Superintendent FTW Cook (3rd Shift)

Job Purpose and Impact

The Superintendent is accountable for strategic leadership execution and continuous improvement of facilitywide sanitation programs ensuring compliance with food safety quality regulatory cost delivery safety and training requirements. This role owns the development implementation evaluation and optimization of sanitation systems and processes proactively preventing product contamination while strengthening the partnership between Operations Quality Safety and Sanitation functions.

Additionally the Superintendent provides strategic leadership and oversight for plant sanitation programs ensuring sanitation activities are effectively planned executed and aligned with broader business operational safety and quality objectives. This role manages complex schedules by establishing priorities assigning resources and maintaining frequent communication with staff and key stakeholders to ensure work is completed efficiently and on time. The Superintendent actively plans coordinates and provides direction across sanitation related programs including quality assurance food safety employee relations health and safety operations and maintenance while maintaining a forward thinking perspective on the operational and business impacts of sanitation decisions. Through strong analytical thinking sound judgment and disciplined follow through the role oversees the cleaning and sanitization of equipment surfaces utensils and the plant environment providing leadership motivation and technical support to teams. The Superintendent models integrity accountability and a one team mindset effectively giving and receiving feedback to develop leaders and strengthen team performance while partnering with contractors suppliers and technical experts to troubleshoot issues identify root causes of non conformities and drive sustainable corrective actions that uphold safety and quality standards.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide seniorlevel leadership and technical oversight for the cleaning and sanitization of processing equipment utensils food contact and nonfood contact surfaces and the full plant environment supporting sanitation teams and crossfunctional partners as operational needs arise.
• Strategically plan sanitation requirements and activities by establishing priorities budgets and schedules; assigning work; and communicating expectations clearly and consistently across departments and shifts.
• Own the sanitation program lifecycle including development implementation execution evaluation and continuous improvement ensuring compliance with company policies and governmental regulations.
• Monitor update and enforce sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs) and actively participate in internal and external audits leading corrective and preventive action plans based on audit findings.
• Manage the ordering inventory storage and safe handling of sanitation agents and cleaning chemicals ensuring compliance with safety regulatory and environmental requirements.
• Partner with contractors suppliers and technical experts to troubleshoot sanitation issues analyze root causes and eliminate nonconformities through sustainable solutions.
• Support and execute company safety programs at the facility level and provide input into sanitation excellence initiatives across the broader organization.
• Lead coach and develop sanitation leadership and frontline teams making sound decisions related to hiring performance management feedback and disciplinary actions while modeling integrity and accountability.
• Demonstrate strong business acumen by balancing food safety quality cost labor and operational priorities without compromising compliance or safety standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of the sanitation process cleaning chemistry chemical storage handling and dispensing systems and sanitary design principles.
• Knowledge of industry related quality systems and inspection programs cleaning systems and chemicals and regulatory audits.
• Ability to travel up to 5% for the role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two or more years of supervisory experience leading sanitation or production teams.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) lockout/tagout environmental health and safety and occupational safety regulations.
• Prior experience leading sanitation operations in a multishift highcomplexity manufacturing environment.
• Experience with continuous improvement projects

Additional Details

Location: TX-Fort Worth; Relocation support may be provided
Schedule is Monday Friday typically from 11:00pm to 7:30am. There are also some events that might need to work on-call.
The business will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position

At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).