Owned by 250+ family farms, Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is a food and beverage company that has offered innovative, award-winning, high-quality dairy products since 1965. Our progressive cooperative’s success is based on a commitment to quality in everything we do that extends to every stage of operations, from our farms to the consumer. Our product offerings include milk, flavored milk, yogurt, dip, sour cream, cottage cheese, Italian cheese, and ice cream mix marketed under the Upstate Farms®, Bison®, Milk for Life®, and Intense Milk® brands.

Summary

The Sanitation Supervisor is responsible to maintain facility equipment and environmental hygiene by supervising the cleaning, sanitation & housekeeping activities of employees.

(SOP’s &GMP’s)

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follows and enforces all safety policies and procedures to ensure a safe and healthy workplace.
• Follows and enforces all sanitation, food safety & quality policies and procedures to ensure consistent safe quality products to our customers and consumers (HACCP)
• Coordinates, monitors, and verifies cleaning and sanitation activities-both inside and outside the plant
• Provides leadership by coaching and directing efforts to control costs, maintain and improve sanitation practices and procedures.
• Ensures employees are trained.
• Maintains and implements the facilities sanitation program in Tapware. Always keep our Tapware sanitation documentation over 90% completion rate. Keep QCPM’s at 100% completion
• Ensures associated documentation is maintained for customer and regulatory review.
• Performs internal audits and inspections and recommends maintenance- repair needs to comply with NYS and federal regulations.
• Implements corrections and corrective actions to support continuous improvement.
• Communicates issues or potential issues to site senior management.
• Ensures that the plant is always audit ready.
• Work with engineering on sanitation issues. Follow up and document progress
• Works with chemical supplier to maintain sanitation equipment and chemical inventory.
• Performs other duties assigned by QC manager, Cooler manager and Assist. plant manager
• Willing to work a flexible schedule to support sites sanitation program.

QUALIFICATIONS

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• Associates related science degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum of 5 years of food sanitation or progressive leadership experience in food manufacturing. Working knowledge of GMP’s, HACCP, food safety, sanitation process, sanitation chemicals and quality control. experience.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to read and interpret documents such as policies, standard operating procedures, maintenance instructions and regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedures. Working knowledge with Microsoft office applications, Outlook, Excel, and Word.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, and use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, reach with hands and arms, and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 55 pounds. Specific vision abilities of this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly exposed to hot / wet / humid and cold conditions. The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Upstate Niagara Cooperative, Inc. is committed to equal employment opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)