Sanitation Manager

At Jack Link’s, we feed the journey. We take pride in rolling up our sleeves and getting things done together. Fueled by creativity, passion, and a commitment to doing things the right way, we tackle the hard stuff first and focus on real progress, bold moves, and no excuses. We create opportunities, celebrate wins, own our misses, and push forward as a team, knowing our strength comes from supporting one another and having fun along the way. We cultivate a workplace where passion meets purpose and our Team Members are inspired, recognized, and rewarded for their contributions. 

If you’re ready to make a difference and build something meaningful, we want you! 

Jack Link's Protein Snacks is a global leader in snacking and the No. 1 meat snack manufacturer worldwide. Headquartered in Minong, Wisconsin, Jack Link’s is strategically positioned with production, distribution, and support centers in key locations throughout North America, Brazil, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. This global network allows Jack Link's to deliver a wide variety of high-quality, great tasting protein snacks to consumers around the world. The company’s portfolio of brands includes Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Wild River®, Golden Island®, Country Fresh Meats®, BiFi®, Peperami® , Mariani and Local Legends Meat Snacks.

Job Description

Manages and coordinates activities concerned with cleaning and sanitizing the manufacturing facility and equipment by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate leaders. Responsibilities include determining the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the Sanitation department. Completed documentation and carries out responsibilities in accordance with company policy and procedures. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following: 

• Supervises the cleaning of equipment, work areas, and facilities. [For example: overheads, units, pipes, lights, smokehouse, warehouse, Squeegee floors and clean drains] 

• Examines production schedules to estimate worker hour requirements for completion of job assignment. 

• Coordinates work schedule and work procedures to meet production schedules.                                       

• Analyzes and resolves problems or assists team members in solving problems. 

• Ensures cleaning requirements are achieved in a timely manner enabling pre-op inspection and set-up to begin on time.    

• Inspect facility and equipment for conformity to plant HACCP and SSOP’s policies & procedures. 

• Perform routine preoperational swab testing.  Establish or adjust cleaning procedures as needed.  Increase or decrease swabbing schedule according to tests results.  Distribute test results weekly. 

• Confer daily with company preoperational inspectors on sanitation deficiencies.  Assign Sanitation Specialists to resolve deficiencies immediately. 

• Investigate sanitation issues and work to identify root cause and corrective actions.  

• Walk preoperational inspection with USDA inspector and company inspector.  Ensure all deficiencies are resolved immediately.    

• Creating, maintaining, and updating Master Sanitation Schedules.   

• Experience in developing and maintaining SSOP’s.  

• Confer daily with management and production personnel on sanitation related mechanical problems.  Recommend modifications to equipment, plant layout, lighting, ventilation, or work practices to improve sanitation standards and food safety. 

• Inspect facility grounds as necessary; may assist maintenance department with snow and ice removal. 

• Maintains all sanitation related records including chemical usage and cost, monthly task completion calendar, weekly supply inventory, daily water usage readings, and weekly duct sock changes. 

• Complete documentation and carry our responsibilities in accordance with company policies and procedures. 

• Respond to USDA Noncompliance Records regarding preoperational sanitation deficiencies.  Establish or adjust work procedures to resolve deficiencies and prevent reoccurrence. 

• Route reports and records to designated plant personnel. 

• Follow Lean Manufacturing Processes, team building, consistency in high quality, preventative maintenance, good workplace conditions, productive work, etc. 

• Monitor work environment for general food safety hazards such as condensation monitoring, etc. 

Qualifications

Required Education : High School Diploma or GED 

Required Experience : 1 + year of manufacturing experience 

Preferred : 2 + years of Lead or prior supervisory experience in the food industry, with chemical/sanitation experience 

  REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES 

Proven thorough understanding of general business documents such as technical procedures or governmental regulations. 

Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and handle multiple projects simultaneously. 

Excellent verbal and written communication skills; must work effectively with all levels of management and employees. 

Must demonstrate effective leadership, problem solving, presentation, and employee motivational skills. 

Proficient in Internet navigation, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. 

Additional Information

The salary range for this role is $69,763 - $95,913(Annually). Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. Base pay is just one component of Jack Link’s Total Rewards package for Team Members. Other rewards may include annual incentive and program-specific awards. Jack Link’s provides a variety of benefits to eligible Team Members, including medical, dental and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, 401k participation, paid holidays, and paid time off.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

While performing the duties of this job the Team Member will be required to wear the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (i.e beard/hairnet, ear plugs, frock, boots, etc), stand for extended periods of time, and use hands/arms to push, pull, reach and occasionally lift above head.  The Team Member must occasionally lift, push, pull up to 25 pounds and 50 pounds infrequently. Team Members are requested to visually inspect equipment and/or product.  

WORK ENVIRONMENT  

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant setting with wet/slippery floors, varying degrees of temperatures with an average temperature of 40 degrees in the production area.  Team Members will be exposed to raw and/or cooked meat products, and moving equipment and will be required to follow all Food Safety Quality requirements. 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:
Jack Link’s provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.

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