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Cleaning Operative

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Posting date: 02 March 2026
Salary: £12.21 per hour
Additional salary information: Competitive
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 16 March 2026
Location: Londonderry, BT48 0GG
Company: Sodexo Ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: SDX/TP/2361181/154650

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Summary

  • Full time | Permanent
  • 42 hours per week
  • 12 hour per shift | 4 days on and 4 days off basis
  • £12.21 per hour
  • free parking on site
  • Opportunities for career development
  • Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package


Cleaning Operative

Springtown Industrial Estate, Derry, NI - Full time - Permanent

Make a fresh start in a company that cares.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a high-spec, safety-critical environment where quality and precision truly matter. As part of a professional and supportive team, you’ll play a key role in maintaining the standards that keep advanced manufacturing operations running safely and efficiently. If you take pride in your work and want to be part of a structured environment where your contribution has real impact, this role offers stability, purpose, and the chance to grow.

We're looking for someone who'll bring their sparkle to our prestigious corporate client site! At Sodexo we value you for being you. In this role you'll belong in a team where your attention to the little details, makes a big difference. Valued. Recognised. Rewarded. Spring clean your career with Sodexo!

What you'll do:

  • Deliver high-quality cleaning within a controlled cleanroom and production environment to strict standards

  • Follow detailed cleaning schedules, ensuring all daily, weekly, and periodic tasks are completed efficiently

  • Use cleaning chemicals and equipment safely in line with COSHH and Health & Safety requirements

  • Maintain cleaning stores, equipment, and materials in a safe, tidy, and operational condition

  • Identify and report hazards, defects, low stock levels, or safety concerns promptly

  • Work collaboratively with colleagues, supervisors, and site teams to maintain operational excellence

  • Provide flexible support across different areas during absence or peak demand

  • Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying better ways of working

  • Deliver a professional, friendly service to site staff and stakeholders at all times

  • Support the wider team in maintaining a safe, compliant, and audit-ready environment

What you'll bring:

  • Experience working in cleaning, facilities, manufacturing, or regulated environments (cleanroom experience desirable)

  • Knowledge of safe chemical handling and willingness to work within COSHH guidelines

  • Strong understanding of Health & Safety practices in the workplace

  • Ability to follow structured procedures and work to high standards consistently

  • A proactive approach to reporting issues, risks, and improvement opportunities

  • Team-focused mindset with the ability to work professionally with others

  • Flexibility to support operational needs, including occasional out-of-hours work

  • Commitment to maintaining cleanliness in safety-critical environments

  • Willingness to complete required training and continuously develop skills

  • Reliability, attention to detail, and pride in delivering quality work

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

  • Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
  • An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
  • Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
  • Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
  • Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
  • Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
  • Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
  • Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all.As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer.We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer.We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Join a team that values you for being you.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications

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