Hygiene Supervisor Night Shift (Rochdale, GB, OL16 4NR)

This is a Supervisor position for the Night Hygiene Shift, working 37.5 hours per week from 22:00 to 06:00.

Location and schedule: GBR-Rochdale, night shift hours 22:00–06:00, 37.5 hours per week.

Who is Danish Crown? We are a food company owned by Danish farmers, supplying high-quality food to customers and consumers all over the world. From butchers to business developers, we are more than 26,000 colleagues.

Why come to Danish Crown?

• An amazing 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays – that’s 36 days holiday a year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Matched company pension scheme
• Heavily discounted meat for all staff through the staff shop
• Well-being programmes, with free optional health care cash plans to cover everyday healthcare costs and offer digital and virtual wellbeing tools
• Free Employee Assistance Programme for all colleagues and their families
• Free tea and coffee on all sites
• Development opportunities for those that would like to progress in a global business

Responsibilities And Duties:

• Meet all Health and Safety responsibilities as defined in the H&S Policy
• Promote safe working practices and monitor/record accidents and near-miss incidents
• Lead the team to ensure an effective operational service to the business
• Lead from the front and by example, displaying behaviour consistent with organisational culture
• Demonstrate motivational leadership in the workplace
• Model behaviour expected by the Company and exercise fairness and equity in addressing personal issues of conflict or sensitivity
• Ensure resources are available to facilitate continuity of hygiene operation (plant, equipment, cleaning materials, labour, skills, etc.)
• Minimise production downtime associated with hygiene
• Promote quality as a key performance measure and maintain/improve quality standards where possible
• Coordinate with the production planner to plan cleaning windows in line with operations delivery targets
• Identify opportunities for improvement/innovation and implement action plans with the Hygiene Manager/Engineering Manager
• Ensure best practice is adopted to achieve delivery of food safety, including equipment dismantling/method/frequency/staffing, chemical specifications, and equipment requirements
• Manage the team in accordance with terms and conditions and company procedures
• Manage HR aspects (development, absence, motivation, attendance, punctuality, discipline, grievances) fairly and per procedures
• Ensure adherence to Company policies, procedures, and systems
• Continually manage process changes and identify skills gaps; arrange appropriate training and development
• Raise cleanliness standards in assigned areas through GMPs
• Maintain the company skills matrix and use it for development and succession planning
• Ensure staff are fully trained in core skills (induction, CICs, COSHH, CCPs, H&S, KPIs, etc.) and maintain records
• Maintain continuity of skills through structured succession planning
• Monitor and control overtime to ensure productivity and safety
• Communicate with your team to keep them briefed and well-informed
• Maintain visual management systems (e.g., performance tracking) to boost communication
• Conduct frequent reviews and audits on post-hygiene, during hygiene, and sanitisation standards; take timely corrective action and document long-term solutions
• Utilise ATP swabbing and address issues with the site’s hygiene manager
• Challenge existing practices and suggest improvements; introduce better practices within your areas of responsibility
• Champion and manage effective change in the workplace
• Update the site Hygiene Manager on performance, issues, next steps, and cost-related expectations
• Collaborate with other functions to resolve issues and find better ways of working

Job Requirements:

• Lead by example regarding Hygiene and Food Safety
• Dynamic, assertive, and passionate about Hygiene and Technical/Quality issues
• Operate across functions and organizational levels to manage a busy schedule
• Understand, interpret, and take proactive action on data and information
• Use problem-solving techniques to improve hygiene/quality performance
• Understand fully the site’s hygiene and food safety requirements
• Ability to prioritise, organise and control work of self and others
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, listening, influencing, report writing)
• Self-motivated and proactive
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Numerical reasoning
• Verbal reasoning
• Excellent IT skills
• Teamwork / Team Player
• Customer aware