Sanitation Supervisor

Your Opportunity as the Sanitation Supervisor

Lead and oversee sanitation operations within a high-volume bakery manufacturing environment on an assigned shift. This role is responsible for driving effective sanitation programs, ensuring compliance with food safety standards, and building a capable team that consistently meets operational, quality, and regulatory expectations. The selected candidate must be willing and able to work flexible shifts and overtime as needed to support business demands.

Location: 1525 Industrial Rd, Emporia, KS (Hostess Manufacturing Facility)

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site, 3rd Shift 10pm-7am Thursday-Monday – Flexibility required. Willingness to work off shift (including nights, weekends, and/or holidays) and flow to the work as needed

In this Role You Will:  

• Lead and direct sanitation team activities while driving execution of daily priorities and longer-term department objectives

• Coach, influence, and develop employees to build capability, improve performance, and strengthen team effectiveness

• Ensure compliance with sanitation standards, regulatory requirements, GMPs, and food safety programs to prevent contamination

• Conduct routine inspections, identify gaps, and drive corrective actions to closure, including root cause identification and elimination of recurring issues

• Train, motivate, and hold employees accountable to established procedures, work rules, and performance expectations

• Maintain accurate and timely sanitation records, ensuring documentation meets internal and audit requirements

• Evaluate employee performance and address performance concerns through coaching, feedback, and corrective action as needed

• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Maintenance, Quality Assurance and HR to resolve issues and maintain hygienic equipment and facility conditions

• Support pest management and environmental monitoring programs and coordinate response activities as required

• Promote a safe work environment aligned with corporate safety programs and ensure adherence to safety policies

• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve sanitation processes, efficiency, and overall plant performance

• Deliver results aligned with company standards, operating procedures, and food safety expectations

• Perform additional duties to support efficient plant operations

What We Are Looking For:  

Minimum Requirements: 

• High school diploma or equivalent required

• Minimum 1 year manufacturing experience

• Minimum 1 year of leadership experience

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:  

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred but not required

• Experience in a food manufacturing environment highly preferred

• Working knowledge of GMPs highly preferred

• Experience in high-volume, multi-line production environments

• Familiarity with food safety systems and third-party audit requirements (e.g., BRCGS)

• Demonstrated ability to train, coach, and develop employees

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word

Work Environment: This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be high.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to talk and hear.  

• Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

• Able to lift objects up to 50 pounds frequently.

• May push and pull heavy trash carts, dough carts, portable equipment, and catch pans.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

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