Senior Hygiene Supervisor – Meat

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.