Sanitation Manager
We?re working with a food manufacturing company that is seeking an experienced, hands-on Sanitation Manager to lead second-shift sanitation. This position is responsible for ensuring that all production equipment, processing areas, and facilities are properly cleaned and sanitized in compliance with food safety regulations, company standards, and safety requirements.
The Sanitation Manager will supervise sanitation employees, maintain effective cleaning schedules, and collaborate with Production, Quality Assurance, and Maintenance to ensure the facility is safe, sanitary, and ready for production.
Location: Oxnard/Ventura, CA area
Job Responsibilities:
- Oversee daily sanitation activities, ensuring production equipment and facility areas are properly cleaned and sanitized.
- Ensure compliance with FDA regulations, Seafood HACCP, GMPs, Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs), and applicable food safety standards.
- Maintain sanitation schedules, cleaning procedures, inspection records, and required documentation.
- Partner with Quality Assurance to verify sanitation effectiveness and promptly address deficiencies.
- Ensure proper handling, storage, and use of sanitation chemicals and equipment.
- Support internal and external food safety audits and corrective action initiatives.
- Supervise, schedule, train, and evaluate second-shift sanitation employees.
- Establish clear performance expectations and ensure accountability for quality, safety, attendance, and productivity.
- Manage staffing and labor utilization to meet operational needs.
- Provide coaching, feedback, and corrective action as appropriate.
- Foster teamwork, employee engagement, and a positive work environment.
- Ensure compliance with Cal/OSHA requirements, PPE, chemical safety, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), and company safety procedures.
- Conduct routine inspections and address unsafe conditions.
- Coordinate with Production, Quality Assurance, and Maintenance to minimize downtime and ensure timely production readiness.
- Identify opportunities to improve sanitation efficiency, reduce costs, and optimize chemical and labor usage.
- Monitor sanitation performance and communicate operational concerns and improvement opportunities to plant leadership
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- 3 5 years of sanitation experience in food manufacturing, including at least 2 years in a supervisory or management role.
- Strong knowledge of food safety regulations, cGMPs, SSOPs, and sanitation practices.
- Experience leading hourly employees in a manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of chemical handling, sanitation equipment, and workplace safety.
- Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
- Experience in food manufacturing.
- Ability to work 2ndshift.
- Knowledge of food HACCP and environmental monitoring programs.
- HACCP, PCQI, or related food safety certification.
- Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills preferred.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, and move throughout the facility for extended periods.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Required use of appropriate PPE.