Sanitation Supervisor

Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Britt, Iowa where more eggs are produced within a 100 mile radius than anywhere in the world. Our location is an egg processing facility that includes breaking, pasteurization, and dried egg operations. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Location Description — Michael Foods, Inc. located in Britt, Iowa, offering a community in a small town with friendly faces. This site operates as an egg processing facility with activities in breaking, pasteurization, and dried egg.

• Ensures proper sanitation of production equipment and facilities by supervising and training sanitation employees.
• Oversees cleaning and inspection of equipment and training according to established policies and procedures.
• Leads sanitation operations by managing department personnel, work scheduling, hiring, termination, and conducting annual evaluations.
• Coaches and develops sanitation staff to maintain and grow a strong quality culture.
• Enforces company policies in a fair and consistent manner.
• In absence, responsibilities are covered by the FSQ Manager and/or Production Supervisor.
• Ensures employees are properly trained in chemical handling and titration verification and have necessary tools and equipment to perform their jobs.
• Ensures adherence to safety processes during cleanup, including LOTO, and that GMP and HACCP guidelines are followed to sustain SQF certification.
• Assists in maintaining SQF certification and plant improvement through program verification activities.
• Participates in regulatory, customer, and internal audits.
• Maintains sanitation activities that impact Food Safety and Quality of MFI products; reports conditions or practices that may affect food safety, quality, or personnel safety.
• Monitors and reports KPIs such as pre-operational inspection findings.
• Fosters a safe and healthy workplace, adheres to safety policies and reinforces Safety as a Core Value.
• Adheres to quality work practices, GMPs, sanitary conditions, and reports conditions that may affect food safety and quality.
• Ensures policies, procedures, and activities related to Safety are followed to reduce variability; participates in SRMP safety program.
• Communicates effectively with Production, Maintenance, HR, and Safety; assists in third-party audit preparation and root cause analysis of sanitation deficiencies.
• Maintains department budget, tracks supplies and labor hours against plan, conducts weekly chemical inventory, and updates sanitation procedures and practices as needed.
• Develops, maintains, and audits sanitation SOPs for equipment and areas; performs other duties as assigned.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in quality, production, or sanitation functions.
• Associates degree preferred or equivalent experience in working sanitation.
• Prior supervisor experience preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret SSOPs, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports, SSOPs, and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups, customers/vendors, or employees.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; lead effective root cause analyses.
• Coordinate and supervise all sanitation department functions; resolve employee relations issues and supervise in a fair and consistent manner.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and team skills; ability to develop and motivate salaried and hourly personnel.
• Experience working with USDA or regulatory personnel and regulations; knowledge of CIP; knowledge of Lean Manufacturing tools and techniques (preferred).
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.