Equipment Sanitation Manager (Level 4)

Department: Sanitation

Reports To: Vice President of Operations / General Manager

FLSA Status: Non Exempt

Position Summary

The Sanitation Manager coordinates daily sanitation assignments, verifies sanitation effectiveness, reinforces safety and food safety requirements, and supports final readiness before production startup. This role communicates with Production, Quality, Maintenance, and supervision while supporting training, corrective actions, continuous improvement, audit readiness, and escalation of sanitation or equipment concerns.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following duties and expectations were provided for this level:

• Coordinate daily sanitation assignments and ensure employees understand priorities, procedures, and deadlines.
• Monitor work completion, verify sanitation effectiveness, and support final readiness before production startup.
• Ensure sanitation employees follow PPE, chemical safety, lockout/tagout, GMP, and food safety requirements.
• Maintain communication with production, quality, maintenance, and supervision regarding sanitation issues or delays.
• Assist with sanitation training, refresher coaching, corrective actions, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Support audit readiness by ensuring records are complete, accurate, and available when needed.
• Escalate equipment damage, safety hazards, chemical concerns, pest activity, or sanitation failures immediately.
• Arrive on time, ready to work, and prepared with required PPE.
• Follow all company policies, food safety programs, GMPs, and safety procedures.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work area during and after sanitation tasks.
• Use chemicals, tools, and equipment only as trained and approved.
• Complete documentation honestly, accurately, and before the end of the shift.
• Communicate problems early, including incomplete tasks, equipment issues, unsafe conditions, or supply shortages.
• Demonstrate teamwork, respect, accountability, and a sense of urgency.
• Support a strong food safety culture by preventing contamination and protecting product quality.

General Expectations / Performance Standards

The source document identifies the following expectations for all sanitation workers:

Measurable performance standards / targets: Coordinates sanitation assignments effectively, verifies work completion and readiness, ensures records are accurate and audit-ready, reinforces

PE/GMP chemical safety requirements, communicates cross-functionally, and escalates risks or failures immediately.

Minimum Qualifications

Demonstrated leadership in sanitation operations, strong knowledge of SSOPs, Master Sanitation Schedule expectations, sanitation documentation, chemical safety, lockout/tagout awareness, audit readiness, training support, corrective action, and cross-functional communication. Must be Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

General mechanical knowledge a plus

Physical Requirements

Must be able to move throughout the facility to coordinate, inspect, and verify sanitation work. Physical activity may include standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and working in wet or humid conditions while wearing required PPE.

Equipment Used

Equipment used may include sanitation equipment, inspection tools, documentation and recordkeeping systems, communication devices, and approved sanitation tools or chemicals needed to coordinate work, verify effectiveness, support training, and maintain audit readiness.

Performance Review

Performance should be reviewed based on sanitation coordination, verification of readiness, safety and food safety compliance, documentation accuracy, audit readiness, communication with cross-functional partners, training support, corrective action follow-through, and timely escalation of risks.

Career Advancement / Successor Roles

Potential successor roles may include Sanitation Lead, Senior Sanitation Lead, Sanitation Supervisor, Food Safety or Quality support roles, Operations leadership support, or other advancement paths based on business need, demonstrated competency, leadership readiness, and company approval.