Senior Hygiene & Compliance Leader, London Site

Found Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Southall; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Found Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced Hygiene Manager to lead the hygiene function at a major London site. You will own the hygiene strategy, drive standards across cleaning, pest control and audit readiness, and partner with Operations, Quality and Engineering to sustain top performance for major UK retailers.

The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on presence on the factory floor, delivering robust cleaning programs, managing budgets and teams, and ensuring

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in a Hygiene Manager role within food manufacturing.
• Experience supplying major UK retailers.
• Strong understanding of BRCGS, retailer Codes of Practice, HACCP.
• Experience leading customer, retailer and certification audits.
• Experience developing and managing cleaning validation, risk assessments and SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Own the site's Hygiene function, delivering cleaning, housekeeping and pest control.
• Develop and implement a hygiene strategy meeting BRCGS and retailer requirements.
• Lead, motivate and develop the Hygiene team with a culture of accountability.
• Manage departmental budgets, labour planning, resources and contractors.
• Develop and maintain cleaning systems, SOPs and risk-based schedules.
• Lead cleaning validation, verification and root cause investigations.
• Own the pest management programme with external specialists.
• Lead hygiene preparations for audits and maintain audit readiness.
• Coordinate cleaning with Operations, Quality, Technical and Engineering.
• Identify opportunities to improve cleaning efficiency and reduce costs.
• Develop and monitor hygiene KPIs and present improvement plans.
• Oversee COSHH risk assessments and chemical management.
• Support environmental and waste management activities.
• Deliver hygiene training programs for the team.
• Drive hygiene improvement projects and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Hygiene leadership

Auditing & compliance

Budget management

Team development

Continuous improvement

Stakeholder engagement

Cleaning validation

Pest control knowledge

Strategic thinking

Operational discipline

Education

Intermediate Food Hygiene / HACCP

IOSH Managing Safely

COSHH Management and Risk Assessment training

Job description

Found Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking an experienced Hygiene Manager to lead the hygiene function at a major London site. You will own the hygiene strategy, drive standards across cleaning, pest control and audit readiness, and partner with Operations, Quality and Engineering to sustain top performance for major UK retailers.

The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on presence on the factory floor, delivering robust cleaning programs, managing budgets and teams, and ensuring