Why Greencore?
We are a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK and our purpose is to make everyday taste better. We’re a vibrant, fast‑paced leading food manufacturer, employing 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK's food retailers with everything from sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24 we generated revenues of 1.8 bn. Our vast direct‑to‑store (DTS) distribution network, comprising 17 depots nationwide, enables us to make over 10,500 daily deliveries of our own chilled and frozen produce and that of third parties. At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies – whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us. Our Warrington site is known as the Italian centre of excellence; recent expansion and investment have made this site a state‑of‑the‑art manufacturing unit! We produce high‑quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco and Co‑Op.
What you’ll be doing
As Hygiene Team Leader (Hygiene Zone Manager) 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.
Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off, 17:30 – 05:30
Salary: Competitive
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 enable 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 circumstances 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 or equivalent certification of sanitation
* 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 and Excel
* Previous experience in FMCG or similar hygiene role
* Experience leading and working with a diverse workforce
* Detailed familiarity with local SOPs
What you’ll get in return
* Competitive salary and job‑related benefits
* Holidays
* Pension up to 8% matched
* Life insurance up to 4× salary
* Company share 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.
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