Industrial Cleaning Services

NQIS provides professional industrial cleaning services for high-risk and operationally critical environments across the UK. We support quarrying, waste-to-energy, power generation, manufacturing, and industrial processing sites with both planned cleaning and rapid-response call-outs.

Our teams are experienced in dealing with everything from routine site cleaning to large-scale spillages, breakdown clean-ups, and deep cleans following plant downtime – helping sites remain safe, operational, and compliant.

What Is Industrial Cleaning?

Industrial cleaning focuses on the removal of dust, spillage, waste material, and product build-up from plant, machinery, structures, and working areas.

Over time, material build-up can:

• Create slip, trip, and fire hazards
• Interfere with plant performance
• Lead to blockages, breakdowns, or contamination
• Increase maintenance time and downtime
• Affect site safety and compliance

NQIS provides practical cleaning solutions that keep sites safe, accessible, and operational – whether as part of routine maintenance or in response to unplanned events.

Our Industrial Cleaning Services

We deliver a wide range of industrial and site-based cleaning services, tailored to each site’s layout, processes, and operational demands.

Our services include:

• Quarry and plant cleaning
• Industrial spillage and overspill removal
• Clearing materials that had set solid due to moisture ingress
• Blocked or failed plant components
• Dust accumulation following downtime
• Breakdown and emergency clean-ups
• Factory, plant, and machinery cleaning
• Deep cleans of processing areas and structures
• High-level and hard-to-reach area cleaning
• Belt overspill and conveyor cleaning
• Site maintenance cleaning
• Surface Preparation & Specialist Cleaning – sand, media and ice blasting
• Office and welfare cleaning where required
• Labour & Site Support – experienced industrial cleaning labour to support site operations. 

Our teams integrate quickly with existing site personnel, providing reliable support with minimal supervision required.

Trained Operatives

All NQIS operatives are trained for industrial environments and hold relevant safety credentials. Depending on site requirements, this includes:

• CSCS or SPA Health & Safety Passports
• Confined Space training
• Working at Height certification
• IPAF
• Abrasive wheels
• Manual handling
• MPQC / MPConnect
• NPORS plant qualifications (telehandler, dumper, excavator, bobcat)

This ensures works are carried out safely, competently, and in line with site standards.

Equipment, Techniques & Capability

To deliver effective results, NQIS uses a wide range of specialist equipment, including:

• DISAB vacuum tankers for high-volume material removal
• Industrial vacuum systems and hoovers
• Gyro whip cleaning equipment
• Shot blasting and surface preparation tools
• 110v tools and generators

All equipment is operated by trained NQIS personnel. Access equipment and compressors are hired-in where required and supplied with experienced operatives. We have the capability to support cleaning works of any size or scale, with DISAB units offering high-capacity solutions for major industrial spillages.

How Our Service Works

1. Initial enquiry and discussion
2. Site visit where required for larger or complex works
3. Clear quotation and agreed scope
4. Purchase order received
5. Cleaning works carried out safely and efficiently
6. Site left clean, safe, and operational

We adapt our approach to suit each site and act quickly to minimise disruption.

Safety, Compliance & Standards

Safety is central to all NQIS industrial cleaning operations.

All works are delivered in line with site-specific risk assessments and method statements, HSE and workplace legislation and ISO-aligned procedures and best practice.

Our teams operate in high-risk industrial environments and follow strict permit, PPE, and site induction requirements at all times.