Sanitation Supervisor
Full-Time
Monmouth, Illinois
05/28/2025
Compensation: 23.00-28.00 / Hourly
Benefit Offered: YES
Our client, a nationwide manufacturer of pet foods and goods, has an immediate need for an experienced Sanitation Supervisor, to join their winning team in Monmouth.
Our candidate of choice will be responsible for providing technical quality and food safety leadership and expertise for the manufacturing /distribution of the plant’s products and manufacturing facility. You will have close interaction with other site departments, corporate FSQ, and the plant’s day-to-day operations employees along w ensuring that the MPF Food Safety and Quality Management System (FSQMS) is fully developed, implemented and maintained and is compliant with FDA regulatory and SQF requirements.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee the cleaning and sanitation of equipment, surfaces, utensils, and plant environment by providing direction, motivation, and technical support to all sanitation employees to ensure sanitation process is completed effectively and on time.
- Plan, effectively engage, communicate, and provide direction on all sanitation related activities in all quality, safety, health, employee relations, operations, and maintenance programs.
- Run the master sanitation schedule by establishing priorities, scheduling, assigning work and communicating with sanitation staff and key stakeholders frequently and regularly to ensure tasks are completed effectively and on time.
- Assist in the development and execution of training and certifications to meet all job requirements and ensure employee compliance with all company and regulatory requirements.
- Measure and analyze sanitation performance metrics and lead a weekly cross functional sanitation meeting to review findings and assign investigation and corrective action responsibilities to drive continuous improvement.
- Update the sanitation standard operating procedures and verify compliance by front line employees.
- Other duties as assigned.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
- This position is responsible for site sanitarians.
- Onsite presence at facilities on a routine basis, travel will be commensurate with plant assignments. A maximum of 5% travel may be required.
- Provide guidance, training and direction of hourly sanitarians and plant staff to ensure compliance to Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory requirements.
- Coach sanitarians and site operations associates.
- Operate with a great deal of independence, self-accountability, and thought leadership.
- One year of supervisory experience
- Minimum one year of directly related work experience
- Experience with email, spreadsheet, word processing and other software applications.
- Knowledge of industry related quality systems and inspection programs, cleaning systems and chemicals
- Knowledge of the sanitation process, cleaning chemistry, chemical storage, handling and dispensing systems and sanitary design principles
- Knowledge of recruiting and onboarding and hiring processes.
Please apply today to be one of the first people considered for this position!
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