SANITATION MANAGER

Location: Scarborough, Ontario

Number of Positions: 1
Vacancy Status: Replacement

On-site

Annual Rate: $90,000- 110,000

About Us:

Tradition Fine Foods Ltd. is a second-generation family-owned company founded in 1982, based in Scarborough, Ontario. We are a market leader in thaw and serve baking technology, specializing in frozen sweet goods like muffins, croissants, and pastries for retail, foodservice, and contract manufacturing. We are known for our high-quality products, innovation, and advanced manufacturing capabilities.

Our vision is “to provide an unparalleled manufacturing solution experience to the world’s leading food companies and brands”. We have close to 180,000 sq feet of leading-edge bakery production space, in which we produce exceptional bakery products including bars, croissants, pastries, muffins, and brownies for retail and foodservice customers.

Our team creates outstanding value for our customers through innovative solutions, collaborative partnerships, and leading-edge technology, which separates us from other co-manufacturers. We are passionate leaders who love to win, care about our customers and our team members, and take exceptional pride in delivering with excellence in everything we do!

Why Join Us:

Tradition offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, life, and disability), alongside a commitment to professional growth and career progression. Employees gain access to an RRSP employer match after three months and enjoy unique time-off perks, including four annual personal days and a paid day off for their birthday.

Job Statement:

The Sanitation Manager is responsible for the company’s pillars of hygiene and food safety standard. Sanitation Manager to ensure establishing and documenting a fully compliant sanitation program meeting all regulatory requirements; ensuring that the sanitation program captures the cleaning of infrastructure, food plant and all manufacturing equipment

Essential Functions:

• Accountable for plant sanitation, plant cleaning and housekeeping.
• Proven change agent to execute significant improvements in maintaining assets and change-over time reductions and cleaning results while delivering on cost, safety, morale, skill capability, etc.
• Knowledgeable and responsible for creating and implementing new SSOPs as well as revising and updating existing SSOPs
• Responsible for employee scheduling.
• Job assignment must consider the need to rotate sanitation employees for exposure to all cleaning procedures in the entire facility.
• Ensure work safety, food safety and personal safety requirements are met.
• Responsible in hiring of competent resources and further develop them.
• Develop, manage and maintain the sanitation program (MSS and SSOPs in CEPS).
• Provide on-the-job training (one on one, or group) when required.
• Prepare schedule for employees.
• Manages budget for labour, chemicals, sanitation tools and service contracts as required.
• Develop, coach, discipline, respond to employee suggestions and concerns, and provide feedback.
• Train assigned sanitation employee on sanitation software data entry (back-up).
• Review/audit pre-operational inspections on a regular basis in order to report non-compliance and take corrective actions to assure compliance to all quality assurance and food safety requirements
• Must be experienced with reporting metrics and data trends.
• Must be self-starter, with strong bias for action and follow through with the ability to work afternoon/ nights and then days moving forward.
• Organize and maintain current SDS pertaining to sanitation.
• Order sanitation related supplies.
• Participate in audits and follow-up on findings.
• Facilitate vendor visits (Rabbi, Pest Control, Chemical supplier, etc.).
• Participate in daily meetings (as required).
• Perform performance evaluation for applicable employees.
• Leads all sanitation shifts in sanitation best practices and actively participates in sanitation activities during periodic verification, and all validations.
• Actively participate in FS inspections, follow-up meetings, monthly management meetings.
• Collaborates with management and other department heads for effective cleanings.
• Communicate with relevant service providers (Pest Control, Uniform, Waste Management, Chemical Supplier, etc.)
• Preforms other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Job Specification:

• Bachelor /MS degree in Food Science Technology / Microbiology or related field.
• Minimum 5-year experience in a Food Manufacturing in sanitation; 2 of which in supervisory role
• Knowledgeable of programs related to sanitation; GMP, Cleaning Chemicals, Pest Control, etc.
• Preference will be given to those who have experience coaching / disciplining employees.
• Must be able to complete scheduling, payroll, and may be required to directly manage shifts when required
• Confidence to challenge contractors, suppliers, etc. to provide exceptional delivery and low cost.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and responsible to achieve department and site KPIs.
• Proficient in software: MS Office, GMAIL, ADP, etc.
• Must have a sense of urgency for uptime of assets to support Operations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills along with organizational and leadership abilities
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Disclosure of AI Use: Please be advised that we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help screen and assess applicants for this position.

Interview Process: If you are interviewed for this position, you will be notified of your hiring status (whether a decision has been made) within 45 days of your last interview.

We are committed to creating accessible environments for our team members, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of application and employment processes.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00-$110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Store discount
• Tuition reimbursement

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Scarborough, ON M1L 3Z5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you have a minimum of 2 years in a supervisory or leadership role within food manufacturing sanitation?

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (required)

Experience:

• food manufacturing in sanitation: 5 years (required)

Work Location: In person