Hygiene Manager

Hygiene Manager

📍 Grimsby | 🕒 Full Time

Are you an experienced Hygiene Manager ready to take ownership of hygiene standards in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment? This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a dedicated on-site hygiene team and play a critical role in food safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.

You’ll be at the heart of operations, ensuring the highest hygiene standards are consistently met while driving best practice, audit readiness, and team development.

What you’ll be doing

Leading and managing all hygiene activities on site, ensuring services meet required standards at all times

Controlling hygiene labour hours and expenditure, with full authorisation and accurate recording

Developing, maintaining, and auditing cleaning schedules, risk assessments, and instruction cards in line with BRC food safety standards and customer Codes of Practice

Carrying out compliance audits and inspections, quickly addressing any non-conformances

Managing hygiene chemicals, dosing equipment, and conducting chemical titration checks

Championing a strong Health & Safety culture across the site

Supporting microbiological investigations and improvement projects

Training and developing hygiene and waste-handling teams to ensure full procedural compliance

Attending regular operational reviews and monthly KPI meetings

Key responsibilities

Auditing operational documentation, including cleaning schedules, training records, and risk assessments

Leading hygiene projects, compliance testing, and site inspections

Driving micro awareness and elimination planning

Ensuring your team conducts regular inspections, including finished standards checks, methodology reviews, and PPE compliance

What we’re looking for

Level 3 Food Safety qualification (Level 4 desirable)

Proven experience in a senior hygiene management role within food or FMCG manufacturing

Strong working knowledge of HACCP

Health & Safety Level 3 qualification

Experience supporting BRC and customer audits

Confident leader with strong people management skills

Ability to lead and collaborate with a diverse workforce