Sanitation Supervisor

London, 1188 South Laurel Road, London, Kentucky, United States of America

Posted Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 6:00 AM

A Sanitation Supervisor enforces the policies and procedures surrounding the food safety and hygiene. She/he examines all manufacturing equipment to ensure that it works properly and meets all governmental standards. In instances of violations, develops a plan to correct the situation. Possessing a keen understanding of industry regulations, he/she consults with management to address compliance issues and make recommendations to improve processes.

Maintains a working relationship with chemical and pest control vendors. Developing training programs related to sanitation practices and company best practices, this individual also delivers these initiatives to employees in one‑on‑one and group settings. A sanitation supervisor keeps detailed records of all sanitation‑related activities and issues, such as inspections and violations, also noting how and when each situation was resolved.

The Sanitation Supervisor ensures that all Safety, Quality (related to Sanitation), Continuous Improvement and Cost expectations are delivered. The Sanitation Supervisor drives the sustainable improvements across the shift, working closely with the plant leadership and plant employees to achieve results. This position requires hands‑on leadership.

• Overseeing the sanitation process
• Ensuring that health and safety guidelines are followed, and that continual improvement is made towards an injury free operation.
• Ensure key performance indicators in Sanitation areas are met or exceeded.
• Ensuring that the Sanitation process is cost effective, reliable, and meets all associated targets.
• Develop and track improvement in the use and efficiency of Sanitation labor resources.
• Coordinate set up and implement standard operating procedure for key Sanitation operations.
• Ensure that Sanitation does not detract from products are produced on time and are of good quality.
• Manage the adherence to prescribed procedures to ensure that quality (relating to sanitation) meets or exceeds planned goals. Work with Quality Manager/Supervisor to ensure that adequate processes are capable and improving.
• Ensure that human resources required to accomplish sanitation tasks are available; ensure that material resources (chemicals, tools, etc.) needed are available.
• Work with the Maintenance, Quality and Production to ensure sanitation related equipment PM’s (e.g. PEC’s) are completed timely as well as develop a good working relationship between production and maintenance personnel
• Ensure complete compliance to GMP’s and 5S processes.
• Work with the Sanitation Manager to estimate labor and operational costs for on-going operation and for new projects.
• Track competencies of subordinates and provide leadership and development as required to achieve the objectives.
• Monitor the Sanitation processes and adjusting schedules as needed.
• Implement and drive continuous improvement activities through implementation of change management process and best practices.
• Liaise among different departments, e.g. other departments, corporate resources, other plants, suppliers, etc.
• Optimize resource utilization by implementation of an effective Sanitation organization.
• Ensure coaching and development of team and other key resources to meet business’s objectives.
• Supervise and motivate teams of workers.
• Review the performance of subordinates.
• Assists with the management of the Master Sanitation Schedule and Action Item Logs.
• Responsible for the titration testing of all chemicals needing titrated.
• Other duties as identified or assigned by Sanitation Manager.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Make sound business decisions.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Must be capable of being productive…