Hygiene Supervisor

Overview

I’m currently recruiting for a Hygiene Supervisor to join a well-established food manufacturer in the South Wales area. This is a great opportunity to step into a hands-on leadership role within a fast-paced production environment where quality, safety, and continuous improvement are key.

You’ll provide first-line leadership to the hygiene/operational support team, ensuring safe, compliant delivery of hygiene and GMP standards across your shift. You’ll take ownership of your area, driving performance, maintaining audit-ready standards, and supporting efficient production.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, briefing, and coordinating hygiene activities across shift
• Ensuring compliance with hygiene, GMP, COSHH, and safety standards
• Monitoring KPIs and addressing performance or compliance issues proactively
• Supporting internal and external audits and overseeing cleaning effectiveness
• Participating in deep cleans of production equipment when required
• Identifying continuous improvement opportunities to enhance efficiency and reduce waste
• Working cross-functionally with production, technical, and engineering teams

• Experience in hygiene supervision within food manufacturing or a similar fast-paced environment
• Food Safety Level 2 and IOSH Supervising Safely (or similar) preferred
• Strong knowledge of cleaning chemicals, COSHH, and hygiene best practice
• Proven team leadership and people development skills
• Comfortable with reporting systems and IT-based tracking
• Organised, proactive, and able to manage competing priorities

• Salary up to £40,000
• Enhanced family leave and pension
• Employee assistance programme
• Retail discounts and recognition schemes
• Strong training and development opportunities within a growing business

If you’d like to hear more, feel free to get in touch for a confidential chat.