Job Description

Sanitation Manager – Lead with Integrity in Food Service!

Are you a Sanitation professional passionate about people, standards, and purpose? Join our team as a Sanitation Manager and play a vital role in ensuring that every meal we serve is not only nourishing but also safe and compliant with the highest hygiene standards. The Sanitation Manager plans, directs, and coordinates sanitation programs throughout manufacturing facility. Ensuring compliance with company’s food safety required standards, to ensure product safety, quality and legality including but not limited to HACCP, GMP’s, GFSI and OSHA. Analyzes work environments to accurately implement sanitation programs and procedures. Responsibilities will include verification, review and development of effective cleaning SOP’s along with maintaining and reporting department key indicators.

What You’ll Do:

- Ensure strict adherence to all food safety, personal safety, good manufacturing processes, appropriate state and/or federal regulations and appropriate industry defined standards.

- Directs the sanitation programs as established by corporate policy.

- Ensure pre-op. and in-process safety and quality of the product. Schedule correction with follow-up.

- Must be able to work independently without close supervision.

- Completing daily employees task schedules ensuring appropriate coverage for all the shifts.

- Oversee the company initiatives related to food safety and hygiene.

- Develop and/or maintain hygiene programs and procedures.

- Lead a team of sanitation staff on multiple shifts to support the plant goals in sanitation.

- Create sanitation staff goals and objectives, to ensure high quality cleaning is achieved efficiently.

- Create and monitor master sanitation schedule, SSOP’s (cleaning procedures).

- Verify all documentation is being kept per requirements.

- Ensure established equipment and areas are cleaned according to cleaning procedures.

- Ensure the proper use of sanitation chemicals in various applications.

- Develop and conduct training for all active and new hires on SSOP’s and chemical procedures.

- Keep inventory of sanitation supplies and order supplies as necessary.

- Coordinate training of sanitation staff on required company policies, food safety, and sanitation procedures.

- Develop and provide all training to facility to ensure compliance with Sanitation programs.

- Ensure compliance with GMP, Allergen Control Programs, and Safety Programs (EI: PPE, Safety Glasses, LOTO…)

- Review resource loads and submit request for recruitments to ensure proper staffing. The manager will also be responsible for hiring, scheduling, performance reviews on all employees.

We’re Looking For:

• 3–5 years of experience in food safety and sanitation (foodservice preferred).

• Bachelor’s degree acceptable in food, chemistry, biology or related sciences

• HACCP certification

• Strong knowledge of food safety systems (HACCP, GMPs, SOPs) and relevant regulations (FDA Food Code, HIPAA, OSHA)

• Excellent communication, training, and leadership skills

• A commitment to continuous improvement, team empowerment, and cross-functional collaboration

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary

• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

• Paid Time Off

• 401K with company match

• A mission-driven team committed to excellence in food safety and patient care

• The opportunity to safeguard lives and lead with purpose

About Us:

At Whitsons, we believe food is more than nourishment—it’s care, comfort, and connection. As our Sanitation Manager, you’ll be the guardian of that mission, ensuring every bite is safe, compliant, and trusted. Join a team where quality truly matters.

Apply now and help us deliver safety and compassion—At Whitsons our mission is Enhancing Life One Meal at a Time™.

Salary $75,000 based on experience.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required

Other Qualifications, Experience:

• 5 years’ experience in Facilities Management required

• Working knowledge of building maintenance and facility upkeep.

Required Competencies:

• Communication

• Effectively write, present and transfer ideas and information for the advancement of individual and company performance.

• Customer Focus

• Act in the best interest of the customer, both internal and external.

• Innovation

• Createnew ideas, processes or products which when implemented lead to positive effective change.

• Organization Leadership

• Apply strategic thinking, prioritization and decision-making to drive results.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is frequently required Sit, walk, talk and hear

• Use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.

• Be standing on feet majority of the workday in addition to walking back and forth.

• Lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Lifting while turning side to side is sometimes necessary.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Position sometimes requires extended hours including evenings and/or weekends, travel to multiple work sites and occasional out-of-state travel

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work is performed primarily in a manufacturing and warehouse environment, specifically the packing and warehousing areas

• Standing most of the workday is required

• Work requires movement in and out of storerooms, near heavy machinery and freezers

• Exposure to extreme temperatures (hot and cold) due to cooking and refrigeration equipment.

• The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

• Willing to work on occasional weekends

• Broad understanding of major functions within the plant and the ability to work directly with individuals at all levels and functions.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work and duties that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position, and Whitsons reserves the right to add additional duties or modify existing duties

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between Whitsonsand team member and is subject to change by Whitsons as the needs of Whitsonsand requirements of the job change.