Hygiene Operative

• 36 hours per week
• Monday to Friday 6:00am to 2:00pm and 2:00pm to 10:00pm
• £13.45 per hour + Sodexo employee benefits package
• Opportunities for career development

Hygiene Operative

We are currently recruiting for a Cleaning Operative to join our team, delivering high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within a GMP-regulated environment.

This is a key role responsible for ensuring all areas are maintained to the highest standards in line with client requirements and company procedures. You will work both independently and as part of a team to deliver a safe, compliant, and high-quality service.

What you'll do

• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene across all designated areas to GMP standards
• Complete daily, weekly, and periodic cleaning tasks, including specialist duties such as silicone line cleaning
• Follow cleaning schedules and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Use cleaning chemicals safely in line with COSHH guidelines
• Ensure appropriate use of safety signage (e.g. wet floor signs) at all times
• Maintain cleaning equipment in a clean and safe working condition
• Ensure cleaning stores are kept organised and fully stocked
• Report low stock levels, hazards, faults, or issues to the Supervisor or Hygiene Manager
• Comply with all Health & Safety, hygiene, and site regulations, including GMP and local safety procedures
• Support colleagues and assist in other areas when required (e.g. sickness or annual leave cover)
• Deliver excellent customer service and maintain professional relationships with colleagues and clients

What you'll bring

• Previous cleaning experience, ideally within a GMP or regulated environment
• Good understanding of Health & Safety and safe working practices
• COSHH trained (essential)
• Awareness of GMP / GxP standards
• Ability to follow cleaning schedules and work to strict timelines
• Strong attention to detail and high standards of personal hygiene
• Reliable, self-motivated, and proactive
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn

Why Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong

in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act

with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive

in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Join a team that values you for being you.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications

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