Hygiene Manager

Noble Foods; Gainsborough CP; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Service Awards

Enhanced paternity and maternity

Free life insurance

Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme

Perkbox discounts (Greggs or Café Nero

Discounted eggs and chicken

Extra day off after 1 year

DigiCare+ annual health check

Discounted gym memberships

Free eye test

Discounted mobile contracts

Bonus after 6 months (People Partner)

Wellness programme

Employee Charity Matching Scheme

Job summary

Noble Foods is seeking an experienced Hygiene Manager for the Gainsborough poultry site. You will lead daily hygiene activities and ensure top-tier food safety and compliance, reporting to the Operations Director and partnering with Production, Technical, Engineering and HR teams.

Ideally you have significant hygiene leadership experience in food manufacturing or poultry, with COSHH/HACCP knowledge and a track record in driving improvements and safety culture.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a hygiene department in food manufacturing, poultry or a regulated environment.
• Strong people leadership and performance management experience.
• Good knowledge of COSHH, HACCP, food safety and hygiene requirements.
• Experience working to BRC and Tesco standards.
• Leadership training with HACCP Level 2 and IOSH Managing Safely (or willingness to achieve).

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate daily, weekly and monthly hygiene activities.
• Coach and develop Team Leaders and colleagues.
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, COSHH, BRC, Tesco and legal requirements.
• Use data to identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead on health & safety, risk management and safe working practices.
• Work cross-functionally to improve standards, equipment reliability and performance.
• Support Noble Foods’ sustainability, inclusion and wellbeing objectives.

Skills

People leadership

Communication

Influencing

Decision making

Data analysis

COSHH

HACCP

Food safety

BRC standards

Tesco standards

HACCP Level 2

IOSH Managing Safely

Job description

HYGIENE MANAGER - Gainsborough Poultry

Noble Foods | Home of the Happy Egg Co.

Are you an experienced Hygiene Manager from a food manufacturing environment, passionate about high standards, food safety, people leadership and continuous improvement?

We’d love to hear from you.

About Noble Foods

Noble Foods is a family-owned business founded in 1920, with successful businesses across milling, poultry, agriculture and consumer foods.

We’re home to leading brands including The Happy Egg Co., the UK’s biggest free‑range egg brand, Big & Fresh and Purely Organic.

We’re also proud to have been recognised by Best Companies as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food & Drink industry.

The Role

As Hygiene Manager, you’ll lead all hygiene activities following daily production, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, hygiene, health & safety, compliance and operational performance.

Reporting to the Operations Director, you’ll provide visible leadership to Team Leaders and colleagues, while working closely with Production, Technical, Engineering, Maintenance, HR and the wider Site Leadership Team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate daily, weekly and monthly hygiene activities

• Coach and develop Team Leaders and colleagues

• Ensure compliance with HACCP, COSHH, BRC, Tesco and legal requirements

• Use data to identify trends and drive continuous improvement

• Lead on health & safety, risk management and safe working practices

• Work cross-functionally to improve standards, equipment reliability and performance

• Support Noble Foods’ sustainability, inclusion and wellbeing objectives

About you:

You’ll ideally have:

• Proven experience leading a hygiene department within food manufacturing, poultry or a regulated environment

• Strong people leadership and performance management experience

• Good knowledge of COSHH, HACCP, food safety and hygiene requirements

• Experience working to BRC and Tesco standards

• Strong communication, influencing and decision‑making skills

• Relevant leadership training, with HACCP Level 2 and IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent) completed or a willingness to achieve them

Our values TO CARE

Together | Ownership | Courage | Action | Respect | Excellence

These values are at the heart of how we work and how we support our people to succeed.

If you're ready to take your next step with a family-owned food business with a strong heritage, recognised brands and a people-first culture, we’d love to hear from you.

What can we offer you?

• Service Awards

• Enhanced paternity and maternity

• Free life insurance

• Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme

• Access to Perkbox with a variety of discounts including a monthly freebie from Greggs or Café Nero

• Discounted eggs and chicken

• A Celebration day after 1 years service enjoy an extra day off to celebrate a life event, such as your birthday

• Access to DigiCare + - Annual Health Check, Digital GP Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Health Opinion and Mental Health Consultations.

• Discounted Gym Memberships

• Free Eye Test every two years

• Discounted mobile phone contracts

• Share in our success with the People Partnership - after 6 months service you will be eligible for a yearly bonus

• Additional Allowances for First Aiders and Mental Health First Aiders

• Wellness programme

• Employee Charity Matching Scheme

If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.