Sanitation Manager

Daisy Brand • Boone, IA

23d

About The Position

The Sanitation Manager leads plant sanitation programs to ensure safe, high-quality dairy production and compliance with company, customer, food safety, regulatory, and operational requirements. The role develops and continuously improves sanitation systems, verification activities, labor performance, chemical use, environmental controls, and employee safety. It reports to the Production Manager and leads Manufacturing Systems Engineers, Sanitation Technicians, and Janitors. The manager partners with Production, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Engineering, and Technical Services and serves as the plant subject matter expert for sanitation systems, hygienic design, environmental controls, pest control, and regulatory compliance.

The position initially requires 50–75% travel to other Daisy facilities for onboarding during the first 6–9 months. After onboarding, travel is expected to be up to 25% until plant startup; after startup, travel is as needed. For the Boone, Iowa location, the position is currently based at a temporary office in Ames, Iowa. In 2028, after construction is complete, the position is expected to move onsite to the new manufacturing plant in Boone.

Daisy Brand is a family-owned food company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with established plants in Garland, Texas; Casa Grande, Arizona; and Wooster, Ohio. A new manufacturing facility in Boone, Iowa, broke ground in 2025. The company describes its workplace as collaborative and accessible, encourages an entrepreneurial mindset, and supports long-term careers and employee development. Daisy Brand is a nicotine-free company and an Equal Opportunity Employer; veterans and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

• Five to ten years of progressive sanitation leadership experience in food, beverage, dairy, or related manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of PMO, FSMA, GMP, HACCP, SQF, environmental monitoring, and food safety management systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and computer skills.
• Ability to train, motivate, and lead cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Dairy Science, Microbiology, Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience leading sanitation in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Formal training in sanitation systems, food safety, environmental monitoring, or continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with cultured dairy products, processes, and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Lead plant sanitation operations and establish department goals, standards, and performance expectations.
• Recruit, train, coach, and develop sanitation and engineering team members.
• Build a culture of food safety, accountability, engagement, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate sanitation priorities with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, and Technical Services.
• Develop, maintain, and improve Master Sanitation Schedules and Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures.
• Manage environmental sanitation, pest control, sanitation chemical programs, vendors, and inventory.
• Verify cleaning through visual inspection, ATP, microbiological, allergen, and environmental monitoring results.
• Lead sanitation-related investigations, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and effectiveness checks.
• Evaluate sanitation technology and support hygienic design reviews, validation, passivation, process improvements, and capital projects.
• Ensure compliance with PMO, FDA, FSMA, GMP, HACCP, SQF, customer, and company requirements.
• Maintain readiness for regulatory, customer, SQF, and third-party audits.
• Support Food Safety Plans, Food Defense programs, internal audits, management reviews, and food safety team activities.
• Enforce company safety requirements, including lockout/tagout, confined space, chemical handling, and personal protective equipment.
• Lead safety observations, risk assessments, incident investigations, corrective actions, and sanitation safety improvement.
• Develop, implement, verify, validate, and continuously improve sanitation programs supporting the SQF System and Food Safety Plan.
• Monitor prerequisite programs, environmental monitoring, sanitation preventive controls, food safety programs, and sanitation verification activities.
• Oversee sampling, inspection, and analysis of food-contact and non-food-contact surfaces, environmental sites, water and utility systems, and CIP, SIP, and COP systems.
• Conduct sanitation audits, verify corrective-action effectiveness, support inspections, and participate in annual program review and validation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• No-deductible, $0-premium option for employee-only medical coverage.
• Access to virtual healthcare and wellness programs.
• 401(k) program with company match, weekly safe harbor contributions, and annual profit-sharing contributions.
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage and life and AD&D insurance equal to two times annual salary.
• Four weeks of paid time off and 20 hours of floating holidays in the first full year of employment.
• Annual rollover and payout options for unused paid time off.
• Paid time for volunteering and community involvement.
• Tuition reimbursement and ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Fitness and wellness incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager