Senior Machine Operative (Hygiene) in Huntingdon

As we continue our mission to make people and nature happy through reinventing chocolate, we’re looking for a Senior Machine Operative to join our Hygiene Team on a permanent basis. Our Senior Machine Operatives are vital in ensuring all hygiene and cleaning activities are completed safely, professionally and in continuous compliance with current food safety, Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Health & Safety and environmental standards.

Salary: £33,423.00 per annum.

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday on a weekly rotating shift pattern of 6am – 2pm and 2pm – 10pm.

As well as a competitive salary and a range of company benefits including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and Company pension contributions, you’ll receive 50% discount on all products, and a 70% discount for you and your guests when you stay at our Rabot Estate hideaway on the paradise island of Saint Lucia. The onsite location for this role is at our Factory ‘Hadley Park’, in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Responsibilities

• Support the Hygiene Team Managers and Hygiene Manager in delivering effective shift leadership and operational support when required.
• Assist in leading the hygiene team to ensure all cleaning tasks are completed professionally and efficiently.
• Carry out the disassembly and reassembly of equipment in a trained, methodical, and safe manner in accordance with CIC training procedures.
• Deliver right‑first‑time cleaning standards against defined procedures and trained parameters on every shift.
• Take ownership and accountability for maintaining food‑safe cleaning standards within designated work areas.
• Follow cleaning schedules and hygiene tasks as directed by the Hygiene Team Managers and Hygiene Manager.
• Maintain and continuously improve cleaning standards across all business areas on a shift‑by‑shift basis.
• Work collaboratively with other departments.
• Complete all due diligence documentation accurately and in line with legal, customer, and business requirements.
• Ensure all shift reports and performance metrics are completed and communicated in a timely and professional manner.
• Conduct GMP compliance checks within assigned work areas.
• Ensure full compliance with all Health & Safety procedures and take responsibility for personal safety and the safety of others.
• Ensure food safety, hygiene standards, and PPE requirements are consistently followed.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Food Safety Level 2 qualification or recognised equivalent.
• Level 2 HACCP certification.
• Strong verbal and written English to clearly discuss performance of your asset / process.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to apply root cause analysis techniques in a calm and controlled manner.
• Experience of leading or supervising a Hygiene Team within a confectionery or food manufacturing environment.

Desirable:

• BRCGS Issue 9 awareness.
• Knowledge of dry‑cleaning processes, chocolate manufacturing and water activity principles.
• Forklift truck licence.

We’re one of the UK’s favourite premium chocolate brands, with a range of products spanning luxury gifts, alcohol and our pioneering drinking chocolate system, the Velvetiser™. We are market leaders in the industry, operating out of our Hadley Park factory in Huntingdon.