Hygiene Manager

Noble Foods Ltd; Gainsborough CP; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Noble Foods Ltd is seeking an experienced Hygiene Manager for its food manufacturing site in the United Kingdom. You will lead all hygiene activities, ensuring top food safety, hygiene, health & safety, compliance and operational performance, reporting to the Operations Director.

You will collaborate with Production, Technical, Engineering, Maintenance and HR, coaching Team Leaders and driving continuous improvement while upholding Noble Foods’ values and sustainable practices.

Qualifications

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

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.

Job description

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.