Sanitation Operations Manager (3rd Shift)

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities

• Direct and manage all sanitation operations to ensure compliance with USDA, FDA, GMP, HACCP, SSOP, OSHA, environmental, and company requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain sanitation programs, procedures, and standards that support food safety, quality, and operational objectives.
• Establish departmental goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), and performance expectations and drive accountability for achieving results.
• Lead, coach, and develop Sanitation Supervisors and sanitation team members, ensuring effective employee performance, engagement, succession planning, and organizational development.
• Develop workforce plans and staffing models to support operational requirements while maximizing labor efficiency and maintaining compliance standards.
• Manage departmental budgets, including labor, chemicals, sanitation supplies, equipment, contracted services, and capital expenditures.
• Monitor and control departmental spending while identifying opportunities for cost reduction, waste elimination, and productivity improvements.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance sanitation effectiveness, labor utilization, equipment reliability, sustainability efforts, and operational performance.
• Serve as the primary sanitation leader during customer, regulatory, third-party, and internal audits and inspections.
• Ensure all sanitation documentation, records, procedures, and corrective actions are maintained in accordance with regulatory and company requirements.
• Partner with Quality Assurance to investigate food safety concerns, contamination risks, environmental monitoring trends, customer complaints, and non-conformance issues.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective action activities related to sanitation deficiencies, audit findings, food safety incidents, and operational challenges.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Maintenance, Warehouse, Human Resources, and Safety teams to optimize facility performance and operational effectiveness.
• Evaluate sanitation equipment, systems, and processes and recommend capital improvements to improve safety, efficiency, and sanitation effectiveness.