Job Description:

Hygiene Manager (Nights)

Bristol

Food Manufacturing

Role:

• Lead and manage all hygiene activities across the site, ensuring daily, periodic, and deep cleaning schedules are completed to the highest standards.
• Maintain and review cleaning instructions and schedules to ensure compliance with BRCGS, customer, legal, and company requirements.
• Manage hygiene teams, providing coaching, training, development, and performance management.
• Monitor hygiene performance through KPIs, trend analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage hygiene labour, budgets, chemical usage, and associated costs.
• Prepare the site for customer, retailer, and third-party audits, ensuring documentation is accurate and up to date.
• Lead investigations into hygiene-related issues, including microbiological results that fall outside specification.
• Actively participate in the site's HACCP team and support food safety and quality systems.
• Conduct trials of new chemicals, equipment, and cleaning methods to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety requirements, including COSHH, PPE, and safe working practices.

Requirements:

• Previous Hygiene Management or Hygiene Supervisory experience within food manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of food safety, hygiene standards, and audit requirements.
• Experience preparing for and supporting BRCGS and major customer audits.
• Knowledge of HACCP and food safety management systems.

We act as an Employment Agency/Business with regards to this vacancy. As an Equal Opportunities employer we welcome applications regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or age. All applicants are considered on the basis of their merits and abilities for the job.