Hygiene Coordinator

Here at Manton Wood, we have a team of around 1,700 colleagues. We produce sandwiches and wraps for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Co-op, Asda, Morrisons, Boots, Aldi and Lidl. Our Manton Wood site has a gym, restaurant with hot food and a staff shop available to all our colleagues.

What you’ll be doing

• To monitor and review the activities of a team of hygiene operatives to ensure that all sanitation processes are completed in full and that hygiene standards for a given area are maintained during the production shift.
• Ensure that the team has the right number of resources with the appropriate skills, deploying a recruitment and training plan and adopting appropriate people practices, to enable them to deliver the master cleaning schedule.
• Create and present a clear forward resourcing plan (people and materials) for cleaning, sanitation, environment and technical, and adapt this in light of emerging circumstances to minimise food risk.
• Direct and monitor the team’s delivery of the day‑to‑day hygiene activities, in line with the master schedule, to ensure operational integrity.
• Communicate, and validate the team’s adoption of amendments to SOPs to ensure change is effectively implemented and improvements are made to functional hygiene performance and safety practices.
• Review equipment and highlight damage, escalating risks, to inform the preventative maintenance programme.
• Ensure personal and team compliance with inventory controls to facilitate the timely replacement of materials.
• Provide appropriate information, in accordance with agreed procedures, to customers or regulatory bodies to ensure demonstration of process and procedures.
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for colleagues and that, as a minimum, the department meets the standards set in the SHE Policy.

What we’re looking for

• Food Hygiene NVQ level2/certification of sanitation or equivalent.
• Basic Health and Safety NVQ level2 or equivalent Chemical Handling (as per local site requirement).
• Detailed understanding of the impact of legislation on day‑to‑day operations in relation to food safety.
• Computer literate in Word and Excel.
• Previous experience in FMCG or similar hygiene role.
• Experience leading and working with a diverse workforce.
• Detailed familiarity with local SOPs. These may be trained or developed and do not all need to be in place at recruitment.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job‑related benefits.
• Holidays.
• Competitive matched pension contributions.
• Life insurance up to 4× salary.
• Company share‑save scheme.
• Greencore Qualifications exclusive and Greencore employee discount platform.

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