hygiene deep cleaning

Greencore Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

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Job summary

Greencore Group at Heathrow is hiring a Hygiene Operator - Deep Clean to help maintain cleanliness across the line and area productivity. Shifts run 5 days out of 7 with a pay rate of £13.06 per hour.

You will follow cleaning plans, perform sanitation tasks, audit your work for safety, and wear appropriate PPE while contributing to a safe, food-safe production environment. Full training provided; join a large, diverse team at one of the UK's leading convenience food manufacturers.

Qualifications

• Hygiene experience in a food manufacturing or similar environment.
• Good literacy and numeracy skills.
• Strong problem solving abilities.
• Excellent communicator and a team player.
• Basic awareness of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Maintain hygiene standards and support deep-clean activities.
• Follow cleaning plans and sanitation procedures.
• Audit own work for health, safety and food safety issues.
• Wear PPE and work safely to minimise food risk.
• Support Hygiene Manager / Supervisor.

Skills

Hygiene experience

Literacy & numeracy

Problem solving

Team communication

Health & Safety

Job description

Shift - 5 days out of 7

Pay Rate - £13.06 p/h

Hygiene Operator - Deep Clean

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn. Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Here at Heathrow, we have a team of around 400 colleagues. We produce gluten free sandwiches and ready to eat or reheat sandwiches, wraps and other bread-based products, salads and ready meals for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Asda, Aldi, Co-op, Lidl, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.

What you'll be doing

• Help deliver line/area productivity in line with the master schedule to ensure operational integrity
• Ensure you follow the agreed plans for cleaning, sanitation, environment and technical and able to adapt in light of emerging circumstances to mini-mise food risk
• Responsible for auditing their own work after each clean and for highlighting any Health & Safety / Food Safety issues or concerns
• Responsible for the prevention of accidents whilst carrying out cleaning activities by wearing the correct PPE and working in a safe manner
• Promote a good health, safety and environmental culture within the department that complies with procedures and completes near miss reporting, to promote a safe working environment
• Accountable for supporting the Hygiene Manager / Supervisor

What we’re looking for

Full training will be provided if successful in this role but are looking for the following knowledge and experience:

• Hygiene experience within a food manufacturing environment or similar environment
• Good Literacy and Numeracy skills
• Problem solving skills
• Good communicator and ability to work in a team
• Basic Awareness of Health and Safety and Food Hygiene

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.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• 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.

Greencore and its recruitment partners never charge candidates any fees at any stage of the hiring process. Any request for payment relating to a job opportunity should be considered fraudulent.

Please note due to high numbers of applications this role maybe closed before the posted closing date.