Sanitation Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Reports To: Sanitation Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

ROLE

SUMMARY

Maintain adherence to SSOP Plan, ensuring a thorough daily cleansing of the Production area in a timely fashion. Supervise hourly associates working in the Sanitation department. Ensure associate labor is used efficiently to complete daily, weekly and monthly detailed cleanings, coordinating with multiple departments to assure completion.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Supervise and direct sanitation associates in performing job duties.
• Enforce, develop, and maintain safe working practices for all sanitation associates.
• Develop and train sanitation associates in their respective work areas.
• Provide guidance and input on career development.
• Counsel production associates on job performance and implement or make recommendations on disciplinary actions as necessary.
• Conduct performance reviews and other periodic performance feedback.
• Responsible for hiring, managing, disciplining, compensating, and terminating associates.
• Ensure that MSS (Master Sanitation Schedule) is followed on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
• Ensure associates comply with stated company policies and practices.
• Coordinate with Production and Quality Assurance departments in relation to food safety and sanitation; maintain MSS and SSOP files and other records.
• Ensure pre-operation sanitation inspection runs smoothly, ensuring the facility is ready for production in a timely manner; verify sanitation is effective by reviewing swab samples for micro-testing.
• Analyze trends for low performing areas during sanitation and identify improvement opportunities.
• Monitor chemical mixes ensuring correct dilution, and fix when variances occur.
• Monitor associate labor hours, ensure efficiency in task completion. Review associate time punches in ADP.
• Maintain sanitation equipment in good condition, complete purchase requisitions when necessary.
• Initiate new procedures as determined by facility food-safety requirements.
• Communicate efficiently and effectively between departments; request assistance from other departments when necessary.
• Undertake annual assessment of all SSOPs and update these documents; participate in self-audits.
• Conduct monthly usage audits of chemical cleaning agents, and monitor par inventory levels performing inventory counts. Complete purchase requisitions for chemical acquisition.
• Enforce, develop, and maintain safe working practices for all associates.
• Schedule and track PTO, leaves, etc.
• Lock and secure the building as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this position.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibility of this position is to directly supervise sanitation associates.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Associate degree or higher; or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES AND REGISTRATIONS

• Certified in Meat & Poultry HACCP.
• Certified in Seafood HACCP.
• Seafood Inspection Program.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Good working knowledge in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Outlook.

• Experience in preparing HACCP and SSOP Manuals.
• Fluently bilingual in Spanish and English is preferred.
• Moderate mechanical skills a plus.

WORKING CONDITIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is frequently required to taste or smell. The associate is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms. The associate is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The associate must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally push or pull over 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Frequency Chart

Occasional

Frequent

Regularly

0-3 Hours

3-5 Hours

5-8+ Hours

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is occasionally exposed to wet, humid conditions (non-weather); work near moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outdoor weather conditions; extreme cold (non-weather); extreme heat (non-weather); risk of electrical shock; vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually very quiet to moderate.

REQUIRED TRAINING

This position requires training on Good Manufacturing Practices critical to the effective implementation of the Food Safety Plan and the maintenance of food safety, quality and process efficiency. Training is also required

on how to identify food safety issues such as temperature control, cross-contamination, sanitation and cleanliness of the lines, etc., critical to the effective implementation of the Food Safety Plan and the maintenance of food safety, quality and process efficiency.