Hygiene Team Leader ( Day Shift )

PrepWorld; Northfleet; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

Full Training

Overtime paid at 1.25x the basic

PPE provided

4 day work week

Job summary

PrepWorld is seeking a Hygiene Team Leader to oversee cleaning and sanitation across a busy fresh-cut fruit facility in Northfleet. You will lead the hygiene team, ensure high hygiene standards, and manage daily operations during the 06:00–18:00 shift, Sunday to Wednesday.

Responsibilities include maintaining PPE stock, inspecting equipment, and ensuring GMP/GHP and COSHH guidelines are followed. The role offers on-site work with full training and overtime opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a team in a production setting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow defined hygiene procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Hygiene Team and oversee daily cleaning and sanitation across the facility.
• Ensure housekeeping and hygiene standards; report non-conformances to Hygiene Manager/Supervisor.
• Monitor corrective actions and prevent recurrence; carry out all cleaning processes during shifts.
• Operate cleaning equipment and manage PPE stocks; escalate issues as needed.
• Maintain GMP and GHP standards; ensure COSHH compliance and training records.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Communication

IT skills

Problem solving

Detail oriented

Self-motivated

Job description

As a Hygiene Team Leader and PrepWorld, you will be responsible for overseeing and carrying out all aspects of cleaning and sanitation across the food manufacturing facility. This includes ensuring that production areas, equipment, and machinery are cleaned to the highest food hygiene standards within a busy fresh-cut fruit factory environment.

Main Duties

• Leading the Hygiene Team
• Ensuring good housekeeping and hygiene standards are maintained throughout the plant and reporting all non-conformances to the Hygiene Manager/Supervisor
• Monitoring and reporting the corrective actions and preventing re-occurrences.
• Ensure that all cleaning and sanitation processes are completed in full and hygiene standards for a given area are maintained during the production shift.
• Use of cleaning chemicals, pressure washers and pressure water hoses.
• Maintain stocks of PPE and disposables and ensure availability throughout the production shift.
• Operate, maintain, and monitor cleaning and tray wash machinery and equipment, including chemical and maintenance checks, escalating any issues to a Hygiene Supervisor or Manager immediately when required
• Ensure GMP and GHP standards are effectively monitored and maintained in the area at all times.
• Ensure that the hygiene team work safely within the COSSH guidelines.
• Training new staff in hygiene all procedures and ensure training records and other training documents are kept up to date.
• Delegating tasks fairly to all the team members and assisting them to complete in a timely manner.
• Ensuring systems and files are in place and maintained, along with customer requirements for hygiene practices at site, to satisfy all audit.
• Complete safety checks and start-up checks, following required processes and documentation requirements, and take necessary action where deficiencies or non-conformances are found.
• Ensure that breaks and absences are coordinated and covered effectively.
• Maintaining excellent communication throughout the department in order to ensure the hygiene plans are adhered.
• Ensure the highest food safety and hygiene standards are embedded throughout the team.
• Responsible for completing the hygiene control sheets/schedules.

Who We Are Looking For

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in a supervisory role within a production environment.
• Proven communication skills with the ability to motivate others.
• The ability to work as an individual and as part of a team
• Able to resolve routine problems using well defined procedures, identify and respond to trends.
• Self-motivated and a can do attitude is a must
• Good attention to detail
• Good IT Skills / Knowledge.

Throughout your time at Prepworld, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

What We Provide In Return

• Career Development
• Free Parking
• Full Training
• Overtime available paid at 1.25x the basic
• PPE provided
• 4 day work week

Days and hours of work

• Sunday to Wednesday

Working shift pattern

• 06:00 - 18:00

Competitive hourly pay starting at £13.88, increasing to £14.40 at Level 2 and up to £15.89 at Level 3, depending on experience, with weekly pay.