Hygiene Manager (Days)

Mash Direct; Comber; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted or free food

Staff discount on all Mash products

Free on-site parking

Company events and team culture initiatives

Job summary

Mash Direct, located in Comber, Northern Ireland, is seeking a Hygiene Manager to lead hygiene initiatives in their food manufacturing facility. This key role involves maintaining the highest hygiene standards and ensuring compliance with BRC and company standards. Responsibilities include developing cleaning strategies, budget management, and collaboration with production teams. Ideal candidates will have prior hygiene management experience and relevant qualifications such as COSHH and IOSH. The position offers competitive pay and employee benefits including discounted or free food.

Qualifications

• 1 year of hygiene management experience in a factory or food manufacturing setting.
• Familiarity with BRC or customer audit standards.
• Proficiency in maintaining hygiene standards and cleaning procedures.

Responsibilities

• Maintain hygiene standards in all factory areas.
• Develop and oversee cleaning plans and audits.
• Control hygiene-related contracts and budget.

Skills

Hygiene management experience

Knowledge of pest control management

Experience managing hygiene or operational budgets

Education

COSHH qualification

IOSH qualification

Job description

Salary: £30,000.00 – £40,000.00 per year

About Mash Direct

Mash Direct is an award-winning, progressive business that produces and distributes quality mash and vegetable side dishes to homes across Ireland and the UK.

With a state-of-the-art factory and continued growth across our customer base, we are seeking to recruit for a Hygiene Manager to ensure hygiene is at the centre of our food manufacturing culture. This is a key role reporting into the Head of Technical and forms part of our wider day-shift operational leadership team.

Purpose of the Role

The purpose of this role is to provide an effective hygiene management service to ensure full compliance with all relevant legal, customer, BRC, and Company standards.

You will ensure that all aspects of hygiene across the site are maintained to the highest standard, and that environmental microbiological performance is consistently monitored and improved.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain hygiene standards in all areas of the factory
• Work closely with production and planning teams to minimise downtime while ensuring thorough cleaning
• Ensure a comprehensive cleaning plan is in place, reviewed, and continuously developed
• Liaise with hygiene chemical providers and cleaning experts to introduce best-in-class practices
• Audit cleaned areas and machinery, including visual inspections and hygiene swabs
• Investigate and resolve out-of-spec environmental micro results
• Control key hygiene-related contracts including chemicals, laundry, PPE, and consumables
• Maintain and enforce Good Hygiene Practices (GHP) across all teams
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement in hygiene processes
• Control and monitor the hygiene budget
• Maintain all cleaning standards, records, and procedures in line with BRC and audit expectations

Ideal Candidate

• Previous hygiene management experience within a factory or food manufacturing setting
• Relevant qualifications such as COSHH, IOSH
• Experience working to BRC or customer audit standards
• Knowledge of pest control management
• Experience managing hygiene or operational budgets
• Discounted or free food
• Staff discount on all Mash products
• Free on-site parking
• Company events and team culture initiatives

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK
• We welcome all applications; however, we are not in a position to offer sponsorship
• Experience: Minimum 1 year in hygiene management preferred
• Location: Must be able to reliably commute to Newtownards BT23 5JU or plan to relocate

Mash Direct is an Equal Opportunities Employer .

We monitor the community background and sex of our applicants to demonstrate our commitment to fair employment practices in line with the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998.