Sr Specialist Sanitation

Sr Specialist Sanitation

Posted Date : Oct 29, 2025

Requisition Number : 126753

Job Location : Robinson, IL

Summary :

The Hershey Company Robinson plant is a non-union plant producing products such as PayDay, Heath, Skor, Milk Duds, Whoppers, Reese's Pieces, Mounds and Almond Joy in a high-speed complex environment.

Under minimal guidance, the Sanitation Specialist's primary role is to coordinate efforts to achieve and maintain sanitation programs and compliance Hershey's Product Excellence Program (PEP).

This position is responsible for overseeing the sanitation program to ensure compliance and proper execution in accordance with sanitation, food safety and safety corporate standards, HACCP principles, GFSI standards as well as local and state regulations, in order to maintain a visibly clean, audit ready environment for food production.

Recommends and secures the appropriate resources (internal and external) and time (including necessary downtime) to assure a sanitary environment is maintained.

Responsibilities : Sanitation

• Manages Sanitation employees work schedule and responsibilities. Manage departmental financial responsibilities for sanitation, developing budget and cost controls when ordering supplies and scheduling services.
• Develops and maintains Master Sanitation Schedule and Environmental Microbiology Monitoring Program. Lead verification, monitoring, and validation of the sanitation related programs.
• Supervises certified pest control operators and assures compliance to pest control program
• Develop and report plant food safety and sanitation KPIs.
• Identify and develop sanitary design solutions working with Microbiology, Engineering and / or Maintenance teams.
• Develops and conducts periodic audits and / or review results to interpret data trends, monitor emerging issues related to sanitation, and develop remediation strategies accordingly.
• Act as an in-house expert resource for hourly, salary employees and supporting departments within the food safety and sanitation related discipline.
• Act as the primary interface for sanitation issues with regulatory agencies, corporate and other third-party audits, providing leadership to identify, monitor, correct, and eliminate gaps between the plant environment and the required standards.
• Creates and updates cleaning procedures.

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