[wb] Team Leader Sanitation

Job Posting:
**_ Our Carrier Drive Bakery produces a wide variety of fresh bakery goods including Tortillas, English Muffins, and gluten-free goods for retail and restaurants all over Canada and the US. Many traditional styles and flavour are baked up daily here spanning in the millions each and every week_**
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The purpose of this role is to provide leadership by example and playing a hands-on role in the Sanitation Department. The supervisor will be responsible to manage the day to day execution of the sanitation team for about 20-25 people including Part-timers, Full timers, contractual crew and 3 lead hands. Communicating with the Crew Leads and team members regarding the tasks to be executed. Daily monitoring to ensure compliance with quality, health and safety standards.

**Some of many reasons to join us;**
- Full-time salaried job with competitive salary package
- Competitive benefits package including strong pension plans;
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Overtime opportunities
- Growth path to leadership roles across the network
- Yearly raises and Incentives
- Quick, efficient, fair-minded hiring and selection process

**In a typical day you will**:

- Supervise and assign daily tasks of crew in accordance with training and staffing levels
- Perform random inspection during sanitation time to ensure proper and detail cleaning.
- Maintain daily, weekly, and monthly sanitation records
- Perform GMP and Internal Inspections of the facility, to communicate results and follows-up completion of corrective actions.
- Oversee the development and execution of the Master Sanitation Schedule (MSS) through the scheduling of labour to clean and sanitize equipment, surfaces and plant environment to accomplish sanitation practices according to Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP’s).
- Measure and analyse sanitation performance metrics and participate in weekly meetings (as required) to review findings and assign investigation and corrective action responsibilities to drive continuous improvement.
- Promote the company’s health and safety program, maintain a safe working environment and ensure continued compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and JHSC recommendations
- Train & Coach the sanitation team to ensure clear communication and understanding of the job requirements
- Effectively provide feedback to employees regarding positive work performance and opportunities for improvement
- Establish a strong culture of Food Safety with all team members and ensuring all are educated on compliance, legal requirements and food safety standards, policies and protocols
- Complete and Maintain appropriate documentation to identify all tasks completed, or required future actions
- Establish Strategic planning to improve efficiency and overall job flow and sanitation effectiveness
- Coordinate with QA and production departments to ensure best cleaning/sanitizing practices are being implemented on daily basis
- Participate in capital projects planning, new equipment installations and new product lines by providing sanitation recommendations and expertise
- Manage and ensure cleaning program are effectively proceeded within the cleaning time frame.

**In order to be successful in this role, you should**:

- Be a lover of bread and baked goods
- Have 2-5 years of Supervisory experience in sanitation department in Food manufacturing setting (even better if it is Bakery environment)
- Have knowledge of HACCP/FSMA, Food industry GMP’s, BRC standards, WHMIS, first aid, Food safety, Basic food microbiology, lock out and tag out and OHSA
- Be able to work in cold, hot, humid or wet manufacturing environment conditions
- Have got really strong attention to detail and are able to meet cleanliness standards set by the company
- Like working in a fast-paced environment, be self-reliant, and be energized by opportunities to learn and grow, and be a steward of your own career
- Be able to lead, Coach and mentor team of 20-25 team members including temps and permanent employees
- Have mind-set of continuous improvement and passionate about sanitation and understand its importance to safety and quality of manufactured food products.
- Proficient in computer skills (Excel, Word, Outlook), previous experience with EAM, SAP and Kronos an asset.
- Be flexible to work at different schedules including Friday night shifts
- Proficient in computer skills (Excel, Word, Outlook), previous experience with EAM, SAP and Kronos an asset.
- If you’re excited about this opportunity and love baked goods, we invite you to apply_