Hygiene - Hygiene Team Leader

Job description

• Night Hygiene Team Leader • St Mary Bourne, Hampshire • £39,637.50 per year • 4 on 4 off | 18:00 - 06:00 • Paid monthly on the 25th Are you an experienced Hygiene Team Leader or Hygiene Supervisor looking for your next challenge in food manufacturing? At Vitacress Salads, we're looking for a motivated and hands-on Night Hygiene Team Leader to lead a team of 11 Hygiene Operatives and help maintain the highest standards of food safety, cleanliness, and compliance across our production facility. What you'll be doing: ✅ Leading and supporting the night hygiene team ✅ Planning and coordinating daily and deep-clean activities ✅ Ensuring hygiene standards meet HACCP, GMP and BRC requirements ✅ Conducting hygiene inspections and allergen swab testing ✅ Managing cleaning records and hygiene documentation ✅ Working closely with Production, Engineering and Quality teams ✅ Training and developing hygiene operatives ✅ Driving continuous improvement and food safety standards What we're looking for: ✔ Previous experience in a Hygiene Team Leader, Supervisor or similar hygiene role within food manufacturing ✔ Strong understanding of HACCP, GMP, BRC and food safety standards ✔ Experience leading, motivating and organising a team ✔ Good attention to detail and record-keeping skills ✔ Comfortable working in a factory environment, including wet and cold conditions ✔ Basic computer skills (Microsoft Office) Why join Vitacress? At Vitacress, our values guide everything we do: • Always Deliver Quality - We take pride in producing products to the highest standards. • Do the Right Thing - We act with integrity, respect and accountability. • Nurture the Future - We invest in our people, communities and sustainable growth. Apply today! If you have proven hygiene experience within a food manufacturing environment and enjoy leading teams in a fast-paced operation, we'd love to hear from you. Vitacress Salads, based in leafy St Mary Bourne, Andover is one of the principal salad and watercress suppliers in the UK. With our own salad leaf farms, we take immense pride in delivering a field to fork operation. We grow, wash, pack and distribute salad and watercress for retailer own brands and our own brand Steve’s Leaves. We take pleasure in ensuring the best possible standard and we will empower you to do the same. From the way we grow our products, to the relationships we maintain with customers, everyone knows exactly what is going on. We are authentic and grounded. At the centre of everything is a trust that you can feel every day at work. From the salads that are grown on site; to the investment in facilities and the growth of the business; to growing and nurturing out talented employees, growing is truly at the heart of what we do. Join us and become a trusted partner in our business.