The Sanitation Supervisor directs and supervises the cleaning of the plant production equipment and facility to meet food safety requirements as required by federal state and local regulations and by DFA to meet customer quality and safety standards. Ensures employees follow Company policies and procedures. Ensures sanitation quality and department efficiencies are maintained at or above standards. Supports the commitment and continual improvement to Food Safety and Quality prog rams.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Day-to-day sanitation of equipment and facility Training employees planning assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems Develops and documents cleaning procedures i.e. SSOP s cleaning logs etc. Train and document all sanitation workers for the safe operation and disassembly of equipment Ensure compliance with all safety rules and standards including the proper use of personal protective equipment. Ensure food safety and quality control specifications are met Ensure compliance with all company GMPs Develop maintain and comply with Master Sanitation Schedule Systematically develop clear and well-defined cleaning procedures for all equipment and facility areas Work closely with management and chemical suppliers on chemical and process changes to improve sanitation results and reduce costs Protect product during sanitation Supervise motivate and train sanitation production workers Coordinate all sanitation and some production items for the plant Coordinate with R D and Quality Assurance on all sanitation issues concerning production new products special runs etc. Coordinate with Maintenance on any set-up machinery pump mill problems are addressed Packaging Processing equipment To ensure that quality productivity and Food Safety issues are met Works independently and within a team on special nonrecurring and ongoing projects Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 2 plus years of manufacturing experience in the food industry; Food industry sanitation experience preferred. Able to read and interpret documents such as MSDS Safety rules and procedure manuals; Able to write reports; Able to compute rate ratio and percent when preparing cleaning chemicals; Efficiently utilize a personal computer outfitted with Microsoft Office software including Word Excel and Outlook

EDUCATION AND OR EXPERIENCE Bachelor Degree or equivalent preferred; HACCP certification preferred 2 plus years in a similar role; experience and or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered Skilled in analytical critical inductive and deductive logic and reasoning Skilled in adaptable flexible yet effective time and scheduling management Occasionally required to conduct meeting or lead groups discussions