Hygiene Manager

Greencore; Spalding; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Parental leave policies

Job summary

Greencore is seeking a Hygiene Manager to lead all hygiene activities within a manufacturing unit in the UK. You will set standards, lead hygiene teams, and ensure delivery of customer expectations across safety, health, environment, and waste management.

You will drive audits, engage with cross-functional teams, manage budgets, and coordinate third-party contracts while upholding quality and compliance across the site.

Qualifications

• Ideally educated to degree level
• Holds the following qualifications in support of experience - L4 Food Hygiene, L4 HACCP, IOSH managing safely, COSHH, Allergen Awareness, CIP and Microbiological Hygiene
• A clear financial understanding and is experienced managing in an FMCG, ideally in hygiene management
• Experienced in managing and supporting auditing processes
• Is well versed in pest control measures
• Has experience working with computer programmes such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Has knowledge of the principles of chilled food manufacturing in high risk/low risk/low care
• Has experience of leading and working with a diverse workforce
• Has experience of integrated hygiene and environmental management systems
• Has experience of equipment manufacture and capital expenditure requirements

Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementation of strategy, quality, efficiency, and hygiene innovation to ensure the manufacturing unit has a hygiene service which supports the delivery of business objectives
• Provide leadership and direction to the hygiene community to ensure that people are engaged, focused, and delivering their potential
• Establish a holistic hygiene vision incorporating the key elements of safety, health, environment, and waste management, demonstrated through great customer relations and effective management of third-party relationships and internal cross functional working
• Hygiene lead for coordination and successful delivery of all Manufacturing Unit visits and audits achieving recognition of excellent working practices which deliver growth and trust between all
• Monitor, audit and review the performance of the manufacturing unit hygiene teams to identify areas of improvement and innovation to ensure hygiene activities are delivered to plan, budget, and standards beyond compliance
• Delivery of projects to designated time scales and meeting all cross functional food safety and financial targets
• Responsible for the preparation and management of Manufacturing Unit hygiene budget, related Capex and negotiation/maintenance of third-party contracts that supply and safeguard the integrity of Manufacturing Unit standards
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set in the SHE Policy

Skills

Hygiene leadership

FMCG experience

Food safety

Budget management

People management

Pest control

MS Office

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree level

L4 Food Hygiene

L4 HACCP

IOSH managing safely

COSHH

Allergen Awareness

CIP

Microbiological Hygiene

Job description

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Here at Spalding, we have a team of around 540 colleagues. We produce coleslaw, potato salad, salad bar bulk products (2kg), pasta salads and couscous/grains for some of the biggest retailers in the UK including Morrisons, Co-op, Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Nando’s and Pizza Hut. Our Spalding site has a restaurant with hot food available to all our colleagues.

What you’ll be doing

As a hygiene manager you will drive all elements of the hygiene service within a manufacturing unit by setting standards and leading the hygiene teams to deliver our customer expectations.

Key accountabilities:

• Responsible for implementation of strategy, quality, efficiency, and hygiene innovation to ensure the manufacturing unit has a hygiene service which supports the delivery of business objectives
• Provide leadership and direction to the hygiene community to ensure that people are engaged, focused, and delivering their potential
• Establish a holistic hygiene vision incorporating the key elements of safety, health, environment, and waste management, demonstrated through great customer relations and effective management of third-party relationships and internal cross functional working
• Hygiene lead for coordination and successful delivery of all Manufacturing Unit visits and audits achieving recognition of excellent working practices which deliver growth and trust between all
• Monitor, audit and review the performance of the manufacturing unit hygiene teams to identify areas of improvement and innovation to ensure hygiene activities are delivered to plan, budget, and standards beyond compliance
• Delivery of projects to designated time scales and meeting all cross functional food safety and financial targets
• Responsible for the preparation and management of Manufacturing Unit hygiene budget, related Capex and negotiation/maintenance of third-party contracts that supply and safeguard the integrity of Manufacturing Unit standards
• Ensure that a safe working environment exists for colleagues and that as a minimum the department meets the standards set in the SHE Policy

What we’re looking for

We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

• Ideally educated to degree level
• Holds the following qualifications in support of experience - L4 Food Hygiene, L4 HACCP, IOSH managing safely, COSHH, Allergen Awareness, CIP and Microbiological Hygiene
• A clear financial understanding and is experienced managing in an FMCG, ideally in hygiene management
• Experienced in managing and supporting auditing processes
• Is well versed in pest control measures
• Has experience working with computer programmes such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Has knowledge of the principles of chilled food manufacturing in high risk/low risk/low care
• Has experience of leading and working with a diverse workforce
• Has experience of integrated hygiene and environmental management systems
• Has experience of equipment manufacture and capital expenditure requirements

These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date