Hygiene Manager

Bayne's the Family Bakers; Lochore; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Colleague discount

Free roll & beverage

Retail discount

Learning & development

Food safety culture

Job summary

Bayne's the Family Bakers is seeking a Hygiene Manager based at Orwell Bakery in Lochore to lead hygiene practices across the site. The role focuses on promoting food safety culture, implementing SOPs and CICs, and supporting allergen control within our bakery operations.

You will partner with production and quality teams to close gaps, deliver training, and drive continuous improvement in sanitation and compliance across shifts.

Qualifications

• Experience in Food Hygiene Management, Sanitation Supervision, Technical Compliance, or Quality Assurance.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, and hazard-auditing skills.
• Ability to influence operational teams to meet sanitation standards.
• Experience with bakery/food manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Identify hygiene gaps and compliance needs with operational teams.
• Deliver hygiene briefings and training across the site.

Skills

Leadership

Hazard auditing

Relationship building

Hygiene knowledge

People management

Food safety culture

Allergen awareness

Crisis management

SOPs & CICs experience

Education

Food Safety Level 3/4

HACCP

COSHH management

Tools

Digital compliance software

Audit apps

Tracking platforms

Job description

Hygiene Manager

Based at Orwell Bakery, Lochore, KY5 8DD.

39 hours per week - Salary £35,571.12 / £17.54 per hour

Benefits of becoming our Hygiene Manager

• Our Colleague Discount Scheme, offering you up to 50% off products sold in our shops.
• A complimentary filled roll and hot drink during your break when working.
• Retail discount scheme allowing you and your immediate family to save money on everyday living expenses.
• Opportunities for ongoing learning and professional development.
• The opportunity to play a key role in developing food safety culture across our Bakery operation whilst supporting technical compliance, standard optimization, and risk management across the wider business.
• For a full list of benefits please go to Bayne's website.

What your key responsibilities are as Hygiene Manager

• Work in partnership with operational colleagues to identify hygiene capability gaps, cleaning deficiencies, and compliance needs.
• Deliver engaging hygiene briefings, chemical handling workshops, and deep-clean standard training across the business.
• Support production supervisors in developing confidence, capability, and accountability for hygiene performance within their teams.
• Design and develop practical cleaning instruction cards, visual hygiene guides, and digital safety content.
• Support the delivery, execution, and continuous improvement of site environmental monitoring and sanitation programmes.
• Deliver blended hygiene solutions through face-to-face coaching, toolbox talks, and practical assessments.
• Reinforce hygiene compliance through follow-up audits, inspections, and on-the-floor practical support.
• Support the implementation and embedding of structured food safety and allergen control programmes within manufacturing environments.
• Observe practical sanitation competence, chemical dosing, and equipment strip-downs to provide constructive feedback and guidance.
• Support shift managers to embed daily hygiene routines into production schedules and drive permanent behaviour change regarding food safety.
• Monitor cleaning verification data (e.g., ATP swabbing, micro testing) and support evaluation of overall hygiene effectiveness.
• Support hygiene and deep-clean requirements relating to new production equipment, machinery, layout changes, and technical initiatives across the Bakery operation.
• Contribute to Technical, Health & Safety, and major continuous improvement projects.
• Promote consistency, root-cause analysis, and best practice across all cleaning, sanitation, and waste management activities.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across Production, Quality, Engineering, Retail, and the People functions.

Key skills and experiences required of our Hygiene Manager

• Previous experience within Food Hygiene Management, Sanitation Supervision, Technical Compliance, or Quality Assurance.
• Strong leadership, facilitation, and hazard-auditing skills.
• Ability to build effective working relationships and influence operational teams positively to adopt high sanitation standards.
• Experience supporting fast-paced production teams within bakery, food manufacturing, hospitality, or similar high-care environments.
• Experience designing and establishing robust cleaning instruction templates and master sanitation schedules.
• Strong organisational, time management, and crisis-management skills.
• Confident using digital compliance software, audit apps, and tracking platforms.
• Experience working with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Cleaning Instruction Cards (CICs), including supporting their implementation, review, and embedding.
• Passionate about food safety, workplace cleanliness, and supporting others to maintain a culture of excellence.
• Formal qualifications in Food Safety (Level 3 or 4), HACCP, or COSHH management would be advantageous.
• Understanding of pest control management, allergen management, and BRCGS global standards would be advantageous.
• Previous experience specifically within an industrial bakery, high-care food production, or Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) environment would be advantageous.

At Bayne's the Family Bakers, we understand that our success hinges on the strength of our colleagues. That's why we're dedicated to cultivating an environment where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered. We are committed to the fair treatment of colleagues, potential colleagues and our customers regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependents, age, physical/mental health or offending background.