Hygiene Section Leader

JR United Kingdom; Boston; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fresh prepared food company in Boston is hiring a Hygiene Section Leader to manage and motivate the Hygiene team, ensuring high hygiene standards are met. Candidates should have supervisory experience and strong communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits including life insurance and other rewards.

Benefits

Nightshift allowance

Life insurance

Staff shop discounts

Qualifications

• Experience working within a hygiene/industrial cleaning team.
• Hands-on approach with strong numerical, verbal, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the Hygiene team to meet high standards.
• Ensure all safety practices related to hygiene are adhered to.
• Manage performance and attendance of the team.

Skills

IT skills

Supervisory experience

Strong communication skills

Job description

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Hygiene Section Leader
We're proud to be Bakkavor
£32,550.00 PA nightshift allowance
Highly competitive reward package including life insurance, staff shop, MyBargains discount
Boston, Old Leake
Site based
18.00 - 06.00, 3's and 2's
Permanent
Why join us?
We're proud of what we do, why we do it and who we do it for. We're proud to give everyone the opportunity and support to develop and progress their career. To nurture talent, fuel ambition and work with resilience and purpose to achieve the highest possible standards. We're proud of our caring culture, loyal colleagues and future focus. But, most of all, we're proud to enable and empower everyone to believe, achieve and succeed.
What we do.
We're the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry - supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose.
The site employs over 700 people and specialises in making chilled Italian ready meals and pasta salads products for a dedicated customer.
About the role.
As a Hygiene Section Leader your key focus will be to lead and motivate the Hygiene team ensuring our high Hygiene standards are met and records are maintained accurately.
Accountabilities:

• Ensure agreed controls for safe working practices in relation to personnel, chemicals, processes or raw materials are adhered to.
• Maintain departmental housekeeping, hygiene standards as well as quality standards. Ensuring that all data and records are maintained accurately.
• Manage allocated labour resources to ensure performance standards are achieved. Manage performance and attendance of the team including first level formal written disciplinary action, performance review, and absence management including return to work procedures.
• Ensure the team are correctly deployed and are performing in adherence to the plan. Manage breaks and shift changeover process to ensure it does not disrupt productivity and workflow.
• To work within predefined cost efficiencies to maximise all resources and reduce wastage.
• Ensure all staff are trained on hygiene procedures with regards to standards and Health and Safety developing a multi-skilled team. Actively coach, develop, and recruit team members to the required level of competence to encourage continuous improvement within the business.
• Encourage the Bakkavor values and a positive culture, whilst fostering good employee relations through fair, consistent and effective people management.
• Maintain effective communication between staff and management with internal and external customers. Highlight training needs to the Hygiene Section Manager.

About you.
You will have good IT skills, experience working within a hygiene/industrial cleaning team along with supervisory experience. A hands-on approach and strong numerical, verbal and written communication skills are essential.
What you'll receive.
As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits, rewards and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.
Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.
Proud to be Bakkavor.
We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!
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Bakkavor
We are the leading provider of fresh prepared food in the UK, with operations also in the US, positioning the Group well in these high-growth markets. We leverage our consumer insight and scale to provide innovative food that offers quality, choice, convenience, and freshness. Around 15,000 colleagues operate from 31 sites across our two markets supplying a large portfolio of products across meals, pizza & bread, salads and desserts to leading grocery retailers in the UK and US.
Department: Hygiene
Location:
Boston, GB, PE22 9PN
Workplace: Site Based
Date: 2 Aug 2025
Req ID: 24370

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