Senior Hygiene Lead: Food Safety & Site Excellence

Alexander Steele; Northolt; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexander Steele Recruitment is partnering with a well-established food manufacturing business in London to recruit an experienced Senior Hygiene Manager. You will lead the hygiene function, drive standards, and develop a high-performing team to ensure food safety and regulatory compliance.

Join a fast-paced site, manage budgets, and collaborate across departments to deliver continuous improvements and audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in hygiene management within fast-paced food manufacturing.
• Proven experience leading hygiene teams and driving improvements.
• Strong knowledge of food safety standards including BRCGS, HACCP and COSHH.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and develop the site Hygiene team to a high‑performing standard.
• Ensure hygiene activities comply with BRCGS, HACCP, COSHH and legislation.
• Oversee budgets, labour planning and resource allocation for hygiene operations.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Technical and Quality teams to support operations.
• Prepare for customer, third‑party and regulatory audits and maintain audit readiness.
• Drive cleaning programmes, verification processes and continuous improvement.

Skills

Hygiene leadership

Budget management

Quality systems

People development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Advanced Food Hygiene

IOSH Safety Training

Job description

Alexander Steele Recruitment is partnering with a well-established food manufacturing business in London to recruit an experienced Senior Hygiene Manager. You will lead the hygiene function, drive standards, and develop a high-performing team to ensure food safety and regulatory compliance.

Join a fast-paced site, manage budgets, and collaborate across departments to deliver continuous improvements and audit readiness.