Sanitation Lead - 2nd Shift

Menasha Corporation•Alsip, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sanitation Lead directs daily cleaning operations, manages sanitation crews, and ensures compliance with food safety laws to prevent contamination. This role is responsible for enforcing and ensuring compliance with established food safety, sanitation, and hygiene policies and procedures. The Lead will inspect manufacturing equipment to ensure compliance with established sanitation, hygiene, and food safety standards, and manage and oversee cleaning and sanitation operations in the facility to ensure proper execution of sanitation activities. Maintaining the master sanitation schedule, training sanitation workers on an ongoing basis, and documenting all training processes and procedures are key functions. Additionally, the Lead will monitor the mixing and use of chemicals to prevent misuse and hazards, coordinate and execute cleaning with sanitation and maintenance teams, and keep detailed records of all sanitation-related activities and issues. Comprehensive evaluations of sanitation processes and practices, identification of improvement opportunities, and recommendations to the Quality Supervisor are expected. The role also involves maintaining audit readiness to ensure sanitation practices meet established SQF and customer requirements for successful audit outcomes.

Requirements

High School diploma or equivalent
Minimum of 2 years of related experience or training in warehouse or production sanitation
Safety sensitive position - ability to work in a constant state of alertness and a safe manner
Ability to work overtime and weekends as required based upon the needs of the business
Ability to work on a rotating shift as needed
Ability to effectively work in teams
Ability to work in a production-based environment with moving equipment and people
Ability to interact and communicate effectively with a wide variety of roles
Ability to lead / supervise groups of associates
Understand quality standards, methods and reporting as required
Good communicator, team player and multi-tasking skills
Plan in advance for upcoming tasks in your area
Interpret instructions both oral and written
Produce at a high level through your staff
Work with plant management for required results
Process information and merchandise through computer system
Prolonged standing, walking, bending climbing ladders, and lifting up to 30-50 pounds

Responsibilities

Enforce and ensure compliance with established food safety, sanitation, and hygiene policies and procedures.
Inspect manufacturing equipment to ensure compliance with established sanitation, hygiene, and food safety standards.
Manage and oversee cleaning and sanitation operations in the facility to ensure proper execution of sanitation activities.
Maintain the master sanitation schedule.
Train sanitation workers on an ongoing basis and document all training processes and procedures properly.
Monitor the mixing and use of chemicals to prevent misuse and hazards to personnel and property.
Coordinate and execute cleaning or area cleaning with team of sanitation and maintenance.
Keeps detailed records of all sanitation-related activities and issues, such as inspections and violations, also noting how and when each situation was resolved.
Conduct comprehensive evaluations of sanitation processes and practices, identify opportunities for improvement, and provide recommendations to the Quality Supervisor regarding necessary enhancements or modifications.
Maintain audit readiness and ensure sanitation practices meet established SQF and customer requirements to support successful audit outcomes and passing scores.
Other duties as assigned.