Housekeeper

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Job Title: Housekeeper

Location: Vitacress Salads, St Mary Bourne, Andover

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time, 48 hours, 4 Days On / 4 Days Off – 6am – 6pm

Salary: £11.84ph

Are you ready to make a difference in maintaining a clean, sanitary, and inviting environment? We’re seeking a dedicated Housekeeper to join our dynamic team!

As a Housekeeper you’ll be responsible for maintaining a clean, sanitary, and tidy environment

on-site, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene are upheld

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with team members to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations
• Execute cleaning tasks as directed by the Housekeeping Supervisor, including cleaning floors, offices, corridors, toilets, and restocking PPE and materials
• Maintain cleanliness in public areas and on-site accommodation
• Adhere to housekeeping Cleaning Instruction Cards (CIC’s) and procedures to maintain consistency in cleaning standards
• Be adaptable to additional duties as needed to meet business requirements
  
  

Qualifications And Skills

• Operate mechanized cleaning equipment
• Ability to lift heavy weights as required
• Training provided, but previous cleaning experience preferred
• Knowledge of working chemicals and operating cleaning equipment
• Chemical Awareness certification is advantageous
• Attention to detail to ensure high cleanliness standards
• Reliable and able to work independently or as part of a team
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• Honest and committed to upholding our standards
  
  

We also have a range of wonderful benefits which come with the package.

• Life Assurance
• Free Parking
• Pension Scheme
• 20 Days Holiday
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Subsidised Transport from Andover
• Training Courses
• Career Progression
  
  

Vitacress Salads , based in leafy St Mary Bourne, Andover is one of the principal salad and watercress suppliers in the UK. With our own salad leaf farms, we take immense pride in delivering a field to fork operation. We grow, wash, pack and distribute salad and watercress for retailer own brands and our own brand Steve’s Leaves. We take pleasure in ensuring the best possible standard and we will empower you to do the same. From the way we grow our products, to the relationships we maintain with customers, everyone knows exactly what is going on. We are authentic and grounded. At the centre of everything is a trust that you can feel every day at work. From the salads that are grown on site; to the investment in facilities and the growth of the business; to growing and nurturing out talented employees, growing is truly at the heart of what we do. Join us and become a trusted partner in our business.

Ready to take on the challenge? Join us in creating a welcoming and safe environment for all! Y ou can apply really easily, either click the apply now button here or contact our recruitment team on TA@vitacress.com. Happy to answer any questions, so get in touch.

About Us

We are one of Europe’s leading suppliers of fresh produce, specialising in watercress, salads and fresh herbs.

Established in Hampshire 1951, we became part of the RAR Group in 2008. We have a proud heritage of market-leading innovation including the introduction of living herbs, and baby leaf salads, and market-defining salad leaves including bagged watercress, rocket and baby spinach. We have a wide range of customers in the UK, both under supermarket own brands and Steve’s Leaves, we are branded market-leaders in Portugal and also operate in Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. We employ 1500 people across Europe. We’re passionate about promoting the use of fresh produce, which is why we have introduced the Herbilicious and Wild for Watercress campaigns, as well as participating in the Make More of Salad campaign run by the British Leafy Salad Association.

We have farms in the UK, Portugal, Germany and Spain, and a global sourcing network to ensure that, no matter what the season, we supply the freshest, tastiest, healthiest, most exciting products on the market. We are determined to leave things better than we found them, and as such we have set up the Vitacress Conservation Trust to promote the well being of the unique chalk stream habitats where many of our watercress sites are based.

Please visit our sustainability section to learn more about our work and our partners.

Culture Close to the Soil

The Vitacress team has one goal; to provide the freshest, tastiest, healthiest and most exciting produce throughout the year. Inspired by our heritage and pioneering spirit, we constantly strive to bring new ideas to the market.

We win customers’ trust by delivering the best in quality, service and ethical standards. Our people care for and endeavour to protect and enhance nature, our growing business and the communities in which we work.

This Translates Into The Company Values

Always deliver quality -We take pride in ensuring our product is of the best possible standard.

Do the right thing -From the way we grow our products, to the relationships we sustain with client, everyone knows exactly what is going on. At the centre of everything is a trust that has been built over years of excellent service.

Nurture the future -From the herbs and salads that are grown on site. To the investment in facilities and the growth of the business. We’re focussed on always improving our offer and ourselves, leading the way forward.

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