Sanitation Manager

A Little About:

Oats Overnight is on a mission to build a generational CPG brand. Since 2016, our high-protein, drinkable oatmeal has reached over a million customers through direct-to-consumer, and we’re now scaling with all major nationwide retail and club partners. Our goal: become a household brand by leveraging speed, storytelling, and strategy.

We are vertically integrated: we develop, manufacture, and fulfill everything in-house. This operational control allows us to engage customers directly into the R&D process, an initiative where we were first-to-market in CPG. It also makes our brand tangible and real: our factory, our team, and our product pipeline are all part of the narrative.

This is an exciting stage - we are emerging as a significant omni-channel brand and launching new products to capture significant market share across verticals. We want you to help us get there.

Every teammate here has equity because we’re building something big, and everyone plays an important role. If you’re excited about building a brand that does things differently, this is that opportunity.

What’s The Job

As our Sanitation Manager, you’ll run sanitation at our Ohio plant: the team, the schedule, the procedures, and the audit records. When a line comes down for cleaning, you ensure whether it’s actually clean. We’re adding lines in Ohio, so you’ll also be writing sanitation plans for equipment that hasn’t been installed yet.

What You’ll Be Doing, Stop Scanning and Read This Part

You own:

• The team. 2 supervisors and their crews across 3 shifts. You hire, train, coach, and handle the hard conversations.
• SSOPs for every processing area. You write them with QA, Operations, and Maintenance. A new hire should be able to follow them, and they should hold up in an audit.
• The master sanitation schedule. You engage with quality, operations and maintenance to develop a plan for everything- the building, the lines and grounds. Both the predictable and the unpredictable.
• Sanitation windows. Each line gets cleaned and verified in the time it’s given. Finishing early doesn’t count if the swab tests fail.
• Vendors. Housekeeping, laundry, pest control, and chemical suppliers all come to you. Day to day, you will:
• Sit on the plant food safety (HACCP) team.
• Run non-conformances from the first report through corrective action. You can stop production or put a product on hold when conditions aren’t right, and you document it.
• Get sanitation ready for new lines and products. That means planning, validating, and signing off before the first run.
• Be our sanitation expert in SQF, regulatory, and customer audits.
• Follow the swab data (ATP and allergen), spot trends, and dig into failures until you find the cause. ● Manage chemical, supply, and labor spend.
• Keep chemical handling and lockout/tagout tight, and investigate incidents.

What You’ve Done and Who You Are

Required:

• 5+ years in food plant sanitation, with at least 2 in dry sanitation [and wet sanitation or CIP experience: confirm].
• HACCP or PCQI certification.
• A degree or diploma in biology, chemistry, or a related field (Preferred)
• Solid working knowledge of FDA requirements, SQF, GMPs, and allergen control. ● Experience managing people, ideally including supervisors or crew leads.

Nice to have:

• Certified sanitarian.
• Experience qualifying sanitation for new equipment or lines.

You’re someone who:

• Works without being told what’s next.
• You think on your feet and can adapt quickly to changes.
• Writes SSOPs that people actually use.
• Trains well and knows how to hand off work.
• Can get Operations, Maintenance, and QA moving, even when priorities shift a lot. ● Communicates clearly. Your reports get read.
• Looks at the data before deciding.

Why You Might Like Working Here

• This is going to be fun.
• Casual, friendly culture. We’re serious about what we do but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. • Every employee has equity
• High growth potential with opportunities to expand
• Free oatmeal. It’s very good.

Why You Might Not Like Working Here

• It’s not a cushy job, the bar is high
• We are growing quickly, and have a fast-paced work environment.

Our Core Values

• Ownership - We are all owners. We show up with passion and accountability in everything we do. If something’s broken, fix it or call it out.
• Rational - How we decide matters. We focus on what we can control and make high-quality decisions repeatedly.
• Iterative - We challenge the status quo and improve constantly. When data or situations change, we adapt.
• Curiosity - We ask questions, even when it’s uncomfortable. Learning and leading go hand in hand. Physical Demands
• Must be able to work near food ingredients, exposure to food allergens
• Must be able to lift up to 15-25 pounds at times
• Location: inside an air-conditioned manufacturing and warehouse environment • You must be able to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards
• You must be able to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards

The Perks

• Full Benefits; Medical, Dental, Vision and 401k
• Parental Leave
• 4 Weeks of paid time off
• Weekly Pay
• Stock options, every employee is an owner
• Free, delicious oatmeal

And last but never least….

We value people who roll up their sleeves and support their fellow team members. We embrace diversity and encourage equal opportunity every chance we get, and we look forward to learning from people whose backgrounds, skills, and perspectives challenge and enrich our own.

Oats Overnight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Oats Overnight complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.