Hygiene Manager

Gap Personnel, operating as an employment business, are currently recruiting on behalf of our client for a Hygiene Manager for a company based in the Knowsley area. The position is permanent.

As a hygiene manager, you will be responsible for management of the hygiene team, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and adherence to customer codes of practice.

Hours of Work: 10 pm - 6 am Monday - Friday

Salary: £40,382 per annum

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To oversee compliance with site health, safety, quality, and food safety procedures, ensuring that all Company policies are adhered to including identifying potential risks.
• To ensure Health & Safety includes COSHH assessment, Risk assessment and document safe systems of work.
• Manage segregation and storage of chemicals and associated equipment.
• To manage the ordering and stock control of hygiene consumables and chemicals, including provisions of hygiene chemicals and dosatron equipment.
• To work with suppliers to obtain the most suitable cost-effective equipment and consumables.
• To manage the hygiene budget and ensure all expenditure is authorised and recorded.
• Ensure Chemical Training is provided for Staff and personal development of staff is maintained.
• Ensure line wash downs are completed in a timely and consistent manner and that a deep cleaning schedule is in place and followed.
• Ensure maintenance of machinery is monitored and any issues are reported to the Engineering department.
• Audit of hygiene standards and report of non-conformances.
• To maintain detailed cleaning instructions and schedules for every hygiene activity that meet the requirements of the BRC food safety standard and Customer Requirements.
• Oversee Hygiene Internal & Customer audits, ensuring required standards are achieved and documents are stored correctly.
• Liaising cross functionally and ensuring the site is consistently audit ready.
• Develop and maintain structured processes and practices for delivering continuous improvements.
• Investigation of out of specification results from swabs.
• Ensuring leading by example and being a good communicator across departments.
• Lead the department on all audits including BRC and customer audits.
• Ensure all paperwork is kept up to date and audit ready.
• People management of Hygiene team including management of all employee relations issues.
• Development of teams competencies to ensure efficient running of the department.
• Training of new starters including on the job training, as well as arranging training with external suppliers where necessary.
• Attendance at management meetings as arranged in line with site requirements.
• Ensure SOPs & CICs are up to date.
• Plan staffing and recruitment.

Essential Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to take direction.
• Ability to challenge others in a professional and constructive manner.
• Knowledge of chemicals and machinery which is used in the clean down process.
• Understanding of Environmental requirements and responsibilities.

Role Success Factors:

• Trust and respect: Everyone has a voice and is valued, treat people with dignity and respect and promote diversity and inclusion.
• Know the purpose: Understand the how and why to ensure all colleagues have sight of the bigger picture and contribute to business objectives.
• Own it: Take responsibility for how we deliver our work and ensure we focus on solutions and make responsible decisions.
• Passion for excellence: Be your best self and always strive to be better or help others be better by championing continuous improvement.
• Inspire Others: Be a role model by helping and inspiring others wherever possible and by leading by example.

Gap personnel group are committed to the selection, recruitment, and development of the best people, basing judgment solely on suitability for the job.