Cleaning Supervisor

Sodexo; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Sodexo is seeking a Science Services Supervisor to manage cleaning teams and ensure compliance with safety standards in Stevenage. This full-time role includes opportunities for professional development, extensive employee benefits, and a commitment to maintaining a positive work culture.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Employee Assistance Programme

Unlimited access to wellbeing support

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Pension Plan

Bike to Work Scheme

Enhanced benefits and leave policies

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of COSHH and awareness of laboratory health & safety procedures.
• Experience in leadership and managing HR policies.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of housekeeping operatives and oversee cleaning services.
• Ensure safety checks and compliance with cleaning standards.
• Conduct HR tasks including training and performance reviews.

Skills

Leadership & People Management

Knowledge of COSHH

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Customer Service Experience

Computer Literacy

Job description

• Full time
• 6:00am - 14:30pm
• £29000 per annum
• Opportunities for professional development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
• 28 days Holiday increasing to 33 days with service (including bank holidays)
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Science Services Supervisor

Stevenage - Full time

Valued. Recognised. Rewarded. A career you can feel good about.

At Sodexo, we're passionate about our people.We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

We are seeking two organised and conscientious Cleaning Supervisors, to join our large established clients in Stevenage.You will be responsible for managing a team of between six and ten housekeeping operatives and oversee the administration of general cleaning services, as well as a small Lab Support team.

This role will be Monday to Friday between 06:00am - 14:30pm, 37.5 hours per week.

Due to the requirement to travel to other sites, a full UK driving licence is required.

As a Science Services Supervisor you'll:

• You will be responsible for ensuring that the team(s) maintain Sodexo's commitment to a zero-harm mindset, proactively undertaking checks for Safety, safety investigations and fact finding, safety walks and uploading this data into Salus (safety management system).
• Challenge any unsafe acts or behaviours through correct channel: drive Zero Harm & 3 Checks for Safety values.
• Ensure all general housekeeping and laboratory cleaning meets the specifications and standards set by the client, as directed by the SOPs.
• Ensure the general and lab services team always operates in a professional manner, portraying a positive working culture and work ethic.
• To manage team HR related tasks; sickness / recruitment / leavers, training which includes Sodexo's GREAT Training, e-learning and MyLearning requirements.
• Stock control.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Staff training and performance reviews.
• HR Process - including conduct and absence management.
• Resource planning / Holiday cover.

What we're looking for:

• Leadership & People Management experience is essential.
• Strong knowledge of COSHH and awareness of laboratory health & safety procedures.
• Knowledge of the management of HR policies and processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Effective communication skills
• Experience within customer services or a customer facing environment.
• Computer literacy (live meetings and teams)
• Comfortable chairing and facilitating meetings

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all.As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We're a Disability Confident Leader employer.We're committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Inspiring growth. Igniting potential.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications