Hygiene Manager

• Create, implement and monitor hygiene schedules and cleaning instruction procedures
• Ensure that Department Supervisors are accountable for their area of responsibility
• Ensure all operatives are provided with the appropriate training in cleaning techniques and the use and handling of chemicals
• Conduct audits of cleaning schedules ensuring that all schedules are carried out correctly
• Carry out deep cleaning duties ranging from both surface contact sanitisation to full equipment strip down
• Manage the availability of cleaning chemicals and cleaning equipment
• Effective labour planning to limit reliance on overtime working within the department
• Work with the production management teams to ensure that the hygiene operations do not adversely affect production efficiency or create machine down time
• Achieve and maintain the KPI targets set by the Technical team in relation to microbiological trend analysis, HACCP and, where deemed necessary, the positive release of key equipment
• Deliver on key performance indicators including: people, quality, health and safety, environment, cost optimisation, customer service and project delivery
• Liaise with any specified chemical provider to develop a food hygiene audit system
• Assist the Technical Manager with the site preparation for customer or third party hygiene audits to include provision of departmental schedules, cleaning and staff training records
• Effectively manage all departmental personnel ensuring that compliance with current employment legislation is maintained
• Oversee the allocation of annual leave and the general management of absenteeism
• Review and update the training requirements of the department in line with current legislation and changing departmental operations
• Ensure that all Hygiene staff have been given the appropriate level of training necessary to carry out their work within legislative and Health and Safety guidelines
• Experience in a similar role - hygiene manager / experienced hygiene supervisor
• Experience leading a team in a fast-moving consumer goods environment
• Evidence of working towards targets and achieving results
• Strong understanding of food hygiene, food safety and health and safety
• Excellent communication skills

• Food Safety training
• HACCP training
• IOSH
• COSHH trained
• Computer Literate with competency in Excel, Word & PowerPoint.
• Flexibility on shift change or/ and start time will be required

• Strong commitment to progression and personal development
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Purchase company shares through discounted share scheme
• Company pension scheme - up to 10% employer contribution
• Cycle to work scheme, retail discounts app, health and wellbeing programme

Cranswick Country Foods, William Wright Dock, Riverside, Hull, HU1 2ET
Cranswick is a leading UK food producer with revenue of over £2.9 Billion. We produce and supply premium food to high profile UK grocery retailers, the food service sector and other UK and global customers. As a business, we've invested heavily in creating an industry-leading production environment, allowing us to be able to give our aspiring future work-force everything you need to be successful in this role.

We are currently recruiting for a Hygiene Manager to be based at our Cranswick Riverside site. Riverside opened in 2012 to act a satellite site to our primary processing facility in Preston, Hull. Riverside produces fresh and added value pork for major UK retailers. The site has undergone recent and significant factory investment with a focused future strategy, delivering best-in-market supply chain standards and creating a quality culture that puts our customer's needs at the forefront of all our decisions.