Food Factory Hygiene Operative

Weetabix; Sealand Manor; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

27 days annual leave increasing with?

Annual Salary review

Company Sick Pay Scheme

Long Service Award Scheme

Life Assurance Cover

Discounted Staff Shop

Weetastars Recognition Scheme

Free Parking on site

Health surveillance medical yearly

Job summary

Weetabix on Deeside is seeking a Hygiene Operative to deliver cleaning and hygiene across the site, supporting food safety and quality. You will follow schedules, operate COSHH procedures and maintain hygiene standards in production, offices, and warehouses.

Reporting to Hygiene Manager and Team Leader, you will work as part of a team to ensure audit readiness and comply with health and safety requirements. This is a full-time role on site.

Qualifications

• Awareness of Health & Safety requirements.
• Understanding of hygiene processes and cleaning materials in a food environment.
• Basic understanding of chemical safety (COSHH) and CICs.
• Manual Handling.
• Level 2 Food Hygiene.
• Safe use of chemicals.
• Ladders & high level access equipment.
• Confined space entry.
• Expected to reach acceptable competence within an 8 week training period.

Responsibilities

• Carry out cleaning duties in offices, corridors, canteen, locker rooms and toilet facilities.
• Clean internal and external areas of the factory, production areas and warehouse in line with schedules.
• Conduct general cleaning of structures, overheads, drains, walls, pipework and equipment, including high level cleaning.
• Complete hygiene schedules according to plant and equipment cleaning instruction cards (CICs).
• Day to day management of pest control activities.
• Work with cleaning chemicals following COSHH procedures.
• Maintain yard cleanliness.
• Ensure correct segregation of waste for disposal or recycling.
• Potential to carry out confined-space cleaning and high-level cleaning tasks once trained and authorised.
• Use initiative and judgement in cleaning methods while following site procedures.

Skills

Health & Safety

Hygiene processes

COSHH knowledge

Manual Handling

Food Hygiene Level 2

Safe use of chemicals

Ladders & high level access

Confined space entry

Forklift licence

Job description

Weetabix on Deeside is seeking a Hygiene Operative to deliver cleaning and hygiene across the site, supporting food safety and quality. You will follow schedules, operate COSHH procedures and maintain hygiene standards in production, offices, and warehouses.

Reporting to Hygiene Manager and Team Leader, you will work as part of a team to ensure audit readiness and comply with health and safety requirements. This is a full-time role on site.