AddressJob Summary
We have a new opportunity for a Night Hygiene Shift Manager to join our growing team at Florette in Lichfield.
You'll be responsible for the day to day organisation and supervision of our Hygiene Team, ensuring our site hygiene procedures are carried out in a safe and timely manner. You and your team will maintain hygiene standards across the processing plant, associated equipment and the peripheral and social areas of the factory. You'll be working to Health and Safety, Food safety, customer and legislative requirements.
Working hours: 4 on 4 off. 19:00-07:00
About Us
Florette is one of three UK food manufacturing factories owned by the French co-operative group, Agrial. Agrial has operations across 18 regions, with 280 farming outlets and 5 different divisions, which comprise Beverage, Dairy, Meat, Fresh Produce & Agricultural operations; it’s not just about lettuce! As well as the 3 factories we also have a farming operation – Agrial Fresh Farms. All UK sites operate under the name of Agrial Fresh Produce Limited and fall under Agrial's vegetable division.
The business is more recognisable in the UK by its Florette salad brand and we are now one of the UK’s leading producers in the industry. Under the Florette brand, our site processes and distributes pre-packed, ready to eat fresh salad bags to well-known retailers in the UK. We have a recipe for success through our EPIC values and working together as one team.
Main Responsibilities
- Managing a team of Hygiene Operatives to maintain a high standard of hygiene.
- Ensure microbiological results comply with targets and specification. Investigate all out of specification results.
- Brief team at start of every shift on safety and performance. Take necessary action to meet specified requirements.
- Train and monitor hygiene staff in adherence to company training procedures for all tasks.
- Develop and motivate teams to continuously improve levels of cleanliness.
- Develop strong working relationships with other departments & colleagues to drive continuous improvement in site standards.
- Document current validated processes in a clear and understandable way that is consistent with site QMS.
- Liaise daily with production team leader regarding “sign off” of cleaning and any other issues
- Liaise with maintenance regarding issues with plant equipment and opportunities to improve hygiene’s efficiency
Skills and Experience Required
- Proven leadership skills. Ideally a minimum of 3 years’ experience working within a Food Manufacturing environment.
- Good knowledge of cleaning methodology in the food industry.
- A strong appreciation for H&S
- CIEH Level 3 or equivalent Food Manufacturing Hygiene qualification.
- Knowledge Hygiene Management Systems and COSHH.
What You Will Get In Return
A competitive salary, inclusion in our annual bonus scheme and a range of employee benefits you’d expect from a market leading business, including:
- Life Assurance - three times your basic salary paid to your nominated beneficiary.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme: providing a Remote GP service along with a 24/7 helpline for financial, legal, medical and life issues.
- A flexible & competitive annual leave entitlement that increases with service and offers an option to purchase additional holiday.
- Personalised training and development.
- Employee discount and salary finance schemes.
- Recognition awards, an annual volunteering day and a free staff transport service*
*Free Staff Transport Service covering: Lichfield, Tamworth, Burton on Trent, Cannock, Rugeley, Burntwood.
Next Steps
It’s an exciting time to join our business! We’re growing and looking for positive and innovative people to join our growing, professional team. If you have the skills and experience we are looking for, and want a new challenge in a company experiencing growth and success we would love for you to join us on our journey!
Please apply directly or alternatively contact Liza Crane, Recruitment Officer for a totally confidential discussion.
Note to recruitment agencies: this role is being handled by the company HR team and no agency contact is required.
Agrial Fresh Produce reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
We are committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of all of our staff. That’s why we’ve taken the Mental Health at Work Commitment and are currently delivering a programme of activities to ensure that everyone can have open and honest conversations about their wellbeing in the workplace and feel supported. We encourage applications from persons with experience of poor mental health and are committed to supporting our employees to fulfil their potential and perform at their best in work.
Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd is an Equal Opportunities employer. In addition, as part of Responsible Recruitment, Agrial Fresh Produce Ltd believes in the Employer Pay Principle. No worker should pay for a job – the costs of recruitment should be borne not by the worker but by the employer.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 228521INDL
