Hygiene Manager

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

Job summary

D R Newitt & Associates is recruiting a Group Hygiene Manager to lead a multi-site hygiene strategy for a fast-moving FMCG food manufacturer in Bradford. You will own the hygiene programme, set standards, schedules, and verification activities to ensure safe and compliant production environments.

You will develop and coach the hygiene team, drive GMP, HACCP, and allergen controls, monitor KPIs, and work with production, engineering and QA to keep lines clean, audited, and continuously improving.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a multi-site hygiene programme in an FMCG environment.
• Proven ability to drive GMP, HACCP, COSHH, and allergen controls.
• Leadership of QA teams, supervisors and operators.
• Experience setting hygiene KPIs and using data from inspections and swabbing.
• Ability to coordinate with production, engineering, quality teams and 3rd party providers.
• Strong communicator, able to influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and own the site hygiene programme including cleaning standards, schedules, work instructions, validation and verification activities.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, COSHH, allergen control and BRCGS site food safety requirements.
• Lead, coach and develop the hygiene team to deliver safe cleaning standards.
• Set hygiene KPIs and monitor performance through inspections, trend analysis, swabbing results, audit outcomes, downtime and non-conformance data.
• Work with production, engineering, technical and quality teams to ensure equipment is 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 and audit findings where relevant.
• Ensure the site remains audit ready and supports inspections.
• Promote a strong food safety and health and safety culture across the site.

Skills

Hygiene management

Team leadership

Trend analysis

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

A leading FMCG Food Manufacturer is currently looking for a Group Hygiene Manager to lead and develop a multi-site 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.

Group Hygiene Manager responsibilities

• 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.