Sanitation Supervisor
About The Position
Sunrise Soya Foods is seeking a passionate Sanitation Supervisor to help maintain the highest standards of food safety, cleanliness, and operational excellence. The Sanitation Supervisor plays a critical role in ensuring our facility consistently meets food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements. This role leads the sanitation team, oversees all cleaning activities, and ensures compliance with CFIA, HACCP, SQF, and internal programs. You will be instrumental in supporting production efficiency, minimizing contamination risks, and maintaining a clean, safe, and audit-ready environment.
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of sanitation experience in food manufacturing or similar environment
- Strong knowledge of HACCP, SQF, CFIA, GMPs, and sanitation best practices
- Familiarity with cleaning chemicals, safety protocols, and WHMIS
- Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills
- Flexible to work various shifts based on operational needs
- Comfortable working in cold, wet, and high-moisture environments
Nice To Haves
- Previous supervisory or leadership experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and support sanitation team members across shifts
- Assign and monitor daily cleaning tasks to ensure completion
- Conduct training, performance reviews, and corrective actions
- Manage staffing, scheduling, and shift coverage
- Oversee daily, weekly, monthly, and deep-clean schedules
- Ensure proper sanitation of equipment, production lines, tanks, and facility areas
- Verify effective execution of CIP (Clean-in-Place) and COP (Clean-out-of-Place) procedures
- Support production changeovers and allergen cleaning requirements
- Ensure compliance with SQF, HACCP, CFIA, and internal standards
- Participate in internal and external audits and provide required documentation
- Conduct environmental monitoring (swabbing) and verification activities
- Investigate and report sanitation-related non-conformances
- Maintain accurate and timely sanitation records
- Enforce safety policies, including WHMIS and chemical handling procedures
- Ensure proper use of PPE by all team members
- Report and address hazards, incidents, and near misses
- Promote a strong safety culture through training and engagement
- Identify and implement improvements in sanitation processes and efficiency
- Collaborate with Production and Maintenance to resolve issues
- Recommend enhancements to cleaning methods, tools, and chemicals
- Participate in root cause analysis for food safety and quality concerns
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
