Hygiene Operative — Food Safety & Cleanliness Champion

Deeside Cereals; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

27 days annual leave increasing with 2

Annual Salary review

Life Assurance Cover

Discounted Staff Shop

Free Parking on site

Health surveillance medical every year

Job summary

Deeside Cereals is seeking a Hygiene Operative to deliver cleaning and hygiene activities across the site, including offices, production areas and warehouses. You will support the Technical Department to maintain high standards of hygiene, food safety and cleanliness.

The role reports to the Hygiene Team Leader and requires awareness of health and safety, COSHH knowledge and CICs. A training period of eight weeks is expected to achieve competency.

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.
• Expected to reach acceptable competence within an 8 week training period.
• Ladders & high level access equipment.

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, including the storage, handling, mixing and application as trained.
• Follow COSHH procedures to ensure safe chemical usage.
• Maintain yard cleanliness and waste segregation.
• 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.
• Carry out all tasks as required by the Hygiene Manager or line manager.
• Maintain standards that support food safety, legality and quality.

Skills

Good communication

Teamwork

Safety minded

Independent working

Education

Level 2 Food Hygiene

Manual Handling

COSHH awareness

Job description

Deeside Cereals is seeking a Hygiene Operative to deliver cleaning and hygiene activities across the site, including offices, production areas and warehouses. You will support the Technical Department to maintain high standards of hygiene, food safety and cleanliness.

The role reports to the Hygiene Team Leader and requires awareness of health and safety, COSHH knowledge and CICs. A training period of eight weeks is expected to achieve competency.