Hygiene Manager

D R Newitt Recruitment; Bradford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

D R Newitt Recruitment is seeking a Hygiene Manager for a leading FMCG Food Manufacturer to spearhead cleaning strategy, ensure GMP/HACCP compliance, and drive continuous improvement across a highly automated operation.

You will oversee the hygiene team, set KPIs, and work with production, engineering and quality to deliver safe, compliant cleaning and audit readiness. Strong communication and analytical skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience as Hygiene Manager in a food manufacturing environment.
• Analytical mindset to identify risk and implement corrective actions.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own the site hygiene programme, including cleaning standards, schedules, work instructions, validation, and verification activities.
• Ensure hygiene activities comply with GMP, HACCP, COSHH, allergen control and BRCGS requirements.
• Lead, coach and develop the hygiene team (QA’s, supervisors and operators).
• Set hygiene KPIs and monitor performance through inspections, trend analysis, swabbing results, audits and non-conformance data.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, technical and quality to ensure equipment is cleaned safely and effectively.
• Own resourcing schedule and engage with 3rd party providers as required.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions for hygiene failures and audit findings.
• Ensure audit readiness and support inspections from customers, third parties and regulators.
• Promote a strong food safety and health and safety culture across the site.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Data trend analysis

Job description

A leading FMCG Food Manufacturer is currently looking for a Hygiene Manager with dual site responsibilities to lead and develop a hygiene strategy, systems, and team to ensure the facility, equipment, and production environment consistently meet food safety, legal, customer, and company standards. The role is responsible for delivering effective hygiene controls across a highly automated manufacturing operation while driving continuous improvement, audit readiness, and operational efficiency.

• Lead and own the site hygiene programme, including cleaning standards, schedules, work instructions, validation, and verification activities.
• Ensure all hygiene activities support compliance with GMP, HACCP, COSHH, allergen control, BRCGS expectations, and site food safety requirements.
• Lead, coach, and develop the hygiene team, including QA’s, supervisors and operators, to deliver safe and effective cleaning standards.
• Set hygiene KPIs and monitor performance through inspections, trend analysis, swabbing results, audit outcomes, downtime, and non-conformance data.
• Work closely with production, engineering, technical, and quality teams to ensure automated lines, conveyors, fillers, packers, robotics, and associated equipment are cleaned safely and effectively.
• Own resourcing schedule and engage with 3rd Party agency providers as required.
• Lead root cause investigations and corrective actions for hygiene failures, environmental results, pest issues, audit findings, and customer complaints where relevant.
• Ensure the site remains audit ready and support customer, third-party, and regulatory inspections.
• Promote a strong food safety and health and safety culture across the site.

You will be a Hygiene Manager used to leading a Food Manufacturing facility. You will need to be able to analyse trends, identify risk, and implement effective corrective actions and be a confident communicator who can influence cross-functional teams.