Hygiene Team Leader - Nights

Keeping a clean and clear workspace at Bigham’s is top priority. Our hygiene team not only consistently clean throughout the day but also conduct a deep clean of our equipment each evening to ensure that we maintain high hygiene standards.

As the Hygiene Team Leader, you would be responsible for the maintenance of these standards across our purpose-built kitchen including ensuring that our new and state-of-the-art cooking equipment remains in good condition.

• Deliver daily team brief and ensure great start of each shift
• Seek feedback from the team and ensure responses followed through in timely manner
• Lead and manage area assigned, including breaks, labour and holiday requests
• Communicate with other Team Leaders and Team Managers as appropriate to safeguard timely delivery of daily plan
• Manage “change over” between products as appropriate to standard as minimum
• RTW forms completed and support with creating rotas/planning holiday
• Ensure food is produced which meets Key Card standards with quality of the ingredients used which meets our specification
• Ensure H&S standards are maintained by completing H&S walkrounds
• Be responsible for contacting engineering should any breakdowns occur in a timely manner
• All activities comply to GMP and 5S standards, incorporating GMP walkrounds
• In the event of any issues, make sure they are contained and escalated to the shift manager – shift coordinator
• Actively engage in problem-solving activities, identifying issues and escalating issues that may affect the production plan
• Identify areas for improvement
• Manage quality assurance in all areas, escalating issues to the technical team
• Maintain accurate job posting in the area as required and ensure accurate data collation (when required)
• Highlight, communicate and resolve any daily issues with the relevant people
• Ensure all batches are produced to the required sequence, cycle times/throughput, weights and line efficiency – as appropriate dependent on area
• Work with your team trainer to create a training plan for team, succession planning and to plan in refresher training
• Complete Progress and Probation reviews on time with SMART objectives

• An excellent understanding of Health and Food Safety
• Food production experience
• Ability to work, engage and communicate effectively
• Good level of IT skills
• A general understanding of Bigham’s products
• Work within the company’s rules and policies, introducing procedures where appropriate in conjunction with technical documentation requirements
• Adhere to the health and safety policy of the company and work within its guidelines to ensure personal safety of staff at all times
• Genuine interest in building teams
• High level of Safety and Quality focus
• Highly motivated
• Confident, determined and ambitious
• Excellent communication skills

A competitive salary of £20.27 per hour inclusive of shift premiums. Overtime payments, paid at 1.5x the hourly base rate. 28 days annual leave, increasing each year. Quarterly bonus. Paid breaks. A detailed training program provided by the Learning & Development Team to assist you in your continued development as a Team leader.