Hygiene Manager, Hygiene Manager

Hygiene Manager (Nights)

Location: Hyde

Hours: 10pm-6am

We are looking for an experienced Hygiene Manager to lead and develop our site hygiene operation, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.

As a key member of the team, you will drive the Food Safety & Hygiene strategy using Operational Excellence (OPEX) principles, ensuring compliance with legislative requirements while delivering measurable improvements in hygiene performance, audit results, and operational standards.

• Lead and develop the hygiene team, promoting a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance.
• Drive excellence in food safety and hygiene standards across the site.
• Use OPEX tools and data analysis to identify root causes, solve problems, and deliver sustainable improvements.
• Set, maintain, and improve standards across safety, quality, environmental, and manufacturing processes.
• Drive strong internal and external audit performance and implement improvement plans.
• Manage hygiene-related projects in line with site objectives and business priorities.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, CICs, COSHH requirements, and risk assessments.
• Monitor, measure, and report Hygiene KPIs on a monthly basis.
• Coach and support teams to embed best practice hygiene standards and behaviours.

• Hygiene-related Certificate or Diploma.
• Food Safety Level 3 and HACCP Level 3 qualifications.
• COSHH Training.
• Proven experience leading a hygiene operation within a food manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of hygiene management best practices.
• Knowledge of hygiene processes and microbiological controls.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Natural coaching and people development ability.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a critical role in protecting product integrity, driving continuous improvement, and shaping food safety culture within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. You'll have the opportunity to lead change, influence standards, and make a real impact on business performance.