Hygiene Manager

D R Newitt Recruitment; Bradford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

D R Newitt Recruitment is partnering with a leading FMCG Food Manufacturer to recruit a Group Hygiene Manager. You will lead and develop a multi-site hygiene strategy, systems, and team to ensure the facility, equipment, and production environment meet food safety standards and customer requirements.

You will drive continuous improvement, maintain audit readiness, and improve operational efficiency. The role involves owning the hygiene programme, coaching the team, setting KPIs, and

Qualifications

• Lead and own the site hygiene programme and KPI monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, COSHH, allergen control and BRCGS standards.
• Coach and develop the hygiene team including QA, supervisors and operators.
• Drive audit readiness and a culture of food safety and health & safety.
• Collaborate with production, engineering, technical and quality teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead hygiene strategy across multiple sites and manage cleaning standards and schedules.
• Coordinate with 3rd party agencies for resourcing as required.
• Investigate root causes of hygiene failures and drive corrective actions.
• Maintain audit readiness and support customer/regulatory inspections.
• Analyse trends, risks, and drive continuous improvement in hygiene practices.

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.

• 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.