Sanitation Supervisor
St. Louis
Operations – Operations /
Permanent Full-Time /
On-site
Sanitation Supervisor - Affton, Missouri
The Irca Group is an International Leader in high quality finished and semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and ice cream markets. With a solid history of over 100 years in the industry, the Group has its headquarters in Italy (Gallarate) and a strong global footprint with 23 production sites and over 2000 employees in Europe, the United States and Vietnam.
Our core product categories include chocolate, compounds, chocolate decorations, sprinkles, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, nuts and candied fruit. The most recent acquisition of Kerry Sweet complements our existing categories with the addition of sweet particulates, chocolate confections, inclusions, variegates and frozen fruit purees.
Through its 8 key brands (IRCA, Dobla®, in2food, Via Degli Orsini, JoyGelato, RaviFruit, Cesarin and Anastasi®) the IRCA Group offers an unparalleled "one-stop shop" approach for delivering quality solutions to all ingredients needs, through a broad range of innovative products. We offer every day and seasonal solutions to 3 macro channels: Gourmet, Food Manufacturing and Consumer Product (Retail). “Extraordinary made simple”
The Sanitation Supervisor is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all sanitation activities within the facility, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and company standards. This role involves managing a team of sanitation workers, developing and implementing sanitation procedures, and maintaining a clean and safe work environment. The Supervisor will be required to work onsite daily at our plant in Affton, MO.
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Essential Job Duties
- Responsible for oversight of the plant sanitation and CIP systems
- Ability to validate, troubleshoot and be proactive concerning CIP systems.
- Perform regular follow-up on application of CIP and Sanitation schedules.
- Developing, implementing and maintaining sanitation procedures and programs (i.e. - Pest Control Program, Pre-Operational Program, ATP Swab Program, Environmental Swabs Program)
- Ensure a pest free environment by working the pest control vendor assuring compliance with Irca Standards.
- Work with the engineering and maintenance team advising on hygienic design and new equipment approval.
- Optimize sanitation SSOPs to achieve a higher level of effectiveness and efficiency as well as a lower environmental impact.
- Monitor adherence to sanitation program policies, procedures in the plant environment and ensure the cleaning regime is in place and adhered to. Report discrepancies to plant management.
- Manage Master Sanitation Schedule
- Maintain and validate effectiveness of sanitation SSOPs.
- Responsible for Plant and production equipment cleaning and record keeping.
- Perform sanitation requirements in accordance with regulatory and company needs.
- Promote improvement efforts in sanitation.
- Work with the plant leadership team (Production, Maintenance, Quality, and Warehouse) to review all sanitation training programs to ensure they are understood and completed by fellow sanitation personnel and/or plant personnel in a safe and efficient manner.
- Make suggestions regarding improved techniques for the control of plant cleanliness.
- Coordinate and direct the activities of the sanitation department to maximize productivity while maintaining quality.
- Train and supervise sanitation and/or plant personnel.
- Train all employees in sanitation SSOPs, as well as conduct refresher training to ensure employees are trained on updates and modification to SSOPs.
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from four-year College or university; 2 to 5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of 2-3 years Sanitation or Quality related experience in a food production environment.
- must have experience as a people leader and leading a team of 1+ professionals
- HACCP certified.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Why Join Us:
Irca Group offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits: Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Vacation, and Holidays, Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program
