Food and Beverage Manufacturing

McCain GmbH

5001+

Prague 

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role:
The Sanitation Lead plays a strategic, high-impact role with expanded responsibilities, rigorous qualification standards, and a strong commitment to regulatory compliance and continuous improvement. As a key driver of operational excellence, this position safeguards food safety, upholds the highest quality standards, and ensures efficiency across production and food-processing environments.
<h2>Tasks</h2>
What you’ll be doing:
• Lead, train, and supervise the sanitation team, ensuring strict adherence to cleaning protocols, chemical handling procedures, and safety standards. • Oversee daily operations, assign tasks, monitor performance, and ensure sanitation schedules are consistently achieved. • Maintain full compliance with HACCP, GMPs, OSHA regulations, and company policies. • Ensure accurate documentation, conduct pre-operational inspections, and drive corrective actions to uphold food safety standards. • Collaborate cross-functionally to support operational efficiency and quickly resolve issues. • Take a hands-on approach to sanitation tasks, including equipment disassembly and reassembly when required. • Manage chemical and supply inventory while identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives. • Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and compliance through leadership, coaching, and ongoing training.
<h2>Requirements</h2>
What you’ll need to be successful:
• High school diploma required; sanitarian certification or a relevant bachelor’s degree preferred. • 2–4+ years of sanitation experience in regulated manufacturing/processing environments, including at least 2 years in a leadership role. • Strong mechanical aptitude with the ability to perform physically demanding tasks. • Flexible and reliable, with availability for weekends and overtime as needed. • Detail-oriented leader with strong communication, people management, and proactive problem-solving skills; bilingual abilities are an asset. • Solid knowledge of sanitation chemicals, HACCP, GMPs, SOPs/SSOPs, and core food safety principles. • Comfortable with digital recordkeeping and modern sanitation audit practices. • Fluent in German and English; additional languages such as French or Dutch are a plus.
<h2>Benefits</h2>
Benefits of the role:
<ul>
<li>Opportunity to be a part of a global iconic brand, fun and high performing team</li>
<li>Opportunity to be a part of Greenfield Project in Germany</li>
<li>A varied and responsible job in an effective and international team with flat hierarchies</li>
<li>Competitive salary</li>
<li>A relocation bonus is offered if a move is necessary</li>
<li>Local benefit (Health and Pension insurance)</li>
<li>Friendly atmosphere.</li>
</ul>
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
About the team:
Include information about the team this position is part of and how the position fits into the team. This could cover team size, team structure, how the team fits into a larger department, etc. Refer to “About the Team” section of the Intake Form.
About McCain:
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles:
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience:
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role:
The Sanitation Lead plays a strategic, high-impact role with expanded responsibilities, rigorous qualification standards, and a strong commitment to regulatory compliance and continuous improvement. As a key driver of operational excellence, this position safeguards food safety, upholds the highest quality standards, and ensures efficiency across production and food-processing environments.
<h2>Tasks</h2>
What you’ll be doing:
• Lead, train, and supervise the sanitation team, ensuring strict adherence to cleaning protocols, chemical handling procedures, and safety standards. • Oversee daily operations, assign tasks, monitor performance, and ensure sanitation schedules are consistently achieved. • Maintain full compliance with HACCP, GMPs, OSHA regulations, and company policies. • Ensure accurate documentation, conduct pre-operational inspections, and drive corrective actions to uphold food safety standards. • Collaborate cross-functionally to support operational efficiency and quickly resolve issues. • Take a hands-on approach to sanitation tasks, including equipment disassembly and reassembly when required. • Manage chemical and supply inventory while identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives. • Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and compliance through leadership, coaching, and ongoing training.
<h2>Requirements</h2>
What you’ll need to be successful:
• High school diploma required; sanitarian certification or a relevant bachelor’s degree preferred. • 2–4+ years of sanitation experience in regulated manufacturing/processing environments, including at least 2 years in a leadership role. • Strong mechanical aptitude with the ability to perform physically demanding tasks. • Flexible and reliable, with availability for weekends and overtime as needed. • Detail-oriented leader with strong communication, people management, and proactive problem-solving skills; bilingual abilities are an asset. • Solid knowledge of sanitation chemicals, HACCP, GMPs, SOPs/SSOPs, and core food safety principles. • Comfortable with digital recordkeeping and modern sanitation audit practices. • Fluent in German and English; additional languages such as French or Dutch are a plus.
<h2>Benefits</h2>
Benefits of the role:
<ul>
<li>Opportunity to be a part of a global iconic brand, fun and high performing team</li>
<li>Opportunity to be a part of Greenfield Project in Germany</li>
<li>A varied and responsible job in an effective and international team with flat hierarchies</li>
<li>Competitive salary</li>
<li>A relocation bonus is offered if a move is necessary</li>
<li>Local benefit (Health and Pension insurance)</li>
<li>Friendly atmosphere.</li>
</ul>
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We’re big believers in the power of working together in person—it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
About the team:
Include information about the team this position is part of and how the position fits into the team. This could cover team size, team structure, how the team fits into a larger department, etc. Refer to “About the Team” section of the Intake Form.
About McCain:
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles:
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience:
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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