Sanitation Manager

As a leader and innovator in the snack food industry for over 50 years, J&J Snack Foods provides branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include such icons as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots along with other key brands like LUIGI’S Real Italian Ice, The Funnel Cake Factory Funnel Cakes, and Hola Churros. J&J also has a strong presence in bakery providing cakes, cookies, and pies to some of the largest grocery and convenience retailers in industry. Our company continues to deliver record sales led by a talented team and a commitment to “Fun Served Here”.

POSITION SUMMARY:   

The Sanitation Manager is responsible for leading and executing all sanitation programs to ensure the facility consistently meets and exceeds food safety, regulatory, and customer standards. This role owns the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of sanitation systems, including SSOP’s, master sanitation scheduling (MSS), and sanitation validation processes.  

The Sanitation Manager driver compliance with all applicable food safety regulations, SQF standards, and internal quality requirements, while always ensuring audit readiness. This position plays a critical role in protecting product integrity, minimizing contamination risks, and supporting overall plant performance.  

This leader is responsible for building a high-performing sanitation team through training, standardization, and accountability, while fostering a culture of ownership, urgency, and food safety excellence across all shifts.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:  

• Develop and implement SSOP’s, policies, procedures, and schedules to maintain sanitation facility requirements. 

• Oversee sanitation implementation of new products and equipment into production. 

• Perform analysis on sanitation performance and expenses and develop goals for improvement. 

• Develop and maintain the Master Sanitation Schedule. 

• Maintain facility cleanliness and sanitation to conform to company, auditor, and regulatory requirements. 

• Maintain plant sanitation records ready for third party audits and regulatory inspections. 

• Schedules pest control vendor for corrective action and fumigation scheduling. 

• Maintains required level of supplies. 

• Follows J&J Snack Food’s Food Safety Plan (FSP), the Safe Quality Food (SQF) Program, the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and the Good Documentation Practices (GDPs). 

• Follows all OSHA safety rules and all food safety laws and regulations. 

• Ensure effective execution and sustainment of sanitation events through verification, validation, and direct observations, confirming equipment and environments meet pre-operational and operational food safety standards.  

• Establish and monitor sanitation effectiveness metrics, and drive corrective actions for any failures or recurring trends 

• Other duties as assigned. 

COMPETENCIES:  

To perform this job successfully, Sanitation Manager must be self-motivated, able to problem-solve, detail-oriented, and able to stay on task. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 

• Excellent organization and time management skills. 

• Must be a self-starter and be able to accomplish a versatile and evolving workload. 

• Excellent in all forms of communication. 

• Skilled at PowerPoint design and ideation. 

• Innovative, problem solver, flexible, and able to juggle multiple priorities. 

• Self-motivated, with the ability to multi-task, prioritize, and adapt well to change. 

Required Education:  

High School diploma or GED. Prefer AA/AS or BA/BS in related field. 

Required Experience:   

• Requires minimum 5 years’ experience as a Sanitation Manager working in a food manufacturing facility with all applicable regulatory inspections. 

• Must be able to develop and formalize written sanitation procedures and a Master Sanitation Schedule. 

• Knowledge of regulatory requirements of facility food sanitation requirements. 

• Skills to address corrective action responses to any issues or challenges. 

• Ability to plan and accomplish goals. 

• Ability to analyze report data to determine corrective actions needed to improve sanitation objectives. 

• Have proficient computer skills to perform job duties. 

• Must be able to identify sanitation concerns and to perform job safety analysis. 

• Prefer bilingual skills: English & Spanish. 

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: N/A 

Disclaimer: This position description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the team member. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement: J&J Snack Foods Corp.is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discriminatory employment actions against, and treatment of, employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived Federal, State and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, alienage, religion or creed, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, genetic disposition or characteristics, disability or veteran's status, sex offenses, prior record of arrest or conviction, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking and unemployment status.