Sanitation Program Manager

Overview

The Sanitation Program Manager is responsible for overseeing the cleanliness and hygiene of the facility, ensuring it meets health and safety standards as well as compliance, developing and implementing procedures and programs. This role requires strong leadership and influencing skills, attention to detail and extensive knowledge of sanitation practices.

Responsibilities

• Ensure/maintain compliance with regulatory and Califia policies requirements related to sanitation and plant hygiene.
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining sanitation procedures and programs (i.e., CIP validation, Allergen cleaning validation, Master Sanitation Schedule, Environmental Monitoring, and others as assigned)
• Optimize sanitation operating procedures to achieve the highest level of effectiveness and efficiency while lowering environmental impact and maintaining cleaning standards.
• Maintain and validate effectiveness of sanitation Standard Operating procedures (SOPs). Utilize plant SME for documentation and training of procedures.
• Validate, troubleshoot, and improve or make recommendations on how to improve CIP system operation. Leverage chemical company representatives and internal process managers to enhance the program.
• Report on key sanitation metrics and perform periodic reviews on effectiveness of CIP and Sanitation schedules.
• Ensure a pest free environment by working the Quality, Operations, and pest control vendor to assure compliance with Califia Farms Standards.
• Partner with the engineering and maintenance team on hygienic design and new equipment approval.
• Conduct sanitation GMP inspections of the facility and participate in monthly and annual reviews. Partner with safety department on GMP/Safety inspections.
• Enforce Color Coding and Hygienic Zoning procedures.
• Maintaining records of sanitation related activities in appropriate databases and spreadsheets.
• Work with the plant leadership team to review all sanitation training programs to ensure they are understood and completed by fellow sanitation personnel and/or plant personnel in a safe and efficient manner.
• Develop training modules for employees on sanitation.
• Train and supervise sanitation and/or plant personnel.
• Train all employees in sanitation SOPs, and conduct refresher training as needed.
• Meet and train with new employees that perform critical sanitation SOPs as part of their job and discuss the importance of this activity and how to adequately perform it.
• Participate in root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action plans on any event related to sanitation.
• Coordinate the activities of the plant personnel to maximize productivity while maintaining cleaning standards.
• Provide general support of plant production and quality as assigned by plant leadership.
• Supporting quality certification programs (BRC, Kosher, etc.).

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years Sanitation or Quality related experience in a food production environment.
• Previous experience with automated CIP systems and COP processes
• Knowledge of food safety systems and chemical safety
• Understanding of root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions.
• Must possess strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to set expectations and hold supervisory personnel and team members accountable for sanitation results.
• Able to develop people to higher levels of performance.
• Ability to read piping and instrumentation diagrams (or show potential to learn it).
• Excellent skills with Word and Excel Software.
• Ability to work independently (high level of autonomy) and have high level of organizational skills.
• Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, and tools a plus