Sanitation Supervisor, 3rd Shift

Makers Pride•Kentwood, MI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

A Sanitation Supervisor enforces the policies and procedures surrounding food safety and hygiene. This role examines all manufacturing equipment to ensure it works properly and meets all governmental standards. In instances of violations, the supervisor develops a plan to correct the situation. Possessing a keen understanding of industry regulations, they consult with management to address compliance issues and make recommendations to improve processes. This role maintains a working relationship with chemical and pest control vendors. Developing training programs related to sanitation practices and company best practices, this individual also delivers these initiatives to employees in one-on-one and group settings. A Sanitation Supervisor keeps detailed records of all sanitation-related activities and issues, such as inspections and violations, also noting how and when each situation was resolved. The Sanitation Supervisor ensures that all Safety, Quality (related to Sanitation), Continuous Improvement and Cost expectations are delivered. The Sanitation Supervisor drives sustainable improvements across the shift, working closely with the plant leadership and plant employees to achieve results. This position requires hands-on leadership. The core schedule is Sunday-Thursday, 11:00 pm-7:00 am, with weekend coverage as the business need arises.

Requirements

Make sound business decisions
Must be capable of being productive on your assigned shift scheduling
Able to communicate and take direction from the Sanitation Manager
1 or more years of sanitation, food safety or quality supervisory experience in a food or beverage manufacturing environment
3 or more years of sanitation experience in a food/beverage manufacturing environment
Results oriented, possess strong interpersonal skills, be a team player as well as an independent worker and have strong and effective verbal and written communication skills
This person should be recognized as a leader capable of driving excellence
Possess leadership skills as well as an appropriate amount of technical skills in a high-speed manufacturing environment
A knowledge of LEAN Manufacturing techniques and related CI tools are required: I.e., Root Cause Analysis, Agile, Kaizen Events, Blitz, Value Stream Mapping, OEE, First Hour Full Power, Labor Analysis, 5S, 7 Forms of Waste, Pit Stop Changeovers, etc.
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and have some experience and/or the ability to learn associated corporate enterprise software systems to analyze and track data as well as ensuring the sanitation organization understands key operational information
Understanding of Master Sanitation Schedules
GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) knowledge is required

Nice To Haves

Large scale manufacturing experience a plus
Bilingual Spanish/English is helpful
Demonstrated experience training teams is preferred
Experience with SQF or BRC audit prep and ATP swab experience is a bonus

Responsibilities

Overseeing the sanitation process
Ensuring that health and safety guidelines are followed, and that continual improvement is made towards an injury-free operation
Ensure key performance indicators in Sanitation areas are met or exceeded
Ensuring that the Sanitation process is cost-effective, reliable, and meets all associated targets
Develop and track improvement in the use and efficiency of Sanitation labor resources
Coordinate set up and implement standard operating procedure for key Sanitation operations
Ensure that Sanitation does not detract from products being produced on time and are of good quality
Manage the adherence to prescribed procedures to ensure that quality (relating to sanitation) meets or exceeds planned goals
Work with Quality Manager/Supervisor to ensure that adequate processes are capable and improving
Ensure that human resources required to accomplish sanitation tasks are available; ensure that material resources (chemicals, tools, etc.) needed are available
Work with the Maintenance, Quality and Production to ensure sanitation related equipment PM’s (e.g. PEC’s) are completed timely as well as develop a good working relationship between production and maintenance personnel
Ensure complete compliance to GMP’s and 5S processes
Work with the Sanitation Manager to estimate labor and operational costs for on-going operation and for new projects
Track competencies of subordinates and provide leadership and development as required to achieve the objectives
Monitor the Sanitation processes and adjusting schedules as needed
Implement and drive continuous improvement activities through implementation of change management process and best practices
Liaise among different departments, e.g. other departments, corporate resources, other plants, suppliers, etc.
Optimize resource utilization by implementation of an effective Sanitation organization
Ensure coaching and development of team and other key resources to meet business’s objectives
Supervise and motivate teams of workers
Review the performance of subordinates
Assists with the management of the Master Sanitation Schedule and Action Item Logs
Responsible for the titration testing of all chemicals needing titrated
Other duties as identified or assigned by Sanitation Manager