Hygiene Contract Manager

HYGIENE CONTRACT MANAGER

Location: Carlisle

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week

Salary: £50,000

Shift Pattern: The site operates 24/7; flexibility is required in line with production schedules

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Cleaning Contract Manager to lead and develop our on‑site hygiene operation within a busy food manufacturing environment, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness, compliance and service delivery for our client.

• Lead, manage and motivate the on-site hygiene team to deliver consistent, high-quality cleaning and hygiene services within a food production environment
• Maintain, review, and audit all operational documentation, including cleaning schedules, risk assessments, instruction cards and training records
• Ensure full compliance with food safety legislation, BRC standards, health & safety requirements and Mitie procedures
• Oversee training, development and performance of hygiene operatives and supervisors, ensuring all training requirements are met
• Manage labour hours, budgets, resources and company assets to ensure effective and efficient contract delivery

• Proven experience working within a food manufacturing, food hygiene or FMCG environment
• Demonstrable experience managing large, high-volume cleaning or hygiene teams
• Strong knowledge of health & safety and food hygiene compliance

• A motivated, adaptable and driven manager with strong leadership skills
• Experience managing hygiene operations within a food production setting
• Knowledge and experience of BRC standards and customer audits
• Confident communicator with a proven ability to work in a client-facing environment
• Competent user of Microsoft Office packages

• Opportunity to lead a critical hygiene operation within a high-profile food manufacturing site
• Career development and progression within one of the UK's leading FM organisations
• Support from a collaborative regional and operational leadership team

• Virtual GP access and financial wellbeing support
• Salary Finance scheme with flexible funding options
• Choices lifestyle benefits platform – additional holiday, critical illness insurance, dental, technology etc.
• Cycle-to-work scheme and high street discounts through Mi Deals
• Life cover up to four times your salary, enhanced pension contributions and Mitie Matching Share Plan
• Mitie Stars recognition program and potential cash prizes

If you have a disability or long-term condition and need us to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Chloe Smailes at