Hygiene Manager

Pilgrim's Europe; Westerleigh; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Pilgrim's Europe in Westerleigh is seeking a Hygiene Manager responsible for management and review of cleaning schedules, training, site audits, and HACCP participation. The role includes trials of chemicals, supplier coordination, and safe chemical storage.

You will lead the hygiene team, monitor KPIs, develop processes to meet BRC/HACCP standards, and drive continuous improvements while ensuring compliance with food safety requirements.

Qualifications

• Relevant Chemical / Food Hygiene / qualifications
• Food manufacturing experience
• Budget responsibility
• Exposure to a variety of quality standards such as BRC and HACCP
• Demonstrate experience of identifying and implementing appropriate change to deliver business improvement
• Strong leadership skills and experience of managing.
• Commitment to Safety both in terms of people and products
• Knowledge of labour and throughput controls and cost benefits
• Strong decisions making skills
• Competent IT User
• Willing to undertake personal development training

Responsibilities

• To deliver on Key Performance Indicators
• To ensure the management operating systems for the area is accurately managed, maintained and developed to enable responsive fact-based management of the operation
• To challenge, mentor and coach people and challenge processes and practices within the factory
• To carry out activities with full awareness of their impact on the environment both in terms of people and the local area in which we operate
• To objectively assess own teams’ performance and develop improvement plans against the working to standards agenda
• To ensure clarity of role for team members to include assigning tasks, coaching, following up and feeding back to individuals
• To initiate and support projects
• To train all teams in hygiene related activities
• Conduct Data analysis able to plot trends and spot opportunities
• To ensure all aspects of the hygiene service are carried out and maintained to the required standard
• To manage the hygiene Hours and ensure all expenditure is authorised and recorded
• To maintain detailed cleaning instructions and schedules for every hygiene activity that meet the requirements of the FSA, BRC ,TESCO, M&S audits
• The job holder has a responsibility to create a culture of awareness of, and commitment to the highest standards of quality & food safety and as such they must lead by example
• The job holder is responsible for actively encouraging all staff to immediately report any quality or food safety issues, assign reward for doing so (using the STAR Award process) and must be seen to take visible action and give feedback to the reporter on actions taken to address the raised issue.
• The job holder will be required to support the site food safety and quality management systems through active engagement in the site HACCP team, internal and external audit programmes, and the proactive use of the QUOR system. Each department will be always maintained as “audit ready”

Skills

Leadership

Training & development

Change management

IT literacy

Budget management

Quality standards

Problem solving

Safety culture

Education

Food-related qualification

HACCP qualification

Tools

Competent IT user

Job description

Hygiene Manager

Location: Westerleigh
Report to: Technical Manager
We are seeking to recruit a Hygiene Manager with the responsibility for the management and review of all cleaning schedules including the monitoring and evaluation of training requirements. Preparation of site audits will be a part of this role, ensuring all documentation is available and up to date, carrying out investigation work. As an active member of the HACCP team, you will conduct trials of new chemicals and equipment in conjunction with approved suppliers, managing and purchasing chemicals, ensuring safe storage

Responsibilities

• To deliver on Key Performance Indicators
• To ensure the management operating systems for the area is accurately managed, maintained and developed to enable responsive fact-based management of the operation
• To challenge, mentor and coach people and challenge processes and practices within the factory
• To carry out activities with full awareness of their impact on the environment both in terms of people and the local area in which we operate
• To objectively assess own teams’ performance and develop improvement plans against the working to standards agenda
• To ensure clarity of role for team members to include assigning tasks, coaching, following up and feeding back to individuals
• To initiate and support projects
• To train all teams in hygiene related activities
• Conduct Data analysis able to plot trends and spot opportunities
• To ensure all aspects of the hygiene service are carried out and maintained to the required standard
• To manage the hygiene Hours and ensure all expenditure is authorised and recorded
• To maintain detailed cleaning instructions and schedules for every hygiene activity that meet the requirements of the FSA, BRC ,TESCO, M&S audits
• The job holder has a responsibility to create a culture of awareness of, and commitment to the highest standards of quality & food safety and as such they must lead by example
• The job holder is responsible for actively encouraging all staff to immediately report any quality or food safety issues, assign reward for doing so (using the STAR Award process) and must be seen to take visible action and give feedback to the reporter on actions taken to address the raised issue.
• The job holder will be required to support the site food safety and quality management systems through active engagement in the site HACCP team, internal and external audit programmes, and the proactive use of the QUOR system. Each department will be always maintained as “audit ready”

Essential Criteria

• Relevant Chemical / Food Hygiene / qualifications
• Food manufacturing experience
• Budget responsibility
• Exposure to a variety of quality standards such as BRC and HACCP
• Demonstrate experience of identifying and implementing appropriate change to deliver business improvement
• Strong leadership skills and experience of managing.
• Commitment to Safety both in terms of people and products
• Knowledge of labour and throughput controls and cost benefits
• Strong decisions making skills
• Competent IT User
• Willing to undertake personal development training

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge of waste and control methods to reduce environmental impact
• Qualification in a food related subject.
• HACCP qualification
• Hygiene Qualification