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Plant Sanitation Manager
Job Description
This is a night shift from 8pm to 4:30am however there may be some light flexibility around these hours.
This is a critical leadership role for someone who is passionate about continuous improvement and sanitation programs.
Plant Sanitation Manager
- Lead and manage all sanitation activities across the facility, ensuring compliance with food safety standards (HACCP, CFIA, GMP)
- Develop, implement, and continuously improve sanitation programs, procedures, and schedules
- Oversee pre-operational inspections and ensure the plant is audit-ready at all times
- Partner closely with Quality Assurance and Operations to maintain product safety and plant readiness
- Manage and develop sanitation team members, including training, performance, and accountability
- Ensure proper chemical handling, usage, and inventory control
- Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions related to sanitation or contamination risks
- Support internal and external audits, ensuring strong results and compliance
- Must have a minimum of +3 years as a sanitation manager in a food related industry.
- Strong knowledge of food safety standards, including HACCP, GMP, and regulatory requirements.
- Proven sanitation leadership experience in food manufacturing or a regulated production environment.
- Hands-on leadership style with the ability to build, enforce, and sustain high standards.
- The discussed salary range is $70,000 to $85,000 depending on experience
- Comprehensive benefits package
- A strong, team-first culture where people take pride in what they do and support each other to succeed.
- Relocation support will be considered
Meet Your Recruiter
Danielle Bragge
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Recruiting Specialty: Operations & Engineering
Danielle has had a rewarding career of over 30 years of recruiting in Canada and South Africa, including co-founding The Headhunters in 2009. Drawing on this extensive recruitment experience and managing the operations of her own businesses, she specializes in the placement of operations and engineering professionals. Focusing on senior-level searches, she has recruited coast-to-coast across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, energy, technology and construction.
Danielle’s business achievements are predicated on people, since she understands profoundly that companies are successful because of the individuals they hire and the leadership they cultivate. She partners with her clients to resolve critical vacancies, and with her highly consultative approach, helps them develop long-term human capital strategies to drive growth and sustainability.
Rising quickly during her early career through the ranks of Fortune 500 and Deloitte Best Managed companies in various management roles, Danielle was previously named one of the Top 100 Women in Business in Alberta. A mother of five, she strongly believes in balancing family, work and service to the community. In keeping with that spirit, she and her family run a not-for-profit organization called Saving the Hungry, leading teams to support community projects in developing countries.