Lead Sanitation

Overview: The Sanitation Lead is a working leader responsible for coordinating, directing, and supporting the Sanitation Technicians who maintain a clean, safe, organized, and sanitary environment for Lifeplus manufacturing operations. This role assigns daily sanitation work, verifies completion of cleaning tasks, supports training, monitors compliance with sanitation procedures, and helps ensure production equipment, wash room activities, breakrooms, bathrooms, common areas, and production support spaces are cleaned and sanitized according to Lifeplus standards.Note: This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead, coordinate, and support the daily work of assigned Sanitation Technicians to ensure facility and equipment cleaning is completed safely, accurately, and on schedule.
• Assign daily housekeeping, wash room, equipment cleaning, deep cleaning, and special sanitation tasks based on production needs, cleaning schedules, and priorities.
• Monitor sanitation team performance, provide hands-on guidance, and ensure team members follow approved sanitation procedures, work instructions, and cleaning schedules.
• Train new and existing Sanitation Technicians on proper cleaning methods, chemical handling, personal protective equipment, documentation requirements, GMP, allergen controls, and contamination prevention practices.
• Perform sanitation duties as needed, including cleaning breakrooms, bathrooms, common areas, production support spaces, and production equipment or parts in the wash room after production runs.
• Verify that equipment, utensils, containers, parts, tools, and assigned facility areas are properly cleaned, sanitized, dried, staged, and ready for use.
• Conduct routine checks of sanitation work areas and completed cleaning tasks to identify visible residue, damage, unsanitary conditions, supply needs, or potential safety and quality concerns.
• Ensure sanitation chemicals, detergents, sanitizers, tools, and supplies are used, labeled, stored, and handled according to company procedures, label instructions, and safety data sheet guidance.
• Review cleaning logs, checklists, and sanitation documentation for accuracy, completeness, and timely completion; follow up on missing or incomplete records.
• Communicate sanitation status, equipment readiness, staffing concerns, supply needs, and potential safety or quality issues to the Maintenance Manager, production leadership, quality personnel, or other appropriate personnel.
• Help coordinate sanitation activities with production, quality, maintenance, and safety teams to support production schedules, reduce downtime, and maintain an audit-ready facility.
• Promote safe work practices, proper use of personal protective equipment, chemical safety, lockout/tagout awareness when applicable, and safe lifting techniques within the sanitation team.
• Report performance, attendance, training, safety, quality, or compliance concerns to management and assist with follow-up as directed.

Other duties as assigned by management

Contacts and Relationships**:**Internal Customers

• Sanitation team members, maintenance, production leadership, quality, warehouse, safety, and operations personnel

External Customers

• Chemical, sanitation supply, pest control, equipment, and service vendors as directed

Accountability:

• Direct accountability to the Maintenance Manager

Qualifications and Guidelines:

Required:

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Prior sanitation, housekeeping, manufacturing, food, dietary supplement, pharmaceutical, or nutraceutical production experience required; regulated manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Prior lead, trainer, coordinator, or informal team leadership experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of sanitation procedures, GMP, chemical handling, contamination prevention, and cleaning documentation requirements.
• Ability to direct daily work, communicate priorities, follow up on assigned tasks, and support accountability within the sanitation team.
• Ability to read and follow written procedures, cleaning schedules, safety rules, chemical labels, and safety data sheet guidance.
• Ability to work independently, lead by example, and collaborate with production, quality, maintenance, and safety personnel in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Preferred:

• Experience training sanitation technicians, coordinating sanitation schedules, supporting audits, or leading cleaning readiness activities in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:

• Ability to lift 50 lbs, stand and walk for extended periods, work in wet or humid conditions, work around cleaning chemicals, climb steps or ladders when required, and wear required personal protective equipment.

Work Location: In person