Sanitation Site Manager

Ecowize•Indianapolis, IN

2h•Onsite

About The Position

The Sanitation Site Manager leads and executes sanitation operations at a customer’s food manufacturing facility. The role oversees a team of sanitation professionals and ensures equipment and production areas are cleaned, sanitized, inspected, and ready for production each day. The manager leads people, processes, systems, and customer relationships to deliver safe, compliant, and efficient operations, working closely with the Area Manager and customer leadership. The manager recruits, hires, onboards, trains, coaches, and develops team members; manages performance, employee relations, attendance, scheduling, labor utilization, and overtime; and builds an accountable, respectful team with succession plans for future leaders. The role executes the Master Sanitation Schedule and ensures compliance with sanitation procedures, customer expectations, regulatory requirements, chemical handling practices, and workplace safety requirements. It also oversees incident reporting, investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions. The position uses Ecowize technology and business systems to manage quality documentation, employee records, training, communication, scheduling, reporting, and document management. It maintains accurate sanitation, labor, training, chemical, and corrective-action records; monitors labor hours, productivity, and operating costs; and meets budget expectations. As Ecowize’s primary onsite representative, the Site Manager builds working relationships with customer food safety, quality, maintenance, and operations teams; regulatory officials; third-party auditors; and internal support teams. The manager serves as the main contact for daily sanitation operations, conducts customer meetings, communicates performance, resolves concerns, coordinates special projects and shutdown work, and supports inspections and audits. The role is full-time and onsite at a designated food production facility. Shifts may be days, nights, or overnight depending on the site, with weekdays and weekends as required. The work environment involves physical work and the use of personal protective equipment and sanitation chemicals. Travel is minimal and limited to local needs or training.

Requirements

At least five years of leadership experience in food manufacturing, sanitation, or food production operations.
Experience leading sanitation teams in USDA- and/or FDA-regulated facilities.
Strong knowledge of SSOPs, GMPs, and allergen controls.
Knowledge of USDA/FDA regulations and GFSI standards, including SQF and BRCGS.
Working knowledge of LOTO, HAZCOM, PPE requirements, and chemical safety.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and digital business systems.
Ability to work onsite at a designated food production facility and use PPE and sanitation chemicals.
Ability to work weekdays and weekends as required; shifts may be days, nights, or overnight depending on the site.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English/Spanish skills; preferred or required depending on customer needs.
Experience with labor management, corrective action planning, budgeting, and continuous improvement is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Lead, recruit, interview, hire, onboard, train, coach, mentor, and develop sanitation team members.
Conduct performance evaluations and regular coaching sessions; manage employee relations, attendance, scheduling, labor utilization, and overtime.
Foster an engaged, accountable, and respectful team culture and develop future supervisors and site leaders through succession planning.
Execute the Master Sanitation Schedule and ensure sanitation work complies with company standards, customer expectations, and regulatory requirements.
Ensure compliance with sanitation procedures, SSOPs, GMPs, safe work practices, LOTO, HAZCOM, PPE requirements, and chemical handling and dilution procedures.
Lead incident reporting, investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
Use eQMS 2.0, Rippling, the Learning Management System, and Google Workspace to manage quality documentation, employee records, training, communication, scheduling, reporting, and documents.
Complete and maintain accurate daily sanitation reports, payroll and labor reports, training records, chemical inventory and titration records, and CAPA documentation.
Monitor labor hours, productivity, and operating costs while meeting budget expectations.
Serve as the primary onsite contact for daily sanitation operations and conduct routine customer meetings.
Communicate sanitation performance and operational updates and resolve customer concerns professionally and promptly.
Coordinate special projects, shutdowns, and additional sanitation work.
Support regulatory inspections and third-party audits.
Build partnerships with customer food safety, quality, maintenance, and operations teams; regulatory officials; third-party auditors; and internal support teams.