Hygiene Section Leader

Greencore Group plc; Devizes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company share save scheme

Pension scheme

Life insurance

Job summary

Greencore Desserts Devizes is seeking a Hygiene Section Leader to guide the Hygiene team, maintaining high standards and accurate records. This site specialises in chilled desserts and employs over 580 people.

You will manage labour, ensure safe practices, and drive continuous improvement while aligning with cost controls and Greencore values. The role is nights, Sunday-Thursday, 22:00-06:00, permanent and site-based.

Qualifications

• Experience in hygiene or industrial cleaning environments.
• Proven supervisory experience.
• Hands-on proactive approach to work.
• Strong numerical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe working practices for personnel, chemicals, processes and materials.
• Maintain hygiene, housekeeping and quality data records.
• Manage labour resources, attendance, and performance within plan.
• Oversee breaks and shift changes to avoid productivity disruption.
• Operate within cost efficiencies to reduce wastage and optimize resources.
• Coach and develop team members for continuous improvement.
• Promote Greencore values and maintain positive employee relations.

Skills

Leadership

Numerical skills

Verbal and written communication

Job description

Benefits: Company share save scheme, matched pension scheme , Life insurance up to 4x salary

Location: Greencore Desserts Devizes, Hopton Industrial Estate, London Rd, Devizes, SN10 2EU

Ways of Working: Site Based

Hours of work: Sunday - Thursday: Nights 22:00-06:00

Contract Type: Permanent

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.

Our site in Devizes, Wiltshire, specialises in chilled desserts, including tarts, doughnuts, crumbles, pies, and pastries. The site employs over 580 people and is located close to Swindon, producing high-quality products at scale.

What you’ll be doing

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.

Role 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 Greencore 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.

What we’re looking for

• Able to work nights
• Experience working within a hygiene or industrial cleaning environment
• Proven supervisory experience
• Hands-on, proactive approach to work
• Strong numerical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skill

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day 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
• 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.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.