The Sanitation / Production Manager at Conagra Brands in Indianapolis oversees sanitation, pest control, and third-shift operations within the manufacturing facility. The role involves setting sanitation standards, managing production efficiency, coaching teams, and ensuring compliance with safety and operational standards. Candidates should have a degree in a related field and experience in leadership and sanitation protocols.

Conagra Brands - Indianapolis, home of Marie Callender, is looking to add to our team to help us meet the demands of our customers across the country. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will work onsite at our Indianapolis, IN manufacturing plant on Georgetown Rd. You will manage the sanitation, pest control and 3rd shift operations within the facility. You will set standards across the sanitation department, implement sanitation assurance projects, develop pest control, and plant regulatory compliance programs for sanitation, and ensure efficient production through adherence to production and maintenance standards.

You Will:

• Be a primary resource for line-level production teams on 3rd shift to help build CPS and world class results in Safety, Quality, Cost, Productivity, Delivery, Sanitation and Engagement.
• Manage production, maintenance, and sanitation activities across 3rd shift to meet plant goals.
• Coach your team in personal accountability, giving and receiving feedback, root cause analysis, problem solving, decision making, trade-off analysis, interpersonal communications, and external interactions.
• Develop sanitation strategy at the plant level by identifying long-term goals, using resources, and delivering goals.
• Reinforces important CPS concepts everyday through coaching and auditing of team members to the adherence of standards.
• Coordinate and implement sanitation operations in the plant and manage all sanitation control measures.
• Engage team members to improve processes while enforcing safety, GMP’s and plant policies.
• Track sanitation costs and manage department as a business, including development of annual department budget.
• Administer training for the sanitation department and sanitation training for other departments.
• Manage third-party contract services for sanitation chemicals, pest control.
• Coordinate monthly plant internal audits and lead corrective action efforts facilitating corrective action meetings after findings.
• Empower direct reports to take on new challenges, solve complex projects and stretch their abilities.
• Lead and document department training, post-operational inspections, sanitation chemical titrations, daily sanitation operation sheets, and master sanitation schedule.

You Have:

• B.S. degree in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology, or related field. 
• 5+ years leading high performance teams and engaging team members to improve results
• 3+ years' experience in sanitation
• Experience performing formal root cause analysis to resolve downtime/inefficient operational issues
• Working knowledge of Six Step Cleaning Process, Sanitation Standards and CIP Systems
• Work 3rd Shift hours (11 pm – 7 am)

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Compensation: 

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye ®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

sanitation management, production management, pest control, manufacturing, food safety, team leadership, quality assurance, third shift operations, sanitation protocols, budget management