Role: Hygiene Team Leader
Location: Arbroath
Hours of Work: Full- time; 40 hours per week
From 13:00 to 21:30 Monday to Friday - flexibility required
Pay: Pay rate depending on entry-level skills and/or experience
Company Overview & Benefits
We’re proud to be one of the UK’s leading food manufacturers, supplying high-quality chilled and frozen seafood products to some of the biggest names in retail and foodservice. Our focus is on innovation, food safety, and working together as a team to deliver excellence every day.
As part of our team, you’ll enjoy:
✔ Competitive hourly pay
✔ Weekly pay
✔ Training and development opportunities
✔ Company pension scheme
✔ Free on-site parking
✔ Medical/mental health support
✔ Life insurance
✔ Supportive team environment
✔ Cycle to work scheme
Job Overview
We are looking for a hands-on Hygiene Team Leader to support the delivery of exceptional hygiene standards across our fresh, smoked and ready-to-eat fish production areas. This is a key operational role responsible for leading and working alongside the hygiene team to ensure our site consistently meets and exceeds legal, customer and company standards.
You will play a critical part in protecting product integrity, supporting audit readiness, driving performance, and promoting a strong culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement.
Main Responsibilities:
· Ensure compliance with hygiene, safety and customer standards.
· Report hazards and support investigations where required.
· Ensure safe handling, storage and documentation of cleaning chemicals.
· Lead, motivate, support and allocate tasks to the Hygiene Operatives.
· Monitor completion of cleaning activities to required standards.
· Promote a positive team culture and lead performance effectively.
· Work hands-on alongside the team during cleaning operations.
· Support training and development of team members.
· Conduct visual checks and support microbiological and audit activities.
· Ensure all cleaning documentation is completed accurately.
· Take or escalate corrective action where standards are not met.
· Resolve shift issues and communicate effectively with relevant departments.
About You
We’re looking for someone who has:
· Highly organised with great attention to detail
· Self-motivated, using own initiative with minimal supervision
· Able to multitask & work under pressure
· Friendly, approachable, and able to build trust quickly across all departments
· Possessingexcellent leadership skills with ability to organise, motivate and engage team members to drive performance
· Being able to effectively manage difficult situations and conversations
· Has good knowledge of hygiene systems, cleaning chemicals, COSHH, GMP
· Confident in communicating and engaging with colleagues at all levels
· HACCP Level 2 and Food Hygiene Level 2
· Enthusiastic attitude and ability to take initiative.
Previous experience as a Team Leader or in a supervisory role is desirable but not essential.
Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
How to Apply
If this sounds like the role for you, click Apply Now and submit your CV along with a brief cover letter explaining why you're interested and what skills you bring to the team.
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