the majority of the shift on the sanitation floor actively supervising and working alongside employees. This is not a desk-based supervisory position.
• Develop, document, implement, and continuously improve SSOPs for production equipment, processing areas, packaging equipment, floors, walls, drains, overheads, utensils, and other sanitation-controlled areas.
• Ensure every SSOP clearly defines required disassembly, cleaning steps, chemicals, concentrations, temperatures, tools, contact times, inspection points, reassembly requirements, and safety precautions.
• Own daily execution of the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS). Ensure all scheduled tasks are assigned, completed on time, documented accurately, verified, and escalated immediately when they cannot be completed.
• Train, coach, and develop Sanitation Leads and Sanitors on SSOPs, chemical safety, equipment disassembly/reassembly, allergen cleaning, hygienic practices, PPE, LOTO, and proper use of sanitation tools and equipment.
• Partner closely with FSQA to ensure sanitation verification requirements are met, including pre-operational inspections, ATP testing, allergen/gluten verification, environmental monitoring follow-up, and corrective actions as applicable.
• Investigate sanitation failures, failed inspections, positive or out-of-specification results, recurring equipment issues, and startup delays. Identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and verify sustained effectiveness.
• Coordinate with Production and Maintenance to ensure equipment is properly disassembled, accessible for cleaning, repaired when hygienic conditions are compromised, and returned to Production within required startup timelines.
• Establish standard work, shift assignments, cleaning sequences, labor plans, and clear expectations so every employee understands what must be cleaned, how it must be cleaned, and when it must be completed.
• Drive continuous improvement in sanitation effectiveness, labor efficiency, cleaning time, chemical and water usage, equipment care, and production startup performance without compromising food safety or employee safety.
• Evaluate staffing, attendance, skills, shift coverage, and training needs to ensure the Sanitation team is properly organized and capable of executing the sanitation plan.
• Perform other duties as assigned or of a similar nature or level.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED required. Associate or bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Microbiology, Operations, Business, or related field preferred.
• 3+ years of sanitation experience in food manufacturing with demonstrated leadership of sanitation employees or teams preferred.
• Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills strongly preferred.
• Strong hands-on sanitation leadership with the ability and willingness to spend significant time on the floor, including directly participating in sanitation work when required.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, training, and improving SSOPs and ensuring consistent execution by sanitation employees.
• Working knowledge of food manufacturing sanitation practices, GMPs, allergen controls, chemical handling, ATP verification, environmental monitoring, LOTO, and pre-operational inspection requirements.
• Strong leadership, coaching, communication, problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and follow-through skills with the ability to hold employees accountable to defined standards.
• Ability to use sanitation records, checklists, electronic systems, and performance reporting tools to track completion, identify gaps, and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Bakery, frozen food, ready-to-eat, or other food manufacturing sanitation experience strongly preferred.

Direct Reports

The Sanitation Supervisor will have direct responsibility for Sanitation Leads, Sanitors, and other Sanitation personnel as assigned, including responsibility for daily work assignments, coaching, performance management, training, development, and execution of SSOP and MSS requirements.

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

• This is a Full Time, permanent position
• Exempt position 40 hours per week, and it may require working additional hours depending on sanitation schedules and the needs of the business.
• This is an on-site position and not a candidate for remote work.