Superintendent - FTW Cook

cargill•Fort Worth, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is in Cargill's Food Enterprise, which serves food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a range of innovative ingredients and branded products including poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa, and chocolate. The Sanitation Superintendent is responsible for the strategic leadership, execution, and continuous improvement of facility-wide sanitation programs. This role ensures compliance with food safety, quality, regulatory, cost, delivery, safety, and training requirements. The Superintendent develops, implements, evaluates, and optimizes sanitation systems and processes to prevent product contamination and strengthen partnerships between Operations, Quality, Safety, and Sanitation. The role also provides strategic leadership and oversight for plant sanitation programs, managing complex schedules, establishing priorities, assigning resources, and maintaining communication with staff and stakeholders. The Superintendent plans, coordinates, and directs sanitation-related programs, including quality assurance, food safety, employee relations, health and safety, operations, and maintenance, while considering the operational and business impacts of sanitation decisions. The role oversees the cleaning and sanitization of equipment, surfaces, utensils, and the plant environment, providing leadership, motivation, and technical support to teams. The Sanitation Superintendent models integrity, accountability, and a one-team mindset, effectively giving and receiving feedback to develop leaders and strengthen team performance. They partner with contractors, suppliers, and technical experts to troubleshoot issues, identify root causes of non-conformities, and drive sustainable corrective actions that uphold safety and quality standards.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
Knowledge of the sanitation process, cleaning chemistry, chemical storage, handling and dispensing systems and sanitary design principles.
Knowledge of industry related quality systems and inspection programs, cleaning systems and chemicals, and regulatory audits.
Ability to travel up to 5% for the role.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of supervisory experience leading sanitation or production teams.
Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), lockout/tagout, environmental health and safety, and occupational safety regulations.
Prior experience leading sanitation operations in a multi-shift, high-complexity manufacturing environment.
Experience with continuous improvement projects

Responsibilities

Provide senior-level leadership and technical oversight for the cleaning and sanitization of processing equipment, utensils, food contact and non-food contact surfaces, and the full plant environment, supporting sanitation teams and cross-functional partners as operational needs arise.
Strategically plan sanitation requirements and activities by establishing priorities, budgets, and schedules; assigning work; and communicating expectations clearly and consistently across departments and shifts.
Own the sanitation program lifecycle, including development, implementation, execution, evaluation, and continuous improvement, ensuring compliance with company policies and governmental regulations.
Monitor, update, and enforce sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs) and actively participate in internal and external audits, leading corrective and preventive action plans based on audit findings.
Manage the ordering, inventory, storage, and safe handling of sanitation agents and cleaning chemicals, ensuring compliance with safety, regulatory, and environmental requirements.
Partner with contractors, suppliers, and technical experts to troubleshoot sanitation issues, analyze root causes, and eliminate non-conformities through sustainable solutions.
Support and execute company safety programs at the facility level and provide input into sanitation excellence initiatives across the broader organization.
Lead, coach, and develop sanitation leadership and frontline teams, making sound decisions related to hiring, performance management, feedback, and disciplinary actions while modeling integrity and accountability.
Demonstrate strong business acumen by balancing food safety, quality, cost, labor, and operational priorities without compromising compliance or safety standards.
Perform other duties as assigned.