Cleaning Supervisor

Sodexo; Tingley; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Site Specific Benefits

Career development opportunities

Employee benefits package

Job summary

Sodexo in Leeds, LS27 0TS, is hiring a Cleaning Supervisor to lead cleaning operations and supervise a team on a full-time, 37.5-hour week shift from 7:30am to 3:30pm. The role combines hands-on cleaning with staff oversight to ensure high standards of service.

You will develop colleagues, coordinate tasks, and manage resources while adhering to Health & Safety and COSHH guidelines. A solid background in cleaning or facilities management is expected.

Qualifications

• Practical cleaning experience in FM or support services; supervisory exposure preferred.
• Ability to guide and coach colleagues and allocate work.
• Plan rotas, manage absence, balance hands-on cleaning with supervision.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety and COSHH; comfortable with MS Office and workplace systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver cleaning operations, ~70% hands-on, 30% supervisory and quality checks.
• Supervise and develop colleagues through induction, coaching and performance reviews.
• Coordinate daily operations: rotas, holidays, staffing, workload management to ensure consistent service.
• Manage stock and resources: order materials, keep records, perform stock checks.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organisation

IT Skills

Education

Cleaning or facilities management qualification

IOSH Working Safely

GMP/pharmaceutical experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Workplace management systems

Job description

• Full time
• 37.5 hours per week
• Monday to Friday
• 7:30am-3:30pm
• £15.00 per hour
• Site Specific Benefits
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Cleaning Supervisor

Leeds LS27 0TS - Full time

Operational excellence begins with you.

At Sodexo, we're passionate about our people.We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating quality experiences for our clients, customers, and employees. Build a name with big-name businesses.

As a Cleaning Supervisor with Sodexo, you'll enhance the services of our vibrant corporate site, offering a helping hand to ensure flawless facilities operations and keep things running smoothly.

What you'll do:

• Lead and deliver cleaning operations, spending approximately 70% of your time undertaking hands‑on cleaning and 30% supervising, coordinating and quality‑checking the team.
• Supervise and develop colleagues through induction, training, coaching, performance reviews and day‑to‑day support, ensuring required competencies and standard are maintained.
• Coordinate daily operations, including task allocation, rotas, holiday and absence cover, staffing levels and workload management to ensure consistent service delivery.
• Manage stock and resources, including ordering cleaning materials, chemicals and equipment, completing stock checks and maintaining accurate records through company systems.
• Maintain high standards of compliance and service, ensuring Health & Safety, COSHH and company procedures are followed, responding to client issues, completing audits and reporting incidents or defects promptly.

What you'll bring:

• Relevant Experience: Practical cleaning experience within a cleaning, facilities management or support-services environment; supervisory experience is desirable.
• Leadership & Communication: Ability to guide, coach and support colleagues, communicate effective and allocate work while maintaining positive working relationships.
• Organisation & Prioritisation: Able to plan rotas, manage absence cover, prioritise workloads and balance hands‑on cleaning with supervisory responsibilities.
• Knowledge & IT Skills: Good understanding of Health & Safety, COSHH and safe cleaning practices, with confidence using Microsoft Office and online workplace management systems.
• Desirable Qualifications & Experience: Cleaning or facilities management qualification, IOSH Working Safely (or equivalent), experience in GMP/pharmaceutical, laboratory, healthcare or manufacturing environments, and stock control/order management.

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 big-brand retailers
• 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.