Job Description

Location: Nicholas & Harris, Brunel Road, Churchfields Industrial Estate, Salisbury, SP2 7PU

Shift: 4 on, 4 off - 6am until 6pm

Salary: \xc2\xa312.87 per hour (\xc2\xa316.09 Enhanced Overtime Rate)

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Hygiene team as a \'Hygiene Operative\' at our Nicholas & Harris site as part of \'Finsbury Food Group\'. Nicholas & Harris has over 180 years of heritage in craft baking methods. If you like artisanal, organic and speciality breads, or have special dietary or nutritional preferences, our Salisbury bakery has you covered!

Our Hygiene Operatives are responsible for carrying out all essential cleaning tasks throughout the Bakery, ensuring all working areas, equipment and Machinery are maintained to the highest standards in order for us to produce our quality products such as Sourdough loaves and Hot Cross Buns.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to gain experience with one of the UK\'s largest leading bakery businesses, along with great opportunities for growth and development. At Finsbury Food Group, we are passionate about investing in our teams, creating great progression opportunities with the potential to increase hourly rate of pay to as much as \xc2\xa314.79 per hour (\xc2\xa318.49 Enhanced Overtime Rate) once training has been completed and signed off.

To be a success in this role, experience within a food production environment would be desirable, with a basic understanding of IT and be self-motivated to take ownership of your working day. Full training is provided to all of our Hygiene Operatives, setting them up for success. All of our applicants will be invited to a site interview which will consist of a bakery Tour, meeting the management team and completing our English Language Assessment.

This is what you\'ll actually do!

As one of our Hygiene Operatives, you will be working as part of the wider Hygiene team to ensure all working areas, equipment and machinery are maintained to a high standard, so our high quality products are ready for distribution to all of our major retail customers.

We are a 24 hour, 7 days a week operation and you will find yourself working to tight deadlines in order for the bakery to run consistently throughout each shift. You will be expected to work as part of a small team with a can-do attitude, ready to get stuck in to support colleagues when required.

Throughout your day, you will be responsible for maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness, using all correct Hygiene chemicals in line with COSHH data and training, and wearing all essential PPE provided at all times. A strong attention to detail is essential as a Hygiene Operative to ensure our products are being manufactured in the cleanest of environments.

You will be expected to comply with all company policy including Health & Safety, Security, Hygiene Standards and cleaning schedules ensuring we are consistently complaint in line with Food Safety Standards.

Ideally this is you!

• Excellent communication skills
• Able to work on own initiative
• Able to work under pressure
• Attention to detail
• Team player

What\'s in it for you!

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to \xc2\xa3300 per referral - T&C\'s dependant)
• Employee Recognition Awards
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

Finsbury Food Group