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Sanitation Manager

Job ID: 26-3409

Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Date posted: 07/14/2026

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Overview

Take the first step toward an exciting new career! As a Sanitation Associate, you will be responsible for the disassembly, thorough cleaning, visual inspection, and reassembly of food production equipment. To succeed in this role, you should thrive in a fast-paced environment, have a good attention to detail, and work well as part of a team. You will be a crucial part in ensuring that our products are manufactured at a high quality and safe for our customers and our families! If you have an appetite for more, come join us at Schwan’s and see how far your passion, talent and commitment to customer service will take you. Our passion is our food. Our secret is our people.

  • Schedule: Full Time
  • Job Level: Regular
  • Travel Amount: Minimal (if any)
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What do you need to be a successful Sanitation Associate at Schwan’s?

  • Team Player
  • Adaptable
  • Efficient
  • Focused
  • Problem Solver
  • Detail Oriented
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I love knowing that I am the first in line in ensuring we make good quality food. The team has great chemistry and we all get along very well!

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Description

Schwan’s Company, a U.S. affiliate of the global lifestyle brand CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leader in manufacturing and marketing quality foods enjoyed nationwide. We have beloved brands like Red Baron®, Tony’s®, Big Daddy’s®, Villa Prima™ and Freschetta® pizzas; bibigo®, Pagoda® Asian-style snacks and we can’t forget Mrs. Smith’s® and Edwards® pies!   We bring families and communities together through great food.  Join our team and see the opportunities are real, and the sky is the limit; this isn’t just a job, it’s a seat at the table!
Our brand-new, nearly 400,000-square-foot Asian-style food manufacturing facility in Sioux Falls, SD, is taking shape — and we’re ramping up hiring for key roles. This is your chance to be part of something from the ground up. We’re building a strong, experienced team ready to bring this new site to life and shape its future together. Relocation assistance available.
Join our team as a Sanitation Manager! 
What You Will Do:
• Confer with multiple production departments to schedule sanitizing and cleaning assignments, responding to reports of sanitation problems and USDA and FDA issues, and monitor sanitation performance as needed to verify guidelines and procedures costing specifications and system data.
• Manage the effective utilization of employees’ skills, development, quality, housekeeping, safety, utilization of required PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), policy administration, employee relations, scheduling, cost control, and coordination of all sanitation activities with multiple crews. 
• Prepare and compile required company and government reports within required deadlines and retain as required for production and food safety audits required in food manufacturing.
• Investigates ways to reduce, waste downtime and improve equipment and employee utilization in our continuous efforts to improve processes utilized; presents proposals to Manager for review and approval.
• Manages trains and develops subordinates. 
• The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is required, including but not limited to bump cap, safety glasses/goggles, face shield, face mask, ear plugs, hair and beard nets, gloves and safety shoes or rubber boots.
What We Look For: 
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 5+ years of related experience in sanitation and/or full cycle cleaning, ideally in a manufacturing setting, with 2+ years leading a team of sanitation staff. 
• Food Manufacturing Experience and solid working knowledge of SSOP, USDA, FDA, HACCP, and GMP.
• Understanding and ability to comply with company and federal regulations and procedures.
• Basic skills in the generation of data from electronic general ledger systems such as SAP.
• Good mechanical aptitude within a high-volume manufacturing setting. 
Compensation and Benefits:
The base salary range for this position is $75,000 to $125,000 annually with eligibility for a 15% annual incentive bonus, that is based on organizational performance. The pay range represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to educations, skills, work experience, certifications, geography etc. As such, starting pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.  
Beyond base salary, we offer a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a strong foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support programs. 
The employing subsidiaries of CJ Schwan's Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin, or other protected class.


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Schwan’s Company, a U.S. affiliate of the global lifestyle company CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leading U.S. manufacturer and marketer of quality foods offered through retail-grocery and food-service channels. Its many popular brands include Red Baron®, Tony’s®, Big Daddy’s®, Villa Prima™ and Freschetta® pizza; Mrs. Smith’s® and Edwards® desserts; and Pagoda® Asian-style snacks. To learn more about Schwan’s, visit schwanscompany.com.

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