Sanitation Supervisor

Sanitation Supervisor

Clemens Food Group is seeking a Sanitation Supervisor to lead and develop our Ready-to-Eat sanitation team. This role ensures that all production areas, equipment, machinery, tools, and food contact surfaces are cleaned, sanitized, verified, and ready for production. Key responsibilities include:

• Lead, schedule, train, coach, and develop sanitation team members to ensure safe, efficient, and compliant cleaning activities.
• Oversee sanitation processes, including cleaning and sanitizing production equipment, machinery, tools, work areas, and facilities to prevent contamination and protect product integrity.
• Ensure compliance with company standards, USDA requirements, GMPs, HACCP, SSOPs, safety protocols, and sanitation best practices.
• Conduct inspections, audits, and pre-op/post-op reviews to verify sanitation effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
• Maintain accurate sanitation documentation, including cleaning schedules, inspection reports, pre-op records, corrective actions, chemical concentration logs, and training records.
• Train team members on proper cleaning techniques, chemical handling, PPE requirements, lockout/tagout, and food safety expectations.
• Partner with FSQA, Production, Maintenance, Safety, USDA, sanitation vendors, and chemical suppliers to resolve sanitation concerns and support audit readiness.
• Respond quickly to sanitation emergencies, spills, contamination concerns, pre-op failures, or other sanitation-related issues.
• Drive continuous improvement in sanitation routines, documentation accuracy, team accountability, chemical usage, and production start-up readiness.

Qualifications & Competencies

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 3–5 years of sanitation or related experience in food production, meat processing, protein, Ready-to-Eat, USDA-regulated, or similar manufacturing environment.
• 1–2 years of leadership experience in sanitation, production, FSQA, operations, or a related function.
• Working knowledge of sanitation principles, food safety regulations, GMPs, SSOPs, HACCP concepts, chemical handling, and sanitation documentation.
• Strong leadership, communication, organization, follow-up, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ready-to-Eat meat or protein processing experience.
• Bilingual English/Spanish skills.
• HACCP/SQF/PCQI/ServSafe or sanitation-related certification.
• Experience with Master Sanitation Schedules, corrective actions, root cause analysis, environmental monitoring, or audit preparation.

Agency Statement

Clemens Food Group does not accept unsolicited resumes from search or staffing firms. All resumes submitted by search or staffing firms to any employee at Clemens Food Group via email, the Internet, or directly without a valid written search agreement for this role, and without having been asked to participate in this by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Clemens Food Group, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired. Firms not authorized to submit candidates will not be eligible for any fee or ownership claim.