Hygiene Supervisor

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Here at Northampton, we operate one of the most impressive facilities in Europe, based across a campus of 5 manufacturing units, and we have a team of around 2,000 colleagues making high quality premium products every day. We are the sole supplier of sandwiches, wraps, rolls and sushi for Marks & Spencer.

What you'll be doing

Shift: FTC for 12 months working Sun - Thur 06:00 - 14:30

As Hygiene Supervisor to coordinate the hygiene teams to safely deliver hygiene procedures which ensure that the manufacturing facility meets regulatory standards and customers' expectations for hygiene, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Micro control.

Identify hygiene requirements by monitoring changes in the production environment, developing and refining the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and master cleaning schedule, to ensure safe food is delivered in compliance with regulatory, customer codes and identified best practice
Consult with the hygiene team leader to ensure that all team members have the skills and understanding necessary to successfully complete their role and have training plans which support their ongoing development
Conduct hygiene audits, completing in-depth micro trend investigation as necessary, to highlight the need for process and scheduling improvement and more effective communication
Plan and coordinate the hygiene aspects of external audits, and sign off of associated corrective actions, to maintain authorisation from regulators and customer
Plan and deliver hygiene elements of capex/ maintenance programmes to ensure that all equipment is installed with appropriate hygiene SOPs and is maintained to agreed levels of operational integrity
Create business plans, authorise tendering activity and day to day spend for all hygiene team related matters, assuring consultation with Purchasing, to ensure adequate supply of resources within agreed budgetary parameters
Complete risk assessment against hygiene standard and monitor delivery against operating procedure to ensure that all hygiene activities are fit for purpose and completed in a safe manner
Ensure that a safe working environment exists for colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set in the safety health and environment policyWhat we're looking for

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

Holds the following qualifications in support of experience - Level 3 Food Hygiene, Level 3 Hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Managing Safely, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), Allergen Awareness, Clean-in-place (CIP) and investigation of microbiological hygiene
Has a clear financial understanding and has experience of hygiene operations systems ideally in a faster-moving consumer goods (FMCG) environment
Has experience of supporting auditing processes
Is well versed in pest control measures
Has experience working with computer programmes such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Has experience of leading and working with a diverse workforce
Experience of driving cost reductionIf this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Holidays
Competitive matched pension contributions
Life insurance up to 4x salary
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Enhanced parental leave and menopause policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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