Sanitarian - Denver Summit FC

Compass Group•Centennial, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sanitarian is responsible for maintaining compliance with all government, Levy Restaurants, and Compass Group food safety, cleaning, and sanitation requirements. This role provides leadership, training, and oversight for all food handling personnel on property, including culinary, service, and management staff. The Sanitarian is the lead manager responsible for all sanitation oversight personnel and works closely with the stewarding staff to ensure regular cleaning and sanitation of all foodservice equipment and ware. A key aspect of this role is ensuring the maintenance of high grades from county health inspections and internal company and third-party audits (e.g., Everclean).

Requirements

Serve-Safe manager level certification
Ability to function as exam proctor for ServSafe certification tests for area Levy Restaurant managed properties
Ability to follow all required procedures in the event of a suspected food borne illness report or outbreak
Ability to collect and handle food samples
Ability to conduct employee interviews
Ability to prepare all required paperwork
Ability to communicate with health department and other government agencies
Ability to communicate with internal Levy Restaurants and Compass group personnel
Ability to prepare and file regular inspection reports

Nice To Haves

Experience in food safety, cleaning, and sanitation
Leadership and training experience
Experience with stewarding staff
Experience with health inspections and audits
Experience with time & temperature logs and refrigerator/freezer logs
Knowledge of government and company regulations
Experience with food handling, sanitation, hand wash, and glove use monitoring
Experience with warehouse, purchasing, and receiving procedures
Experience formulating training systems and schedules
Experience with chemical supply management
Experience as an exam proctor for ServSafe certification tests

Responsibilities

Maintaining compliance with all government, Levy Restaurants and Compass Group food safety, cleaning and sanitation requirements
Providing leadership, training and oversight for all food handling personnel on property including all culinary, service and management
Leading sanitation oversight personnel
Ensuring regular cleaning and sanitation of all foodservice hand tools and service ware with stewarding staff
Ensuring regular cleaning and sanitation of all refrigeration and freezers with stewarding staff
Ensuring regular cleaning and sanitation of all hot holding equipment with stewarding staff
Ensuring the maintenance of high grades from county health inspections and internal company and third party audits (e.g., Everclean)
Performing regular physical audits and inspections of all foodservice and food handling areas of the property (Daily: High volume production areas such as main kitchens, preparation areas and warehouses; Weekly: Remote pantries and food staging areas)
Ensuring that all time & temperature logs are filled out
Ensuring that all refrigerator and freezer logs are filled out
Maintaining a systematic and well-ordered physical history of all required logs in compliance with government and company regulations, ready to present to management and inspectors as required
Observing and monitoring staff to ensure proper food handling, sanitation, hand wash and glove use
Working with warehouse, purchasing and receiving personnel to ensure that all products received are at the correct temperatures and have been handled according to company policies and government regulations, and communicating all related expectations and requirements to all vendors
Formulating training systems and schedules, and providing regular training of all food handling and service personnel to ensure safe food handling, temperature control, and compliance via periodic classes and daily pre-shift topic based discussions
Interfacing with the chemical supply company to ensure that the correct sanitation products are purchased, in inventory and being used
Maintaining Serve-Safe manager level certification and functioning as exam proctor for ServSafe certification tests for area Levy Restaurant managed properties
Following all required procedures in the event of a suspected food borne illness report or outbreak, including reporting, collection and handling of food samples, employee interviews, preparing all required paperwork, and functioning as point person and communicator with all relevant health department and other government agencies, as well as all relevant internal Levy Restaurants and Compass group personnel
Preparing and filing regular inspection reports with the Director of Operations and Area Executive Chef
Performing other duties as assigned