Responsibilities associated with this role include, but are not limited to:

• Ensure all aspects of the hygiene service are carried out and maintained to required standards
• Perform cleaning duties as per daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual cleaning schedules
• Adhere to the cleaning sequences as outlined in the Hygiene Management System
• Audit your own work and complete the requisite cleaning records to verify acceptable standards of cleaning have been met
• Monitor stock levels of chemicals and report to the hygiene supervisor/team lead when these are depleting
• Perform your duties in line with the detailed cleaning instructions and standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and schedules for every hygiene activity ensuring you meet the requirements of the BRC and other relevant customer food safety standards
• Aid in resolving any issues resulting from hygiene activities and actively work to close out corrective actions arising from production hand-over or non- conformance reports
• Ensure the safe storage, decant, transport and use of chemicals on site
• Seek to gain an improved understanding of cleaning practices and possible changing cleaning needs of the site
• Support the Technical & QA team in obtaining daily ATP swabs and other microbiological swabs as required for testing and participating in microbiological investigations or projects to drive improvements in the site hygiene standards
• Conduct trials of new chemicals, equipment, and consumables to drive continuous improvement in the cleaning and hygiene standards
• Aid in providing training and awareness to new hygiene staff in all procedures relevant to the role
• Manage the segregation, storage and timely removal of all waste – recyclables, landfill, hazardous and confidential waste
• Carry out heavy cleaning tasks
• Flexible in terms of any other cleaning duties as directed by Supervisor/ Manager
• Ensuring that your cleaning, and personal protective equipment are always functioning correctly