Sanitation Program Manager - Nutrition Manufacturing - Casa Grande, AZ

Abbott • Casa Grande, AZ

1d • $78,000 - $156,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Sanitation Program Manager plays a critical role in supporting the site's sanitation, food safety, and regulatory compliance programs across manufacturing operations, warehouse areas, and plant grounds. This position helps drive and sustain a strong food safety culture by ensuring sanitation programs, procedures, training, and compliance activities are effectively implemented and maintained. This role partners closely with Production, Quality, Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), and external sanitation vendors to ensure the facility meets the highest standards of cleanliness, food safety, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• Associates Degree (± 13 years)
• Minimum 7 years
• Experience in a regulated industry
• Knowledge of GMPs, sanitation programs, and food safety systems.
• Understanding of HACCP, Food Safety Preventive Controls (FSPC), and sanitation principles.
• Experience with wet cleaning and dry cleaning methodologies.
• Experience addressing environmental sanitation challenges involving drains, floors, walls, roofs, and processing equipment.
• Experience supporting food manufacturing, nutrition, or regulated production environments.
• Must be able to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science, food technology, engineering
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Drive Continuous Improvement within the scope of work

Responsibilities

• Maintain sanitation records, procedures, checklists, and signage to ensure compliance with food safety and sanitation standards.
• Conduct routine facility inspections and verify sanitation stations, equipment, supplies, and cleaning materials are properly maintained and available.
• Support sanitation programs including chemical management, monthly titrations, equipment verification, fogging, and fumigation activities.
• Investigate sanitation-related issues, participate in root cause analyses, document deviations, and support corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to Food Safety Plan reviews and sanitation improvement projects, including CIP system enhancements and validation activities.
• Deliver sanitation training and hands-on coaching for employees and new hires, covering cleaning procedures, chemical safety, PPE use, and sanitation best practices.
• Partner with production teams to ensure cleaning activities are executed safely, consistently, and effectively.
• Ensure compliance with Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) requirements, including chemical storage, SDS management, PPE usage, and change control processes.
• Actively participate in cross-functional sanitation and food safety initiatives to strengthen site compliance, operational excellence, and food safety culture.
• Accountable for meeting compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree