Noble Foods Home of the Happy Egg Company

Noble Foods is a family-owned company which began in 1920 and includes successful milling, poultry, agriculture, and consumer foods businesses. Within this, Noble Foods owns several successful brands, including the UK’s biggest free-range egg brand the Happy Egg co., Big & Fresh and Purely Organic.

In a recent survey by Best Companies we were rated as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food and Drink industry.

Shift Pattern: Monday – Friday, 22:00-06:00

Contract Type: Full-Time Permanent

Salary: £16.57 p/h

Location: Leicester

What are we looking for?

As a Hygiene Team Leader, you’ll play a vital role in keeping our site clean, safe, and audit-ready at all times.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensure Health and Safety standards are consistently met and your team always works safely

• Managing and leading a team of Hygiene Operatives to delivery high standards

• End to end line management including absence and performance management and training and development of your team

• Following the site Hygiene Plan carefully and consistently

• Carrying out High Risk and Low Risk cleaning tasks, including:

  • Cleaning equipment, walls, floors, overheads, and conveyor belts

  • Using scrubbing and sweeping equipment

• Stripping down and cleaning factory machinery

• Using cleaning chemicals at the correct concentrations, following Cleaning Instruction Cards (CICs)

• Maintaining a clean and safe working environment

• Safely handling cleaning chemicals and equipment

• Completing all hygiene and safety paperwork accurately and on time

• Reading, understanding, and following all guidelines relating to chemicals, equipment, and HACCP procedures

• The site is committed to being “audit-ready” at all times. Therefore it is imperative that site hygiene, health & safety, and document control are all in line with customer specifications at all times.

• Experience in managing and leading a team

• The ability to work autonomously and make decisions

• A positive, can-do attitude

• Strong attention to detail

• A commitment to hygiene, health & safety, and quality standards

• Ability to follow procedures and work independently

• Previous hygiene or food manufacturing experience is essential and full training will be provided

If you’re ready to be part of a team where hygiene and standards truly matter, we’d love to hear from you!

What can we offer you?

• Free hot drinks on shift

• Over time paid at 1.25

• Service Awards

• Enhanced paternity and maternity

• Free life insurance

• Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme

• Access to Perkbox with a variety of discounts including a monthly freebie from Greggs or Café Nero

• Discounted eggs and chicken

• A Celebration day after 1 years service enjoy an extra day off to celebrate a life event, such as your birthday

• Access to DigiCare + - Annual Health Check, Digital GP Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Health Opinion and Mental Health Consultations.

• Discounted Gym Memberships

• Free Eye Test every two years

• Discounted mobile phone contracts

• Share in our success with the People Partnership - after 6 months service you will be eligible for a yearly bonus

• Additional Allowances for First Aiders and Mental Health First Aiders

• Wellness programme

• Employee Charity Matching Scheme

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.