Cleaner

Job Introduction

As a Cleaning Operative at Sodexo in Discovery Park, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, you'll deliver a high-quality cleaning service to create a safe and healthy environment. Your passion for cleaning has a positive impact for those around you. Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.   

What you’ll do:     

Daily:

• Support SDM production operations. 
• Mop all corridors every morning in line with cleaning protocols
• Attend daily scheduling to understand portfolio demands & ensure that own workload is managed to achieve agreed targets
• Remove waste to secure waste cage at rear of FCH
• Cat 1 cleaning of cubicles as directed by SDM technicians
• Cat 1 clean of all equipment in the wash bay to include loading and unloading of Steris
• Manage consumables within stores (replenishment via EAMS)
• Use of electric pallet truck for the transfer of materials
• Ensure all details are entered into Logbooks correctly with no deviations
• Weekly -
• Removal of hazardous waste from SDM area to GMM and enter details in logbook
• Manage (create waste labels) the transfer of empty IPA drums from SDM to GMM
• Sanitization of drains
• Weekly flush of safety shower
• Replenishment of IPA and Acetone bottles in wash bay, ensuring all labelling is correct
• Mop floors and ceilings of store rooms in line with cleaning protocols
• Replenish consumables within stores, liaising with GMM
• Carryout out area accountability checks to ensure compliance is adhered to and document

Additional:

• Support & train to a competent level SDM Technicians, Sodexo Colleagues & new starters
• Utilization of Sonic bath to clean O’Hara / Fette guns
• Monitor visitors PPE and safety equipment
• Chaperone visiting engineers within the area
• Support building projects/SDM shutdowns as required
• General support to team leaders and technicians as required
• Responsible for identifying, reporting and supporting the resolution of quality concerns
• Support internal and external audits where appropriate
• Follow and understand applicable Pfizer SOPs/procedures in relation to activities being complete
• Strict adherence to quality, GMP, safety and environmental standards is required.
• Maintain excellent customer service and assure on time delivery (OTD)

What you bring: 

• Basic IT skills
• Health and Safety awareness, lab awareness & COSHH awareness
• Manual handling experience
• GMP awareness
• Ability to work on own unsupervised
• Customer focussed & team player
• Good communication skills
• Excellent housekeeping standards

What we offer:  

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including apprenticeships and a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment  
• Competitive compensation  
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied  

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today!  

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

Package Description

Cleaning Operative

• Working:  Monday - Friday 07:00 - 16:00
• 40 hours per week
• £11.60 per hour + Sodexo Benefits

Check your local transport links here: Plan Your Journey | Traveline - the destination you should input is Discovery Park, Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9ND

About the Company

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 100 million 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 Working Parents, Sodexo Disability, So together, generations and origins. We have also launched Be Heard which is an employee network designed to bring black colleagues together (virtually) to bring about positive change.
• 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’re a ‘ban the box’ employer, which means we don’t ask people to disclose their convictions unless the role needs a security check. 
• We recognise the potential of people with convictions in the job market. Helping those with a criminal history securing employment is not only critically important for the individuals themselves but can also be hugely beneficial for wider society. Offering second chances can be an effective investment in local communities and a great solution for local skills and labour market needs. 

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