Sanitation superintendent vs production superintendent

The differences between sanitation superintendents and production superintendents can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a sanitation superintendent and a production superintendent. Additionally, a production superintendent has an average salary of $88,703, which is higher than the $40,857 average annual salary of a sanitation superintendent.

The top three skills for a sanitation superintendent include food safety, USDA and CCP. The most important skills for a production superintendent are continuous improvement, OSHA, and production supervisors.

Sanitation superintendent vs production superintendent overview

	Sanitation Superintendent	Production Superintendent
Yearly salary	$40,857	$88,703
Hourly rate	$19.64	$42.65
Growth rate	6%	-
Number of jobs	12,961	101,534
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	2	2

Sanitation superintendent vs production superintendent salary

Sanitation superintendents and production superintendents have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Sanitation Superintendent	Production Superintendent
Average salary	$40,857	$88,703
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $62,000	Between $62,000 And $125,000
Highest paying City	-	East Windsor, NJ
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Bunge
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between sanitation superintendent and production superintendent education

There are a few differences between a sanitation superintendent and a production superintendent in terms of educational background:

	Sanitation Superintendent	Production Superintendent
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Cornell University	Stanford University

Sanitation superintendent vs production superintendent demographics

Here are the differences between sanitation superintendents' and production superintendents' demographics:

	Sanitation Superintendent	Production Superintendent
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 91.8% Female, 8.2%	Male, 95.5% Female, 4.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 3.9% White, 68.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 13.1% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 4.8% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between sanitation superintendent and production superintendent duties and responsibilities

Sanitation superintendent example responsibilities.

Manage data reports, analyze and provide data to improve operational performance to include OEE, process reliability and labor optimization.
Work closely with QA and USDA on pre-operational inspection.
Power point GMP total plant employee training.
Work daily with USDA to ensure compliance with regulations.
Perform and verify inspections of assembly operations using SPC techniques, specialize test equipment, and precision measuring instruments.EDUCTION :
Oversee daily restaurant operation ensuring an excellent customer experience for high volume caf.

Production superintendent example responsibilities.

Manage day-to-day operation and maintenance activities in a high volume, OSHA, PSM cover specialty chemical manufacturing facility.
Participate in kaizen events and lean projects.
Script SQL commands for data mining and ad-hoc reports.
Analyze vendor data and debug production databases (SQL).
Introduce Kaizen and SPC to facility and develop metrics for operating unit.
Train employees in hazard analysis of critical control points (HACCP).

Sanitation superintendent vs production superintendent skills

Common sanitation superintendent skills

Food Safety, 50%
USDA, 17%
CCP, 11%
GMP, 9%
BRC, 4%
QA, 3%

Common production superintendent skills

Continuous Improvement, 10%
OSHA, 10%
Production Supervisors, 9%
Safety Standards, 9%
Product Quality, 7%
Equipment Maintenance, 5%

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