Beverages, CIP (Clean-in-Place), Cleaning Equipment, Consumer Branding, Consumer Packaged Goods, Consumer Protection, Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Work, FDA (Food and Drug Administration), FDA Requirements, File Audits, Food Production, Food Safety, Food and Beverage Industry, GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), Inventory Management, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Manufacturing, Records Management, Regulations, Safety Compliance, Sanitation, Systems/Internals Programming, Time Management, Titration, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
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