Hygiene Section Leader
Salary: Competitive salary
Benefits: Company share save scheme, Pension up to 8% matched, Life insurance up to 4x salary
Location: Old Leake, (Boston PE22 9PN)
Ways of Working: Site based
Hours of work: 18.00 - 06.00, 3's and 2's
Contract Type: Permanent
Why Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Our site in Old Leake, just outside Boston, Lincolnshire, specialises in chilled Italian ready meals and modern deli products for a dedicated customer. The site employs around 700 people and operates in a fast-paced production environment.
What you'll be doing
As a Hygiene Section Leader your key focus will be to lead and motivate the Hygiene team ensuring our high Hygiene standards are met and records are maintained accurately.
Role Accountabilities:
Ensure agreed controls for safe working practices in relation to personnel, chemicals, processes or raw materials are adhered to.
Maintain departmental housekeeping, hygiene standards as well as quality standards. Ensuring that all data and records are maintained accurately.
Manage allocated labour resources to ensure performance standards are achieved. Manage performance and attendance of the team including first level formal written disciplinary action, performance review, and absence management including return to work procedures.
Ensure the team are correctly deployed and are performing in adherence to the plan. Manage breaks and shift changeover process to ensure it does not disrupt productivity and workflow.
To work within predefined cost efficiencies to maximise all resources and reduce wastage.
Ensure all staff are trained on hygiene procedures with regards to standards and Health and Safety developing a multi-skilled team. Actively coach, develop, and recruit team members to the required level of competence to encourage continuous improvement within the business.
Encourage the Bakkavor values and a positive culture, whilst fostering good employee relations through fair, consistent and effective people management.
Maintain effective communication between staff and management with internal and external customers. Highlight training needs to the Hygiene Section Manager. What we're looking for
Experience working within a hygiene or industrial cleaning environment
Strong IT skills
Proven supervisory experience
Hands-on, proactive approach to work
Strong numerical skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills 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
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.
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