Hygiene Senior Operator

Our Vacancies Ltd.; Kiveton Park; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Company sharesave

Qualifications

Employee discount

Wellbeing platform

Parental leave

Job summary

Greencore seeks a Hygiene Senior Operator at our Kiveton site to lead the hygiene team and perform hands-on cleaning across the factory, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and safety.

You will follow Greencore practices, manage daily tasks, complete paperwork, and collaborate with the Hygiene Team Leader to maintain stock, equipment cleanliness, and compliance across areas.

Qualifications

• Team management experience ideal.
• Experience in a Hygiene based role is essential.
• Health & Safety Level 2, Food Safety Level 2, COSHH Awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead and clean all resources of the factory and maintain high hygiene standards.
• Clean equipment and production areas.
• Report stocks to Hygiene Team Leader.
• Ensure correct dilutions of cleaning products and safe usage.
• Complete required paperwork.
• Communicate with Hygiene Team Leader regularly.

Skills

Team management

Independent worker

Detail oriented

Education

Health & Safety Level 2

Food Safety Level 2

COSHH Awareness

Job description

Nights-Wednesday to Saturday17:30pm - 03:30am

Pay Rate -£15.70 per hour

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026,we’reone 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’reproud 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 thevery best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site inKivetonemploys over 500 and is the UK's largest quiche bakery, producing more than 42 million quiche each year along with a wide range of ready meals.At Greencore, we produce more than 160 million units per year across 600 different product lines for customers such as Morrisons, Tesco & Asda.

What you'll be doing

As a Hygiene Senior Operator, you will be responsible leading the team as well as hands on cleaning all resources of the factory in all areas, maintaining high quality hygiene standards and following Greencore practices in regards to cleanliness. Duties of this role include:

• Cleaning equipment and production areas
• Reporting on stocks to aid the Hygiene Team Leader in keeping all areas fully stocked with relevant equipment and cleaning products
• Equipment and production areas cleaned to the required standard and to schedule
• Using cleaning products at correct dilutions to ensure safe and efficient use
• Discretion at all times (will be required to work in areas containing private and confidential information)
• Working safely, conforming to all health and safety procedures
• Completion of required paperwork.
• Regular communication with Hygiene Team Leader as required

What we're looking for

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

• Team management experience ideal
• Experience working in a Hygiene based role is essential
• Health & Safety Level 2
• Food Safety Level 2
• COSHH Awareness
• Must be willing to learn and train in different areas on site
• Must be able to follow written instructions
• Must have a good eye for detail to achieve the inspection and cleanliness standards required
• Must be able to work on own for periods of time

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. At Greencore we put our people at the core. 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
• Companysharesave scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhancedparentalleave 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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