Hygiene Manager - Nights
Suffolk
Permanent | M-F
£60,000 - £70,000 d.o.e
Are you a strong operational leader with the ability to manage large teams and drive world-class hygiene standards in a complex food manufacturing environment? We're looking for an experienced Hygiene Manager to take full ownership of sanitation strategy, compliance and performance across a high-volume operation.
This is a critical leadership role where food safety, people development and operational excellence come together.
What you'll be doing at the Hygiene Manager:
Lead and inspire a large hygiene function of ~95 colleagues, managing day and night shift teams while developing supervisors, team leaders and operatives to deliver consistently high standards.
Own the hygiene strategy across multiple factory operations, ensuring cleaning schedules are effectively planned and executed within a demanding production environment.
Maintain gold-standard compliance with BRCGS, Red Tractor, retailer codes of practice and all legal hygiene and sanitation requirements.
Oversee validation and verification programmes, including post-clean inspections, ATP testing, microbiological swabbing and chemical control systems.
Act as the site's hygiene subject matter expert, supporting technical teams during customer, third-party and regulatory audits.
Drive cross-functional collaboration with Production, Engineering, Technical and H&S teams to continuously improve environmental hygiene performance.
Manage budgets, resources and hygiene equipment, ensuring efficient labour planning, chemical usage, contractor control and operational cost optimisation.
Lead root-cause investigations and continuous improvement initiatives, strengthening food safety culture while reducing risk, waste and operational inefficiencies.
What you'll need as the Hygiene Manager:
A proven track record in a food manufacturing Hygiene Manager role is required to be considered for this position
A thorough understanding of retailer and BRC requirements
A proven track record of managing large-scale hygiene teams in food manufacturing
Experience managing hygiene budgets and chemical contracts
Own transport
Full UK working rights
If you believe you have the skills and personality to fit these requirements please either apply via this advert or call Henderson Brown on (phone number removed) for more information