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Sanitation Lead

Ircagroup · Elk Grove Village, Illinois · On Site · Active · $26–$28 / hour · Lever

Job facts

Field	Value
Company	Ircagroup
Title	Sanitation Lead
Normalized title	-
Department / team	Quality / Quality
Location	Elk Grove Village, IL, United States
Work model	On Site
Employment type	Permanent Full Time
Salary	$26–$28 / hour
Status	active
ATS provider	Lever
Posted / first seen	2026-05-21 / 2026-05-29
Changed / last seen	2026-05-29 / 2026-06-06

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Company	Ircagroup
Source	22ef7cf8-503b-44c1-9e84-aa6be6459908
ATS provider	Lever

Description

Sanitation Lead Technician The Irca Group is an International Leader in high quality finished and semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and ice cream markets. With a solid history of over 100 years in the industry, the Group has its headquarters in Italy (Gallarate) and a strong global footprint with 23 production sites and over 2000 employees in Europe, the United States and Vietnam. Our core product categories include chocolate, compounds, chocolate decorations, sprinkles, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, nuts and candied fruit. The most recent acquisition of Kerry Sweet complements our existing categories with the addition of sweet particulates, chocolate confections, inclusions, variegates and frozen fruit purees. Through its 8 key brands (IRCA, Dobla®, in2food, Via Degli Orsini, JoyGelato, RaviFruit, Cesarin and Anastasi®) the IRCA Group offers an unparalleled "one-stop shop" approach for delivering quality solutions to all ingredients needs, through a broad range of innovative products. We offer every day and seasonal solutions to 3 macro channels: Gourmet, Food Manufacturing and Consumer Product (Retail). “Extraordinary made simple” Irca Group USA LLC offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits: Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays & Community Service Day. Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program. Irca Group USA LLC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Salary Base Range of $26.00-$28.50 per hour for Employees Located in Illinois. The “base salary range” provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The range provided is for Illinois employees as Irca group is required by Illinois State Law to post pay rates. Irca group reserves the right to pay outside of the given range based on a variety of factors including but not limited to candidate skills and experience, complexity of the job, budgetary factors, and location/geography. Irca group conducts regular reviews of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time. Essential Responsibilities Understanding local regulatory requirements and Irca policies related regulatory, sanitation and plant hygiene. Ability to validate, troubleshoot and be proactive concerning CIP systems. Perform regular follow-up on application of CIP and sanitation schedules. Optimize sanitation SSOPs to achieve a higher level of effectiveness and efficiency as well as a lower environmental impact. Monitor adherence to sanitation program policies, procedures in the plant environment and ensure the cleaning regime is in place and adhered to. Report discrepancies to plant management. Help facilitate master sanitation schedule Maintain and validate effectiveness of sanitation SSOPs. Maintain pre-operational documentation Conduct daily sanitation GMP inspections of the facility and participates in the monthly and annual reviews. Responsible for plant and production equipment cleaning and record keeping. Perform sanitation requirements in accordance with regulatory and company needs. Promote improvement efforts in sanitation. Work with the plant leadership team (Production, Maintenance, Quality, and Warehouse) to review all sanitation training programs to ensure they are understood and completed by fellow sanitation personnel and/or plant personnel in a safe and efficient manner. Make suggestions regarding improved techniques for the control of plant cleanliness. Coordinate and direct the activities of the sanitation department to maximize productivity while maintaining quality. Train and supervise sanitation and/or plant personnel in sanitation SSOPs, as well as conduct refresher training to ensure employees are trained on updates and modification to SSOPs as needed. Meet with new employees that perform critical SSOPs as part of their job and discuss the importance of this activity and how to adequately perform it. Participate in root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action plans on any event that could be caused by/related to sanitation. Responsible for plant relationship with chemical products supplier to ensure timely and effective technical support. General support of plant production and quality assigned by plant leadership. Train in the HACCP program in order to identify critical steps and other instructions critical to effective implementation and maintenance of the food safety plan. Support for SQF System. Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Minimum of 3-5 years Sanitation or Quality related experience in a food production environment. 2 years in a Lead role. HACCP certified Preferred. Knowledge of food safety systems Previous experience with automated CIP system a plus. Demonstrate understanding of root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions. Ability to work with cross-functional teams. Strong interpersonal, communications, coaching. Ability to read piping and instrumentation diagrams (or show potential to learn it). Proficient with Microsoft Office. Detail oriented and ability to work independently. Demonstrate organizational skills.

Full job record

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Provider	lever
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Title	Sanitation Lead
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Status	active
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Location Text	Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Department	Quality
Team	Quality
Employment Type	Permanent Full-Time
Workplace Type	on_site
Remote Policy	—
Country	United States
Region	IL
City	Elk Grove Village
Salary Raw	USD 26-28 per-hour-wage
Salary Min	26
Salary Max	28
Salary Currency	USD
Salary Period	hour
Source URL	https://jobs.lever.co/ircagroup/09edeb51-64b2-433d-9a78-32d8b4374a83
Apply URL	https://jobs.lever.co/ircagroup/09edeb51-64b2-433d-9a78-32d8b4374a83/apply
First Seen At	2026-05-29 06:57:38Z
Last Seen At	2026-06-06 19:34:35Z
Last Checked At	2026-06-06 19:34:35Z
Last Changed At	2026-05-29 06:57:38Z
Inactive At	—
Source Posted At	2026-05-21 14:35:50Z
Source Updated At	—
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