Lead Sanitation

Cream O Land•Reading, PA

14h•$29 - $31•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Sanitation directly leads assigned employees engaged in activities to ensure that plant operations meet mandatory sanitation requirements for machinery, equipment and facilities. This includes planning, guiding and directing work, assisting in weekly Continuous Improvement (CI) meetings, helping to address product issues and customer complaints, and resolving other quality problems. This person carries out leadership responsibilities in accordance with the Company’s policies, OSHA regulations and applicable laws while following all CI processes and the Management Operating Structure (MOS).

Requirements

A minimum of 2 years of dairy or food plant experience, including sanitation duties
Possesses a working knowledge of sanitation operations; maintains knowledge of current and developing sanitation techniques.
Working knowledge of HACCP.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs; ability to lead others through change.
Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Skill in organization and prioritization, and attention to detail.
Strong team player and leader with the ability to work across multiple functions and disciplines.
Ability to coach, develop, engage and retain a team of employees.

Responsibilities

Implements and maintains plant sanitation programs and ensures compliance with Company standards as stated in the QA Manual and Company directives.
Periodically audits and assists employees in sanitation and CIP processes to ensure compliance with SSOPs.
Implements and oversees plant Master Sanitation programs.
Works with Production and other management to plan and schedule work of supervised staff to meet sanitation schedules while maximizing productivity.
Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.
Collaborates with QA (Lab Staff) to troubleshoot and analyze sanitation-related issues.
Recommends measures to continuously improve sanitation methods, equipment performance, and quality of products produced and distributed by the plant.
Validates SSOPs annually or when systems are modified.
Manages relationships with outside vendors such as the plant chemical supplier.
Collaborates with supervisors & managers to coordinate activities of individual departments including production to identify, solve and prevent problems affecting sanitation.
Provides guidance of assigned employees in scheduling and daily activities, ensuring effective selection, retention, feedback, disciplinary action and performance management.
Trains and instructs employees in regard to sanitation standards, GMPs, SSOPs and objectives.
Oversees instruction, implementation of policies as they relate to employees.
Leads by example with the Clover Farms Code of Ethics. This includes following Company policies, standards and specifications.
Engages in the typical responsibilities of a Lead, require planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating and delegating.
Performs all other duties as assigned.
Provides Safety Training.
Provides Quality Assurance training.