Hygiene Compliance Supervisor, Processing Equipment & Facility Sanitation

Purpose and challenge

Your mission: protect consumers and the brand by leading sanitation across an entire food and beverage plant. From SSOP execution to CIP validation, you will be the on-the-floor champion for contamination prevention and audit readiness. You turn procedures into habits, documentation into proof, and clean equipment into productive uptime.

Imagine your week

You begin on the floor, walking lines, checking chemical concentrations, confirming yesterday’s CIP cycle reports, and releasing equipment for startup. Midweek, you train a new team member on GMP behaviors, close out pre-op deviations, and prep documentation for an upcoming SQF audit. By Friday, you’ve validated CIP on tanks and transfer lines, reviewed EMP swab results, and balanced chemical inventory for the weekend run.

Core responsibilities

• Lead plant-wide sanitation: equipment cleaning, CIP execution, and facility hygiene standards
• Supervise and develop sanitation staff on SSOPs, GMPs, and food safety practices
• Run, monitor, and validate CIP for tanks, lines, and processing equipment
• Maintain compliance with HACCP, FDA/USDA regulations, and internal programs
• Conduct pre-op inspections, environmental monitoring, and verification activities
• Manage accurate records: sanitation logs, chemical usage/titration, and audit files
• Control inventory of sanitation chemicals, detergents, and supplies
• Coordinate with Quality and Production to ensure timely, clean release of equipment
• Lead/support GMP, SQF, FDA, and third-party audits

Required experience

• Leadership experience in sanitation within food, beverage, or CPG manufacturing
• Hands-on background with CIP systems and sanitation equipment
• Strong command of SSOPs, GMPs, and HACCP
• Exposure to food safety audits and regulatory inspections
• Experience cleaning processing equipment such as tanks, lines, fillers, or blenders
• Ability to work in wet, chemical, and fast-paced environments

Preferred profile

• Experience in beverage, alcohol, dairy, or other liquid-processing operations
• Familiarity with Sanimatic or other automated CIP platforms
• Experience with EMP (environmental monitoring programs)
• SQF/HACCP certifications or food safety training
• Knowledge of chemical dispensing systems and titration

Keywords for discoverability

Core sanitation:

• sanitation supervisor
• food sanitation
• GMP sanitation
• SSOP
• HACCP
• CIP (clean-in-place)
• COP (clean-out-of-place)
• sanitation audits
• food safety compliance

Equipment/process:

• CIP systems
• sanitation chemicals
• chemical titration
• foam cleaning / pressure washing
• tank cleaning
• production line sanitation
• environmental monitoring (EMP)
• allergen control

Industry:

• food manufacturing
• beverage manufacturing
• dairy
• alcohol production
• CPG manufacturing