We’ve got a great opportunity for a Line Leader to join our growing team based in Heathrow.

The main purpose of the role is to monitor and review the activities of a team of hygiene operatives to ensure that all sanitation processes are completed in full and that hygiene standards for a given area are maintained during the production shift.

Ensure that the team has the right number of resources with the appropriate skills, deploying a recruitment and training plan and adopting appropriate people practices, to enabling them to deliver the master cleaning schedule

• Create and present a clear forward resourcing plan (people and materials) for cleaning, sanitation, environment and technical, and adapt this in light of emerging circumstance to minimise food risk


• Direct and monitor the team’s delivery of the day to day hygiene activities, in line with the master schedule, to ensure operational integrity


• Communicate, and validate the team’s adoption of amendments to SOPs to ensure change is effectively implemented and improvements are made to functional hygiene performance and safety practices


• Review equipment and highlight damage, escalating risks, to inform the preventative maintenance programme


• Ensure personal and team compliance with inventory controls to facilitate the timely replacement of materials


• Provide appropriate information, in accordance with agreed procedures, to customers/regulatory bodies to ensure demonstration of process and procedures


• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for employees and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set in the SHE Policy.

Performance Measure:

• Team performance


• Up to date training plan


• Compliance with training matrix


• Delivering during planned absences (hols)


• Accuracy of daily operational set up


• Holiday/resource (forward people plan)


• Budget Spend (people and material)


• Risk assessment completion


• Pass rate on environment and food contact swabbing


• Master schedule maintenance


• Audit compliance including GMP


• Repeat failure rate


• Knowledge and implementation of best practise across site


• Equipment reliability


• Number of issues reported


• Material availability


• Adoption of agreed process


• Adherence to all auditing protocols


• Customer feedback internal/external


• Alignment to group SHE strategy


• Near miss reporting Indicative

The team leader will be required to demonstrate a clear understanding and knowledge of the following:

• Food Safety NVQ/ level 2 / certification or equivalent


• Basic Health & Safety NVQ level 2 or equivalent


• Experience leading and working with a diverse workforce


• Chemical Handling


• Understanding of the impact of legislation on day to day operations in relation to food safety.


• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for employees and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set in the SHE Policy


• Computer literate in Word, Excel


• Previous experience in FMCG or similar hygiene role would be an advantage


• Detailed Familiarity with local procedures

Ability to guide and coach a diverse team