Hygiene Team Leader
- Posted 24 April 2025
- LocationWarrington
- Job type Permanent - Full Time
- Discipline Technical
- Reference032504
- Job FunctionOperations
- Expiry date 22 May 2025
Job description
Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off, 17:30 – 05:30
Salary: Competitive
Why Greencore?
We’re a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make every day taste better. We’re sure you’ve tried our products because we supply food for the all the major supermarkets in the UK!
Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence, recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco & Co-Op.
What you'll be doing
As Hygiene Team Leader you will monitor and review the activities of a team of hygiene operatives to ensure that all sanitation processes are completed in full and that hygiene standards for a given area are maintained during the production shift.
Tasks will involve:
* Ensure that the team has the right number of resources with the appropriate skills, deploying a recruitment and training plan and adopting appropriate people practices, to enabling them to deliver the master cleaning schedule
* Create and present a clear forward resourcing plan (people and materials) for cleaning, sanitation, environment and technical, and adapt this in light of emerging circumstance to minimise food risk
* Direct and monitor the team’s delivery of the day to day hygiene activities, in line with the master schedule, to ensure operational integrity
* Communicate, and validate the team’s adoption of amendments to SOPs to ensure change is effectively implemented and improvements are made to functional hygiene performance and safety practices
* Review equipment and highlight damage, escalating risks, to inform the preventative maintenance programme
* Ensure personal and team compliance with inventory controls to facilitate the timely replacement of materials
* Provide appropriate information, in accordance with agreed procedures, to customers/regulatory bodies to ensure demonstration of process and procedures
* Ensure that a safe working environment exists for colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set in the SHE Policy
What we're looking for
We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make everyday taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.
* Food Hygiene NVQ level 2/certification of sanitation or equivalent
* Basic Health and Safety NVQ level 2 or equivalent
* Chemical Handling (as per local site requirement)
* Detailed understanding of the impact of legislation on day to day operations in relation to food safety.
* Computer literate in Word, Excel
* Previous experience in FMCG or similar hygiene role
* Experience leading and working with a diverse workforce
* Detailed Familiarity with local SOPs
At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.
What you’ll get in return
* Competitive salary and job-related benefits
* Holidays
* Pension up to 8% matched
* Life insurance up to 4x salary
* Company share save scheme
* Greencore Qualifications
* Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
* Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
* Free car parking
* Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.