Sanitation Manager

Schwan's Company • Sioux Falls, SD

8d • $75,000 - $125,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Schwan’s Company is hiring a Sanitation Manager for its nearly 400,000-square-foot Asian-style food manufacturing facility in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The manager coordinates sanitation and cleaning activities across production departments and multiple crews, oversees sanitation staff and performance, and helps ensure compliance with food-safety requirements and company and government procedures. The role also involves reporting, cost control, employee development, and ongoing process improvement. Relocation assistance is available.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of related sanitation and/or full-cycle cleaning experience, ideally in a manufacturing setting.
• At least 2 years of experience leading a team of sanitation staff.
• Food manufacturing experience and working knowledge of SSOP, USDA, FDA, HACCP, and GMP.
• Ability to comply with company and federal regulations and procedures.
• Basic ability to generate data from electronic general ledger systems such as SAP.
• Good mechanical aptitude in a high-volume manufacturing setting.
• Use of required PPE, including a bump cap, safety glasses or goggles, face shield, face mask, ear plugs, hair and beard nets, gloves, and safety shoes or rubber boots.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with production departments to schedule sanitizing and cleaning assignments, respond to reported sanitation problems and USDA or FDA issues, and monitor sanitation performance against guidelines, procedures, specifications, and system data.
• Manage employees’ skills utilization and development, quality, housekeeping, safety, required PPE, policy administration, employee relations, scheduling, cost control, and coordination of sanitation activities across multiple crews.
• Prepare and compile required company and government reports by established deadlines and retain records for production and food-safety audits.
• Investigate ways to reduce waste and downtime and improve equipment and employee utilization; present proposals to the Manager for review and approval.
• Manage, train, and develop subordinates.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance.
• Eligibility for a 15% annual incentive bonus based on organizational performance.
• Health benefits.
• Retirement and financial wellbeing programs.
• Time-off programs.
• Wellbeing support programs.

What This Job Offers

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