Hygiene Manager

David Wood Foods Ltd; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A food manufacturing organization is seeking a Hygiene Manager for their Kearsley site in Greater Manchester. The role encompasses managing hygiene standards, ensuring compliance with customer codes of practice, and implementing business improvements focused on food safety and quality. Candidates should have outstanding communication skills and a minimum of 2 years of experience in a hygiene position along with experience in leading and developing teams. The position offers a negotiable salary depending on experience, and involves overseeing hygiene operatives and maintaining departmental budgets.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years in a Hygiene position.
• Experience in leading and developing teams required.

Responsibilities

• Review and implement customer codes of practice for compliance.
• Implement business improvements for food safety and quality.
• Ensure hygiene operatives are trained and organized.
• Complete required paperwork accurately.
• Manage production hygiene issues.
• Develop scheduled cleaning programs.
• Work towards KPIs for cleanliness.
• Conduct regular audits of hygiene systems.
• Liaise with production management for hygiene control.
• Improve cleaning efficiency.
• Manage departmental budget.
• Develop hygiene systems.
• Monitor pest control systems with contractors.
• Oversee waste disposal systems with contractors.

Skills

Outstanding communication skills

Experience in leading and developing teams

Hygiene management

Job description

Hygiene Manager

Location - Lyon Rd, Kearsley BL4 8NB

Salary - Negotiable dependant on experience

Shift - 5 days out of 7, some flexibility required.

David Wood Baking is a food manufacturing organisation with a site based in Bolton. We have over 20 years’ experience in the food business and currently produce a range of quality products for the retail and foodservice industry from seven high‑tech factories.

Due to growth within the team, a vacancy has arisen for a Hygiene Manager based at our Kearsley site. The role will be covering Hygiene, GMP and Factory Floor Standards. The main purpose of this position is to manage the requirements within the department – effectively and efficiently – through the optimum use of people, materials and plant / equipment / machinery, in order to achieve output requirements in compliance with company / site / legislative standards of quality, quantity, cost and timescale.

The successful candidate must have outstanding communication skills and have experience of leading and developing teams as well as having a minimum of 2 years in a Hygiene position.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and implementing customer codes of practice and making sure they are all compliant with all hygiene standards.
• Implement business improvements ensuring that food safety and quality remain at the forefront of the company.
• Ensuring hygiene operatives across day and night shifts are appropriately trained, organised and managed to complete required workload.
• Ensuring all paperwork is completed accurately and fully.
• To manage issues with production management to minimise risk to product through effective hygiene management and process control.
• Managing and developing scheduled deep and standard cleaning of machinery/ environment program to required standards.
• Working towards KPI's and targets, ensuring all clean downs are done to the highest standard.
• Carrying out regular audits in relation to hygiene systems and environmental standards.
• Liaising with production management to minimise risk to product through effective hygiene management and process control.
• Improving efficiency and standards of cleaning.
• Managing departmental budget.
• Ownership and development of hygiene systems.
• Monitor and manage the site pest control system in conjunction with the third‑party contractor.
• Monitor and manage the site waste disposal system in conjunction with the third‑party contractor.

Qualifications

Minimum 2 years in a Hygiene position and outstanding communication skills; experience of leading and developing teams.