Are you passionate about maintaining high standards of hygiene and safety in food production? Our client in the meat production industry is seeking a Senior Hygiene Supervisor to join their team in Cullinan. If you are committed to creating a clean and efficient working environment, our client wants you to lead their hygiene efforts!
Key Responsibilities:
Cleaning and Sanitation
- Implementation of Cleaning Procedures
- Oversee the Cleaning Management System at the relevant company’s factories and abattoirs.
- Implement effective cleaning procedures
- Maintain the hygiene standards within the manufacturing plants and support structures / facilities.
- Ensure that cleaning schedules are established to ensure cleaning on all levels of detail for all equipment and structures, and that these are followed diligently.
- Oversee the correct hand-over of the plants between the cleaning teams and the production teams.
- Continually improve effectiveness and efficiencies of the implemented cleaning programs.
- Establish monitoring systems and inspections to assess the team’s performance.
- Investigate and address any incidents or non-compliance issues promptly.
- Collaboration with Other Departments
- Collaborate with other departments, such as production and maintenance, to coordinate cleaning activities with daily operations.
- Communicate effectively with the team and other departments to maintain a clean and safe working environment.
- Drive a culture shift towards clean-as-you-go and the importance of correct cleaning procedures within the whole company.
Training and Supervision
- Provide training to the cleaning team(s), operators, supervisors, maintenance technicians and others on the correct cleaning techniques, product usage, and adherence to the protocols and procedures.
- Supervise and lead the cleaning team to ensure tasks are completed efficiently and to the required standards.
- Continual optimization of cleaning efficiency – doing more with less.
Hygiene Audits and Inspections
- Ensure that all factories and abattoirs are always audit ready, including the available and effective management of the relevant records as required.
- Participate during audits and inspections of the manufacturing facilities and abattoirs to identify areas requiring attention and to ensure compliance with hygiene standards.
- Collaborate with internal and external auditors and colleagues to address any hygiene-related concerns.
- Sanitation Products and Equipment Maintenance
- Oversee the correct maintenance of cleaning equipment.
- Ensure the use of the appropriate cleaning agents for the different areas and equipment types.
- Manage chemical storerooms and sculleries.
- Stock management.
Emergency Response Planning
- Develop and implement emergency response plans for cleaning-related incidents, such as spills or contamination events.
- Ensure the cleaning team is well-trained and equipped to respond to emergencies promptly.
Vendor and Inventory Management
- Manage relationships with cleaning product vendors, ensuring the availability of quality supplies.
- Maintain inventory levels and order cleaning supplies as needed.
Documentation and Record Keeping
- Keep accurate records of cleaning activities, inspections, and training sessions.
- Oversee archiving & retrieval of records as and when required.
- Prepare reports for senior management.
Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in cleaning processes and practices.
- Implement best practices and stay informed about new cleaning technologies and methodologies.
Staff Hygiene and Laundries
- Operation of laundries
- Oversee the operation of the laundries inline with all policies and procedures.
- Ensure all PPE adherence to the requirements.
- Oversee stock levels.
- Ensure adequate record keeping and liaison with relevant parties.
- Optimize efficiency and compliance.
- Minimize wastes and losses (excess inventory, delayed startup, misuse of consumable stock etc.)
- Budget adherence.
Chemicals
- Chemical stores & data sheets
- Adhering to company and legal requirements, in addition to client Policies / Guides / Standards.
- Helping to ensure chemicals safety data sheets for all hygiene chemicals used on site are maintained, updated regularly and are accessible to all staff.
- Ensuring all Chemical records are maintained and up-to-date and that all paperwork is correctly completed.
- Oversee Chemical stores.
- Ensuring the micro-sampling management plan is adhered to (Listeria & Hygiene indicator Swabbing including ATP & Allergen) and corrective action is taken and/or investigations are carried out for any out of limits micro results.
- Budget adherence.
Internal Relationships
- Drive an Engaged, Quality Culture across the various departments within the company
- Manage Cleaning teams, laundry staff and other relevant staff.
External Relationships
- Building relationships & Liaising with relevant Service providers and Suppliers.
SHEQ
- Maintain quality and hygiene standards at all times & ensure acceptable personal safety, hygiene and correct use of PPE of all staff at all times.
Qualification & Experience
- Grade 12 is required.
- Tertiary qualification will be an advantage.
- 3 years supervisory experience in cleaning/hygiene and chemicals management or within a similar role.
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