Hygiene Section Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Matched Pension Scheme

Life insurance

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Enhanced parental leave

Job summary

Greencore Desserts Devizes is seeking a Hygiene Section Leader to drive our hygiene team and maintain high cleanliness standards across the site. You will supervise entry-level staff, coach the team, and ensure records and procedures meet quality and health/safety requirements.

Working on nights Sunday to Thursday 22:00-06:00, you will manage labour, costs and continuous improvement, with opportunities to develop within a leading UK food manufacture.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the Hygiene team to meet high standards.
• Maintain hygiene and quality records accurately.
• Manage labour to meet performance targets and attendance.
• Ensure staff are trained on hygiene procedures and safe practices.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and cost efficiency.

Skills

Hygiene leadership

Supervisory experience

Numeracy

Verbal and written communication

Team coaching

Tools

IT skills

Job description

Job Description

Internal Job Description

Salary: Competitive salary

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
• Strong IT skills
• 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
• Matched Pension Scheme
• 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.

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