JOB DESCRIPTION

Position: Sanitation Manager

Shift: 1^st

Schedule: Monday through Friday (it may change at any time based on business needs)

Reports to: Facilities Manager

Employment Status: Full Time

FLSA Classification: Salary- Exempt

Compensation Range: $65,000 - $75,000 (Based on Experience)

Job Summary:

A leading Cookies manufacturing company in Islip, NY, seeks an experienced Sanitation Manager to oversee and manage sanitation operations across the 1^st and 2^nd shifts. This role is critical in ensuring compliance with food safety regulations, company standards, and manufacturing best practices while maintaining a clean, safe, and regulatory-compliant environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate sanitation duties in partnership with the sanitation lead.
• Create staffing schedules according to business needs.
• Review and approve weekly payroll.
• Daily inspections of equipment and company areas.
• Confer with supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Training of sanitation team in chemical safety, chemical handling, and SSOPs.
• Manage procurement of sanitation chemicals and equipment, ensuring proper chemical dispensing and dilutions.
• Prepare for plant audits and sanitation meetings.
• Work with HR regarding staff policies, procedures, company, and Union CBA compliance.
• Communicate and follow up on all assigned tasks.
• Any other tasks based on the needs of the sanitation department.

Job Requirements:

• Proactivity & Agility with a strategic mindset.
• Bilingual – Spanish is a must
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to follow health and safety standards.
• Time management.

Training and Experience:

• Associate degree or higher and/or a combination of some education and work experience.
• 3-5 years of hands-on leading and guiding the sanitation function and/ or manufacturing experience.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Temperatures will vary depending on the area of the plant. This includes offices, packing lines, baking oven, washing room, warehousing, etc.
• Ability to lift, carry, bend, push, and pull equipment up to 50 pounds
• Walking: move about inside and outside of the plant.
• Standing for long periods.

Benefits:

• Eligible for annual performance bonus in addition to base salary.
• Medical, dental, vision coverage & voluntary benefits (short/long term disability, hospital. indemnity, employer-paid life insurance, etc.
• 401K Retirement Plan.
• Birthday Boucher.
• Paid Time Off - (holidays, sick, and vacation time).
• Exciting, fast-paced, entrepreneurial career advancement.