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SalaryLocation: Poole, Dorset
Full time, Monday to Friday
Who We Are:
The leading wholesale meat supplier to the butchery and food service industry in the UK, DB Foods Limited supplies a comprehensive range of quality wholesale meat, poultry, game and deli products. We have a proven track record in supplying a diverse customer base including Restaurant Groups, Airlines, Cruise Ships, High Street and Catering Butchers, UK Multiples and Online Businesses.
We are currently looking for a Night Hygiene Manager to join and lead our Night Hygiene team. You will ideally be an experienced Hygiene Manager or Supervisor with food manufacturing experience, looking to take on your next challenge. You will preferably have experience working within a compliance / standard driven environment – BRC, FSA, Organic and Halal. Your job will be to ensure that the factory is clean and ready for food production ensuring that the highest food safety criteria is met.
What We Offer:
- Life Assurance Policy
- Employee Assistance Programme which includes offers and discounts for shops and restaurants
- Discounted meat hampers
- Growing company with career progression opportunities within the DB Foods Group
For further information on our company and the benefits we offer, please click the link: https://www.dbfoods.co.uk/about-us/careers/
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing waste segregation
- Managing a team of circa 5 people
- Assume overall responsibility for the safety of self and staff whilst at work, ensuring that all requirements as laid down within the company handbook, and company’s health and safety policy are implemented, monitored and maintained
- Ensure that all team members are suitably trained, understand their objectives and standards required, are reliable and punctual in their attendance and are motivated to the job
- Planning the work of the on-site hygiene staff to drive continual improvements in hygiene standards
- Develop and audit hygiene schedules and work instructions to ensure all inspections and certification audits are passed
- Drive cost savings in hygiene and waste overheads
- Embed safety measures across all hygiene and waste handling activities to reduce accidents
- Be responsible for the performance, conduct, attendance and disciplinary matters for all employees in your team
- Hold daily briefing sessions with your team advising them of daily targets, previous day’s results and any future news
- Ensure that up to date chemical handling training is provided and completed for all relevant staff
- Develop staff to achieve their maximum individual and team potential
- Ensure that all team members at all levels understand their part in achieving departmental operational objectives
- Assist other departments with training needs regarding hygiene
- Ensure that all staff are trained on new equipment or cleaning materials/chemicals
- Ensure that all legislative requirements are fulfilled and that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for health and safety and that safe working practices are adhered to at all times
- Responsible for the assessment of risk within the department and that all relevant risk assessments, safe systems of work have been carried out, compiled and are kept up to date
- Participate in external Quality and Food Safety audits and customer technical visits taking the lead within their department or area of responsibility
- Ensure that non-conformances relating to Quality and Food Safety are fully investigated using root cause analysis to define effective corrective and preventive action plans
Skills and Experience:
- Comprehensive knowledge of HACCP recording
- Supervisory training in Health and Safety
- Supervisory knowledge and training in Food Hygiene
- Intermediate training in Health and Safety in the Workplace
- Experienced in Semi as well as fully automated CIP (Clean in Place) systems, including production lines, chillers, freezers and vats
- Knowledge and experience of setting up and implementing training and development plans, cleaning and instruction process and risk assessments
- Knowledge and experience in setting up and running production lines
Qualifications:
- HACCP Level 3
- Level 4 Food Safety
- Cleaning Level 3
- Level 4 COSHH
- IOSH
- H&S Management NVQ 1 and 2
- IPAF Qualification in vertical mobile elevating platform
- Counter balance Fork lift certificate
Behaviours:
- Able to communicate effectively with others
- Able to understand and reach projected targets
- Proven ability to work independently or within a team environment
- Capable or working under pressure in a busy environment
