Hygiene Operative

Hygiene Operative

Job Description

  • Permanent
  • West Sussex, UK
  • £22,176 per annum UK / Year

NWF is leading manufacturer of prepared salads, coleslaw and “food-to-go” for supermarkets and retailers, and as such we work closely with farmers across Europe. But there’s a lot more to us than the products we make. We also…

· Grow careers and opportunities

· Grow Sustainability

· Grow employee and community wellbeing

· Grow great supplier relationships

Our culture is inclusive, and our people are diverse spanning 39 different languages. We operate four manufacturing facilities capable of producing over 326m units per year. Building on previous success, this year is set to be another exceptional year for our organisation. It is an exciting time to join Natures Way Foods as we are expanding our production lines and there is genuine opportunity to develop your skills and progress within the organisation.

Reporting to the Hygiene Department Manager you will play a key role in ensuring our production facilities run efficiently by minimizing downtime between each production run. Although no previous experience is required, we do look for people who can work effectively at pace to minimize downtime and are able to do some manual handling.

Key responsibilities:

To clean down all production machinery after each production run is completed in compliance with our Food hygiene and factory standards ensuring our productions lines are compliant and ready for the next order schedule.

Maintain high hygiene standards around the machine areas to maintain Food and Operator safety.

Chemical washing of Production machinery and surrounding areas

Safe and careful handling of cleaning chemicals

Operating and maintaining hygiene equipment

Maintaining accurate and up to date hygiene records in accordance with company procedures

Full training is provided and will include:

Chemical Handling

Manual Handling

Safe Systems at work

Equipment Training

About you:

Positive attitude

Motivated and Driven

Good organisational and time-keeping skills

Team player

Strong attention to detail

This role would suit someone who is used to manual labour, manual handling and is willing to train and gain new skills.

Shift pattern:

We operate a rotational shift pattern covering days only 7am to 7pm.

Typically you would be working as follows:


Week 1 – Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Week 2 – Wednesday & Thursday

We offer:

Pension plan

Overtime available

Free on-site parking

Ongoing learning and development

A genuine opportunity to progress your career

If you feel that you have the relevant experience and mind set for the position, we would love to hear from you. Please apply in the first instance.

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