Superintendent

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.

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 sanitationrelated programs including quality assurance food safety employee relations health and safety operations and maintenance while maintaining a forwardthinking perspective on the operational and business impacts of sanitation decisions. Through strong analytical thinking sound judgment and disciplined followthrough the role oversees the cleaning and sanitization of equipment surfaces utensils and the plant environment providing leadership motivation and technical support to teams. The Sanitation Superintendent models integrity accountability and a oneteam 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 nonconformities and drive sustainable corrective actions that uphold safety and quality standards.

• 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.
• Other duties as assigned

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• Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience (sanitation or food manufacturing 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

• Two years of supervisory experience
• Knowledge of good manufacturing process safety lock out and tag out and health and safety regulations
• 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.

• Location: Timberville VA; relocation support may be provided
• Open to US based candidates; visa sponsorship will not be provided
• The expected salary for this position is $110000 - $ varies dependingon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific locationcertifications education and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate maybe adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location atwhich the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentiveaward. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance andyour personal performance. At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards we offer acomprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependenton the position offered and hours worked. Visit: learn more(subject to certain collectivebargaining agreements for Union positions).