Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.
Oversees and coordinates all sanitation team activities to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, maintaining the highest standards of hygiene throughout the bakery.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure sanitation activities are completed on time and in accordance with the production/master sanitation schedule.
- Ensure that all employees are fully trained and qualified in WHMIS and other chemical safety related programs prior to handling, storing, and using chemicals and operation of sanitation equipment.
- Identifying opportunities to enhance sanitation processes, implementing improvements, and ensuring the proper use and maintenance of cleaning equipment and chemicals.
- Maintain hygiene standards to meet company policies and industry certifications (GMP, HACCP).
- Schedule and delegate tasks to sanitation operators to maintain cleanliness in all areas.
- Conduct daily team meetings to communicate updates, address concerns, and provide feedback.
- Prepare daily reports on sanitation activities.
- Complete Accident Investigations for incidents involving the department or its team members.
- Work with the Sanitation Training Coordinator to ensure proper training and cross training for all sanitation employees.
- Maintain Master Sanitation Schedule (SAP Sanitation Work Orders).
- Supervise sanitation operations in accordance with plant policies and procedures (Safety, GMP’s, HACCP).
- Conduct routine inspections of lines (post cleaning) to ensure the line is fully clean and ready for Pre-op inspection.
- Document and report inspection findings, implementing corrective actions as needed.
- Provide technical input into the creation of technical documents (SSOP’s: Sanitation Work Orders).
- Ensure all employees are aware of their responsibilities specific to food safety, legality, and quality.
- Maintain the required hygiene, safety, and quality standards on the production floor
Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum 2-3 years related experience, within the food manufacturing sector would be preferred.
- Preference will be given to candidates who possess post-secondary education in a food science, business, or technical engineering discipline.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Regularly required to climb, stand or walk for extended periods of time.
- Use a computer keyboard and monitor more than 25% of total work time.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions, wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and extreme heat/cold.
- The noise level in the work environment is often moderate to loud.
- Working with or around chemicals.
- Working at heights.
Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.