Tasty Brands/TRACCO is a well-established, fast growing national company that is focused on providing great tasting, nutritious food for K12 school foodservice customers and private brands of selected retailers. With a focus on collaboration, best practices, and continuous improvement, we are looking for people who want to join us for a long career and be part of a great success story. Our most successful people are self-starters, work well in collaboration with others, see the big picture and like to win.
We have an outstanding team of motivated professionals who work well together in a fun and team spirit type atmosphere. Our mission is driven by our core values – urgency, accountability, proactivity, teamwork, and integrity. We are looking for the next “great fit” to join our growing team!
Overview
The Sanitation Manager will lead the Sanitation team to achieve full plant compliance with sanitation/cleaning standards, food safety, and personnel safety while maintaining all federal, state, and customer requirements. The Sanitation Manager will provide sanitation support to the plant to help ensure production schedules are met and manufacturing goals are achieved.
Duties and responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and maintain master sanitation schedules, ensuring master sanitation schedules and daily housekeeping requirements are executed effectively, documented, and filed accordingly
- Ensure proper equipment sanitation and efficient startups through an understanding of the manufacturing process and equipment/parts design
- Ensure all areas of the plant are properly sanitized and in good repair
- Work with Quality Assurance and Production to validate/verify allergen cleaning effectiveness
- Work with facility leadership to ensure readiness for upcoming projects; demonstrate good time management in planning work schedules to ensure deadlines are met
- Order and maintain inventory for Sanitation department materials; manage inventory to keep within budget
- Manage chemical control within the Sanitation department, working with chemical provider
- Ensure proper training is completed and documented for the Sanitation team
- Continually train, monitor and enforce compliance to safety program including Lock Out Tag Out, chemical safety, chemical SDS, etc.; monitor department adherence to required PPEs
- Create, update, and audit sanitation program and all SSOPs to ensure compliance with FDA and GFSI requirements
- Assist with updating quality systems relating to sanitation, environmental safety, food safety, and quality controls
- Actively participate in food safety and plant audits, company audits, and 2nd and 3rd party audits
- Provide pest control support, working with pest control provider to ensure corrective actions are closed out in a timely manner
- Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of products manufactured in the facility
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred and/or 3 years of experience in implementing sanitation programs
- GFSI, FDA experience preferred
- HACCP and PCQI certification preferred
- USDA experience required
- Experience with Microsoft Office
- Strong leadership, team-building, and coaching skills with an intense desire to drive positive change, develop interdepartmental relationships, and deliver results
- Strong decision-making skills with the ability to think quickly and handle frequent change
- Ability to establish rapport quickly, communicating with ease, skill, and conviction
- Continuous improvement mind-set with the ability to lead and support multiple projects
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local laws.
