Sanitation Manager

Employee Type: Full time
Location: Buckner, KY

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 11 PM–8 AM with flexibility as needed to meet plant needs, including weekend hours.

Pay

$93,000–$138,000 annually with additional bonus potential.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Short-Term Disability / Long-Term Disability / AD&D / Life Insurance
• HSA and FSA
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Hospital indemnity, Accident Insurance, Critical Illness
• Identity and Fraud Protection Plan
• Legal services

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, develop, and manage the Sanitation team to ensure a safe, engaged, and high-performing workforce.
• Direct all sanitation activities to ensure equipment and facilities meet company, customer, regulatory, and food-safety requirements.
• Plan, prioritize, and allocate labor, equipment, and resources to support production schedules and sanitation objectives.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve sanitation programs, procedures, and standards across the facility.
• Monitor sanitation performance through key metrics (including SE, PEM, and MSS), identify trends, perform gap analyses, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Investigate sanitation-related issues, determine root causes, and partner with cross-functional teams to implement sustainable solutions.
• Partner with Quality Assurance to validate sanitation effectiveness, evaluate environmental monitoring results, and ensure continuous compliance.
• Lead and support internal, customer, SQF/BRC, FDA, and other regulatory audits, ensuring audit readiness and timely resolution of findings.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and R&D to support new equipment installations, product commercialization, and sanitary design initiatives.
• Manage the sanitation operating budget, inventory, and procurement of sanitation supplies.
• Develop and deliver sanitation-related training to ensure compliance with company standards and regulatory requirements.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Standing, climbing, pulling, pushing, carrying, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning, and stooping.
• Ability to walk and/or stand for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to work overtime and extended hours as required.
• Good physical condition with the ability to lift up to 50 lbs frequently.
• Good hand/eye coordination, motor skills, 20/20 corrected vision, and hearing within the normal range.

Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements

• Must wear all required personal protection equipment associated with specific manufacturing work environment and job duties.
• Maintain clean and safe working environment and follow all safety policies and procedures, such as lock out/tag out and safe lifting techniques.
• Inform Management of any food safety or quality issues or of any processes which become noncompliant with specified requirements.

Food Safety

• Notify supervision of any repairs or adjustments that are required.
• Understand, observe, and comply with the handling and usage of the color-coded container policy while in the Production Areas.
• Perform all duties necessary to meet Company, Customer and/or Government requirements/standards as prioritized by the Company.
• Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system.
• Identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety system.
• Control further processing or delivery of nonconforming product in terms of Food Safety and Quality issues until the deficiency or unsatisfactory condition has been corrected.