Hygiene Manager

About the Role

We are delighted to be recruiting a Hygiene Manager to join our team at our Edinburgh bakery. This is a critical leadership role, responsible for driving site‑wide hygiene standards and ensuring our facilities consistently operate to the highest levels of cleanliness, safety and compliance. You will play a key part in protecting the hygienic integrity of the plant, enabling the production of high‑quality FBC products every day. Through strong leadership, collaboration and continuous improvement you’ll help create a culture where hygiene excellence underpins everything we do.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain robust cleaning schedules and documentation across the bakery.
• Provide strong leadership, guidance and support to the hygiene team and wider operations teams.
• Collaborate closely with operations and plant planning to ensure hygiene processes are effectively integrated into planning cycles.
• Define and oversee pest control activities to maintain safe, sanitary working conditions across the site.
• Champion and support initiatives that strengthen hygiene culture throughout the bakery.
• Stay up to date with emerging hygiene and pest control techniques, identifying opportunities to enhance current practices.
• Ensure full compliance with all relevant legislation, customer requirements, partner codes of practice and certification standards.
• Guarantee all employees receive appropriate hygiene training, including onboarding for new starters.
• Build strong relationships with hygiene suppliers and contractors, setting clear expectations and driving continuous improvement.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts focused on elevating cleaning methods, standards and efficiency across the bakery.
• Manage the hygiene budget within the technical department, ensuring effective and responsible cost control.

Who We Are Looking For

• Demonstrated experience in a comparable hygiene manager role, ideally within an FMCG environment.
• IOSH qualification (or currently working towards it).
• Level 3 food safety qualification is desirable.
• A track record of consistently delivering and maintaining high hygiene standards across a site.
• Genuine passion for hygiene, food safety and technical excellence.
• Experience collaborating with third‑party service providers.
• Proven ability to work effectively with health, safety & environment teams to ensure compliance, risk identification, assessment and control.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to communicate confidently at all levels.
• Proactive, results‑driven approach, with the ability to act quickly and deliver within tight timeframes.
• Self‑motivated, with the ability to work autonomously and take ownership.
• Excellent time‑management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Relationship‑driven, with strong communication skills and the confidence to work cross‑functionally.
• Flexibility with working hours and days to meet the needs of the business.

Diversity Statement

FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all our people are equally talented in their own way and that the diversity of our talents makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.