Birchwood Foods is hiring: Sanitation Supervisor in Columbus

Birchwood Foods is an established family-owned ground beef manufacturing company with over 80 years of industry experience. Birchwood Foods delivers ground beef solutions into foodservice and retail market channels. It operates four meat-processing facilities located in the United States. The Sanitation Supervisor is responsible for the supervision of sanitation crew as they disassemble equipment; clean and sanitize equipment; and reassemble equipment that utilized during daily first and second shift meat production. Responsibilities: Assure proper staffing requirements are being met for departmental shifts Demonstrate and enforce all safety practices/policies Maintain the scheduling and facilitate the safety toolbox chats with staff twice a month Conduct coaching sessions with staff as needed Prepare and present the department’s daily production report. Assure efficiencies are met and/or exceeded. Perform Supervisor’s Accident Investigation as needed Manage employee time records Responsible for supervisor’s upkeep of new hire training documentation and development Assure that all food quality standards are followed Verify HACCP and other documents as required by HACCP plan Assure that department is running as smooth as possible at all times and eliminate downtime Monitor GMP’s and enforcing policies of the company Qualifications: 2 years sanitation supervisory experience with food industry background and familiarity with USDA and OSHA is required. College Degree in Meat/Agriculture Science and/or equivalent experience in the food/meat/sanitation industry preferred. Experience with Meat Manufacturing Sanitation Processes, CIP Systems, Chemicals, Industrial Equipment Cleaning and Sanitizing preferred. Strong leadership qualities, responsible, dependable, and organized Ability to work in a refrigerated environment