This position will suit someone who enjoys having real accountability for hygiene standards and who wants to play a visible role in food safety performance across the site. You'll be responsible for leading the hygiene function, setting standards, developing people and driving improvement across hygiene, sanitation, pest control and microbiological controls. ________________________________________ Key responsibilities * Full ownership of site hygiene standards, sanitation programmes and cleaning systems. * Development, maintenance and verification of cleaning schedules and instructions in line with food safety and audit standards (e.g. BRCGS). * Management of hygiene chemicals, consumables, equipment and suppliers, including cost control and performance management. * Oversight of pest control, environmental monitoring, microbiological testing and water sampling programmes. * Driving microbiological risk reduction and hygiene improvement initiatives across the site. * Ensuring safe storage, handling and use of hygiene chemicals in line with COSHH and safety requirements. * Conducting internal hygiene audits, trending results, root cause analysis and corrective actions. * Leadership of the hygiene team, including rotas, training, performance management and development. * Delivery of hygiene and waste-handling training and awareness across the wider site. ________________________________________ We're keen to hear from candidat...