Hygiene Chargehand

Hovis Bakeries; Belfast City District; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 42.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hovis Choice

Eyecare vouchers

Healthcare scheme

Cycle to Work

Annual leave

Long service recognition

Pensions

Descripción de la vacante

Hovis invites applications for a Hygiene Manager to lead a team of trained operatives across shifts, ensuring top hygiene standards and strict health and food-safety compliance. You will train, review performance, and may step into Hygiene Manager duties as needed.

The role emphasises managing external cleaners, driving continuous improvement, and enforcing safety and documentation. Strong leadership and problem-solving are essential.

Formación

• Experience of leading and the development of an effective team.
• Flexibility within the department regarding hours of work and duties.
• Computer literate.
• Problem solving skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to give constructive feedback.
• Willing to acquire new skills and broaden learning.
• Ability to make decisions.
• Enthusiasm & Commitment.
• Good timekeeping.
• Good Absence record.

Responsabilidades

• To consistently achieve the highest standards of hygiene by managing a team of trained operatives, working across all shifts whilst ensuring Health & Food Safety & legal compliance are adhered to at all times.
• Carry out necessary training and regular performance reviews with team members
• Act up to Hygiene Manager role as required
• Manage contract cleaners to ensure work completed safely and to the required standard.

Conocimientos

Team leadership

Flexibility

Computer literacy

Problem solving

Communication

Attention to detail

Feedback

Willingness to learn

Decision making

Enthusiasm

Time management

Attendance

Educación

Basic Food Hygiene certificate

COSHH training

IOSH training

Trainer Qualification

Internal Auditing Qualification

Pest Control Qualification

Descripción del empleo

Welcome to Hovis. We are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up our iconic and much-loved brand. We produce bread and bakery products created with Hovis goodness at the heart of each. We deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where we also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

We are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Our success is a result of the hard work of our people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based in our head office in High Wycombe. We are a values-led business and expect our colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

Role Purpose

• To consistently achieve the highest standards of hygiene by managing a team of trained operatives, working across all shifts whilst ensuring Health & Food Safety & legal compliance are adhered to at all times.
• Carry out necessary training and regular performance reviews with team members
• Act up to Hygiene Manager role as required
• Manage contract cleaners to ensure work completed safely and to the required standard.

Key Accountabilities

Key Activities/ Decision Areas

Customers

• Effective management of hygiene team to deliver best possible cleaning standards, consistent with both our own and customers’ expectations.
• Be a flexible and committed team member, who is quality, safety and customer service focussed
• Ensure that all Hygiene documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Participate in site visits / audits.

Strategy and Planning

• Delivery of employee reviews / development and training initiatives.
• Use knowledge and experience to anticipate and solve problems.
• Work effectively with team colleagues to ensure the delivery of the KPI targets.
• Drive cross functional working to ensure hygiene KPIs and standards are achieved – working towards best practice and continuous improvement
• Encourage and drive “Clean As You Go” standards in the work place
• Contribute new ideas towards process improvement and team development.

Execution & implementation

• Ensure that safety is paramount by compliance with all statutory regulations and legislation working safely at all times and adhering to all work instructions and procedures, risk assessments and method statements.
• Take responsibility for Hygiene Team’s compliance to all site procedures & policies
• Ensure that all departmental records are kept up to date, taking corrective actions where required.
• Ensure that the Hygiene team adheres to the highest standards of hygiene and safety
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and activities
• Effective management of company Attendance, Grievance & Disciplinary procedures.
• Vigilance for potential pest control issues, with effective investigation / monitoring & prevention
• Effective management of labour plan to ensure the efficient running of the department.
• Lead effective communication programme; facilitating timely team briefings & development of good team dynamics
• To report Hazards, near misses and faults to the appropriate person to assist in the prevention of accidents.
• Adopt and apply continuous improvement tools and techniques to maintain and improve performance
• To assist in preparation for the audits and take part in them.
• To make a commitment to achieving the Company’s corporate goals.
• Any other duties as and when requested to help meet the needs of the business.

Financial and Operational Control

• To support the team and business in the achievement of its KPI’s.
• To effectively manage Hygiene Labour and Overhead costs
• Continually strive to improve performance, waste management.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives and activities

Cross functional planning

• Work with all other departments to develop and promote a “Clean as You Go” culture
• Work with the Hygiene Manager to ensure all KPIs and targets are achieved
• Work with engineering department to provide good plant hygiene standards therefore facilitating plant maintenance programs
• Highlight machinery or fabrication issues to relevant manager to promote a safe working environment.
• Work with H&S department to maintain and improve upon SSOW and incident investigations

Key Outputs / Metrics

• Delivery of high standards of cleaning, providing an example to colleagues.
• Continual development of an effective & engaged Hygiene team.

Essential role related knowledge, skills, qualifications and experience at selection

• Experience of leading and the development of an effective team,
• Flexibility within the department regarding hours of work and duties
• Computer literate
• Problem solving skills
• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to give constructive feedback
• Willing to acquire new skills and broaden learning
• Ability to make decisions.
• Enthusiasm & Commitment
• Good timekeeping
• Good Absence record

Desirable

• 1 year supervisory experience in a similar role within the food industry
• Experience of working in a hygiene role in food manufacturing
• Basic Food Hygiene certificate
• Manual handling training
• COSHH training
• IOSH training
• Trainer Qualification
• Internal Auditing Qualification
• Pest Control Qualification

Why Work For Us And Our Benefits

At Hovis, we understand the importance of looking after our colleagues, so we provide a variety of benefits in addition to their salaries. The benefits we provide at Hovis are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries

• There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
• Our benefits scheme is called Hovis Choice, which offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes our Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
• We offer competitive annual leave entitlement and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
• We celebrate loyalty with our generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
• We offer three levels of pensions

Hovis values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.