Cleaning & Hygiene Manager
$50,000–$60,000 year
On-siteNottingham, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Overnight hygiene and cleaning strategy, including budget, headcount planning, and continuous improvement. Lead and develop the Overnight Cleaning Supervisor(s), managing rotas, training, and succession planning. Own the COSHH register, environmental swabbing programme, and microbiological verification, interpreting trends to drive corrective action. Take final sign-off responsibility for cleaning-down and pre-op checks before production starts. Act as primary contact for QA/Technical on BRCGS audits and CAPA closure, owning hygiene KPI reporting and incident investigation. Manage cleaning schedules, SOPs, allergen changeover procedures, and supplier relationships for chemicals and consumables. Champion a culture of hygiene excellence across the site.
Required Qualifications
- Proven management experience in a food manufacturing hygiene role
- Experience managing supervisors or team leaders
- Knowledge of cleaning chemical dosing/COSHH controls
- Creating and maintaining CICs for production equipment
- Track record of leading BRCGS (or equivalent) audits and closing out CAPAs
- Hands-on experience carrying out and interpreting swabbing/hygiene verification results
- Experience managing budgets and supplier relationships
- Hygienic design review of new and existing machinery
- Deep clean scheduling and validation (incl. ATP swabbing)
- Root cause investigation for hygiene/contamination issues
- Training and competency sign-off for cleaning teams
- Level 3 (or above) Food Safety & Hygiene qualification (e.g. CIEH/CIEH-equivalent)
- Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom
Desired Qualifications
- NEBOSH or IOSH (or equivalent) H&S qualification
- HACCP Level 3/4 certification
- COSHH awareness/training
- Level 2/3 H&S qualification (e.g. IOSH Managing Safely)
- Allergen management training
- A confident communicator able to influence Operations, QA/Technical, and external auditors alike
Hiring someone like this?
Get your role in front of qualified candidates on Sorce.