Sanitation Supervisor

Our client is a family owned food and beverage distributor in Riverside, CA with aggressive growth plans in 2021. We have been retained by our client to find an experienced manufacturing Sanitation Supervisor to join their manufacturing team! They offer a career path and excellent benefits!

If you have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a supervisory role, EPA, city, and county regulations experience and have 5 or more years of experience in a food manufacturing environment, please send your resume to [email protected] .

No relocation available.

SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONS:

The Sanitation Supervisor is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and food safe environment of the facility and processing machines daily or as scheduled, by assigning cleaning tasks to the sanitation technicians and custodians. This position supervises the development, implementation, and maintenance of continually improving of the sanitation, food safety, pest control programs, and employee safety program. Including revising the master sanitation schedule, work instructions, training documentation and compliance audits; as well as observing and enforcing the safety rules and company policies; and providing support to the sanitation employees.

DUTIES:

Some of the duties of this position are those described below. This job description does not state or imply that the duties listed are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by management.

  • Comply with all Plant, State and Federal OSHA, EPA, FDA, HACCP, and SQF regulations.
  • Perform all FDA monitored Sanitation Duties according to our Master Sanitation Schedule.
  • Responsible for maintaining a supply of cleaning chemicals necessary for the operation of the cleaning program and in compliance with the FIFRA, OSHA and FDA regulations.
  • Manages operations to maintain the highest rating possible on all annual audits and inspections.
  • Manages operation to comply with all applicable safety laws and regulation, as well as Company Safety Policies, procedures, and standards
  • Fulfill Quality Assurance, SQF, and Food Safety requests.
  • Aids in the administration of biological monitoring procedures to determine the efficacy of sanitation methods.
  • Monitors employee practices to aid a pest-free environment.
  • Responsible for verification of sanitation documentation, training and development of the sanitation team and process improvement of systems and procedures.

SPECIFIC SKILLS & ABILITIES

  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be punctual, dependable, and able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities satisfactorily and expeditiously.  
  • The successful candidate must be able to understand all policies, procedures, instructions, rules, and regulations (including all safety training and safety information) associated with this position which is written in English. In addition, the successful candidate must be able to appropriately respond to these and, where needed, provide reports, presentations, information, or communications in English.
  • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
  • Sound understanding of GMP’s, PC, HACCP, EMP, OSHA, and USDA regulations.
  • Solid knowledge of chemical use in the cleaning and sanitizing process.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

  • Bachelor’s degree Business Administration and/or three years of experience in sanitation supervisor.
  • Must be fluent in reading, writing, and speaking English.
  • Knowledge of the HACCP program.
  • Knowledge of OSHA, health department, EPA, city, and county regulations preferred.
  • Bilingual preferred (Spanish and English).
  • Excellent computer skills including proficiency in MS Office.
  • Previous experience with the SQF, USDA, FDA standards, or similar agencies.
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Supervisor role.
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in Food Manufacturing.
  • Minimum 3 to 4 years’ experience in Sanitation.