Sanitation Supervisor

B&G Foods•Hurlock, MD

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sanitation Supervisor is responsible for leading all sanitation activities to ensure equipment, production lines, facilities, and processing environments are cleaned and sanitized in compliance with FDA regulations, FSMA requirements, SQF/BRC standards, company policies, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs). The role oversees sanitation personnel, Chemical/CIP systems, manual Clean-Out-of-Place (COP) and Clean-In-Place (CIP) processes, and supports food safety programs for fresh produce and acidified food manufacturing operations. The Sanitation Supervisor ensures sanitation effectiveness through inspection, verification, documentation, employee training, and continuous improvement initiatives while maintaining a safe work environment.

Requirements

Experience in food safety programs for fresh produce and acidified food manufacturing operations.
Knowledge of FDA regulations, FSMA requirements, SQF/BRC standards, company policies, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
Experience with manual Clean-Out-of-Place (COP) and Clean-In-Place (CIP) processes.
Experience with automated CIP systems.
Ability to verify proper concentrations, temperatures, flow rates, contact times, and chemical usage.
Ability to ensure sanitation procedures effectively remove organic matter, biofilms, and microbiological risks.
Experience in troubleshooting sanitation and equipment design issues.
Experience in supervising, training, coaching, and developing employees.
Ability to conduct performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, coaching sessions, and employee development planning.
Ability to promote accountability, safety, food safety culture, and operational excellence.
Ability to coordinate staffing schedules.
Ability to maintain sanitation records, master sanitation schedules, chemical inventories, and verification documentation.
Ability to ensure completion and review of all sanitation logs, pre-operational inspection records, and corrective action reports.
Ability to support root cause investigations for food safety, quality, sanitation, and customer complaints.
Ability to participate in internal audits and corrective action programs.
Knowledge of plant safety policies, chemical handling requirements, confined space procedures, and Lockout/Tagout programs.
Ability to ensure proper use of PPE and sanitation equipment.
Ability to investigate incidents, near misses, and safety observations.
Ability to conduct sanitation safety meetings and training programs.
Ability to identify opportunities to improve sanitation effectiveness, labor efficiency, chemical utilization, and equipment cleanliness.
Ability to support sanitation validation activities, trend analysis, and KPI reporting.
Ability to collaborate with Production, Maintenance, and FSQA teams.

Responsibilities

Direct and supervise sanitation operations for production equipment, processing areas, packaging lines, conveyors, warehouses, and facility infrastructure.
Ensure compliance with FDA, FSMA, GMP, SSOP, HACCP, and company food safety requirements.
Coordinate sanitation activities for fresh produce processing equipment and acidified food manufacturing systems.
Maintain sanitation readiness for internal audits, customer audits, and regulatory inspections.
Support Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP) activities and corrective actions.
Oversee operation and verification of automated CIP systems and manual CIP/COP cleaning processes.
Verify proper concentrations, temperatures, flow rates, contact times, and chemical usage during CIP cycles.
Ensure sanitation procedures effectively remove organic matter, biofilms, and microbiological risks.
Partner with Maintenance and Engineering to troubleshoot sanitation and equipment design issues.
Review and approve CIP records and sanitation verification documentation.
Supervise, train, coach, and develop sanitation employees.
Conduct performance evaluations, disciplinary actions, coaching sessions, and employee development planning.
Promote accountability, safety, food safety culture, and operational excellence.
Coordinate staffing schedules to support production requirements and sanitation windows.
Maintain sanitation records, master sanitation schedules, chemical inventories, and verification documentation.
Ensure completion and review of all sanitation logs, pre-operational inspection records, and corrective action reports.
Support root cause investigations for food safety, quality, sanitation, and customer complaints.
Participate in internal audits and corrective action programs.
Enforce plant safety policies, chemical handling requirements, confined space procedures, and Lockout/Tagout programs.
Ensure proper use of PPE and sanitation equipment.
Investigate incidents, near misses, and safety observations.
Conduct sanitation safety meetings and training programs.
Identify opportunities to improve sanitation effectiveness, labor efficiency, chemical utilization, and equipment cleanliness.
Support sanitation validation activities, trend analysis, and KPI reporting.
Collaborate with Production, Maintenance, and FSQA teams to improve operational performance.