Night Cleaner

Dawn Meats; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food processing company in the UK is looking for a Night Cleaner to ensure hygiene targets are met while upholding safety and quality. This role involves thorough cleaning, teamwork, and adherence to company standards. The ideal candidate is organized, motivated, and has experience in cleaning. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dedicated team committed to producing better food naturally.

Qualifications

• Experience and knowledge of cleaning is essential.
• Ability to plan workloads effectively to meet deadlines.
• Commitment to working within Company Mission, Vision & Values.

Responsibilities

• Ensure hygiene targets are met without compromising product safety.
• Dismantle machinery for cleaning access.
• Fill cleaning documentation accurately.
• Conduct deep cleaning as required.
• Replenish hygiene supplies.

Skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Motivation

Job description

General Hygiene / Night Cleaning Duties

• Ensuring hygiene targets are met within deadlines, without compromising product safety, legality, integrity, quality, or control of costs.
• Ensuring good housekeeping is maintained.
• Ensuring that hygiene and other company policies are adhered to at all times.
• Working within the Company Mission, Vision & Values.
• Prepare designated production areas for pressure washing, ensuring that all electrical supplies to machinery and electronic devices are switched off.
• Ensure all water sensitive equipment is covered and sealed before cleaning, to prevent water damage.
• Remove all loose debris from all surfaces ensuring waste is segregated properly into four waste categories/containers (General waste, cardboard waste, plastic waste, meat/organic waste).
• Dismantle appropriate parts of the machinery to allow cleaning/pressure washing to reach areas of difficult access.
• Pressure washing of all machinery and all surfaces within the designated areas (including external areas).
• Inform direct superiors when pressure washing is finished to allow pre-chemical checks to be conducted.
• Apply cleaning chemicals on all machinery and all surfaces as appropriate.
• Ensure that all cleaning chemicals are rinsed off thoroughly.
• Conduct hand cleaning of all water/pressure washing sensitive production machinery.
• Inform direct superior when the whole cleaning process is finished to allow final inspections before leaving site.
• Re-clean any areas found not satisfactory at the final inspection.
• Replenish all dispensers (soap, sanitising gel, paper towels, bin bags) at hygiene points within the designated areas.
• Conduct deep cleaning as required.
• Complete and sign off all relevant documentation (cleaning schedules, cleaning diary, Cleaning Instruction Cards (CIC), etc.).
• General dry and wet cleaning of the amenities, as and when required.
• Ensuring Hygiene SOPs are adhered to at all times.

Qualifications

• Have excellent organisational skills with the ability to plan workloads effectively to meet deadlines.
• The successful candidate will have experience and knowledge of cleaning.
• Have well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be highly motivated.
• Be able to work as part of a team as well as on their own initiative.
• Have a keen eye for quality and high attention to detail.
• Will be committed to working within the Company Mission, Vision & Values.

We are seeking applications from individuals keen to take up a career within one of Europe's leading food processing companies - Dunbia UK, part of the Dawn Group. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established team, who have a desire to produce better food naturally, working as a Night cleaner.