Sanitation Manager

Winland Foods•Buckner, KY

6d•$93,000 - $138,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Sanitation Manager provides strategic leadership for all sanitation operations across the Buckner facility, ensuring processing and packaging equipment and facilities consistently meet company, customer, regulatory, and food safety requirements. The role manages, coaches, and develops the sanitation team; ensures production readiness through effective sanitation practices; drives continuous improvement; optimizes labor and operating costs; and maintains compliance through successful internal and external audits. This position is located at 1 Quality Place, Buckner, Kentucky. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 11 p.m. to 8 a.m., with flexibility to meet plant needs, including weekend hours. Overtime and extended hours may also be required. The role requires working in a manufacturing environment and wearing required personal protective equipment. Physical duties include standing, walking for extended periods, climbing, pushing or pulling, carrying, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning, stooping, and frequently lifting up to 50 pounds. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to stand, climb, push or pull, carry, grasp, reach, twist, turn, and stoop.
Ability to walk and/or stand for extended periods.
Ability to work overtime and extended hours as required.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds frequently.
Good hand/eye coordination and motor skills.
Corrected 20/20 vision and hearing within the normal range.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and follow safety, food safety, and quality policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, develop, and manage the sanitation team to support a safe, engaged, high-performing workforce.
Direct sanitation activities to ensure equipment and facilities meet company, customer, regulatory, and food safety requirements.
Plan, prioritize, and allocate labor, equipment, and resources to support production schedules and sanitation objectives.
Develop, implement, and continuously improve facility sanitation programs, procedures, and standards.
Monitor sanitation performance using metrics including SE, PEM, and MSS; identify trends, perform gap analyses, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
Investigate sanitation-related issues, identify root causes, and work with cross-functional teams on sustainable solutions.
Partner with Quality Assurance to validate sanitation effectiveness, evaluate environmental monitoring results, and maintain compliance.
Lead and support internal, customer, SQF/BRC, FDA, and other regulatory audits; maintain audit readiness and resolve findings in a timely manner.
Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and R&D on new equipment installations, product commercialization, and sanitary design initiatives.
Manage the sanitation operating budget, inventory, and procurement of sanitation supplies.
Develop and deliver sanitation-related training to support compliance with company standards and regulatory requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Wear required personal protective equipment and maintain a clean, safe working environment while following safety policies and procedures.
Inform management of food safety or quality issues and processes that become noncompliant with specified requirements.
Notify supervision of required repairs or adjustments, follow the color-coded container policy in production areas, and meet company, customer, and government requirements.
Take action to prevent food safety and quality nonconformities, identify and record problems, and control further processing or delivery of nonconforming product until deficiencies are corrected.