Hygiene Shift Manager in Acton

Established in 1997 as the first manufacturer of sushi for the UK supermarket industry, Taiko has evolved into the most innovative manufacturer of Sushi, Food To Go, Prepared Meals and Snacking products in the UK, supplying Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury’s to name a few. Over the past 25 years Taiko has launched more first to market Sushi and Food to Go products than any other sushi manufacturer in the UK.

As the Hygiene Shift Manager, you will lead the Hygiene team during your shift, taking full ownership of hygiene operations across the site. You will be responsible for maintaining exceptional standards in hygiene, food safety, and sanitation, ensuring compliance with internal procedures, customer standards, and legislation.

• Lead the Hygiene Team during your shift, ensuring the completion of hygiene schedules to the highest standard.
• Maintain and continually improve hygiene, safety, environmental, and quality standards across the site.
• Support Engineering and Production in line setup, deep cleans, and maintenance routines.
• Review and improve hygiene practices, procedures, and equipment in line with customer and legal requirements.
• Train, coach, and develop Hygiene Team Members to build a flexible and skilled workforce.
• Liaise with suppliers to optimise cleaning chemicals and equipment for both effectiveness and user comfort.
• Communicate hygiene requirements and standards across teams and shifts, building strong cross‑functional relationships.
• Manage audit preparation and responses, ensuring corrective actions are completed to standard and on time.
• Present Hygiene Operation documentation to customers, including Chemical Data Sheets and Training Records.
• Assist with planning and delivery of customer audits and visits (announced and unannounced).
• Ensure all hygiene operations comply with Quality and Health & Safety Management Systems.

• Proven experience in a similar hygiene leadership role within food manufacturing or FMCG.
• Strong understanding of hygiene, cleaning chemicals, COSHH, and food safety standards.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and team development skills.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally with engineering, production, quality, and technical teams.
• Experience in audit preparation and customer‑facing hygiene documentation.
• A proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.
• Can work 4 on 4 off nights & days.

• Opportunity to grow your career alongside with us with available apprentice program.
• Brilliant support services designed to enhance your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
• Annual discretionary bonus subject to business and overall performance.
• Discretionary Life Assurance.
• Discretionary Income Protection.
• Private Medical Cash Plan.
• Bespoke reward platform including access to retail, cinema & gym discounts.
• 50% off your food every time you dine with us for you and 3 friends.
• Contribute towards our award‑winning sustainability initiatives that delivers progress against 9 UN sustainability goals.
• We're committed to responsibly sourcing and all our seafood, therefore we only use source sustainable fish.
• All our packaging is recyclable and 80% of our packaging is already made from recycled plastic.
• Annual Awards ceremony celebrating our success and offering winning Managers free trips to Japan.

Come roll with us and be part of something big. Celebrate global success across:

• Over 1500 retail kiosks globally (YO!, Panku, Mai Taiko Snowfox & Bento)
• Our Taiko manufacturing and distribution centre
• 63 YO! restaurants
• 3700 locations globally
• From Hawaii to Aberdeen

Think like an owner. Be passionate. Speak openly. Move fast, together.

Ready to Roll? Come roll with us and play a key role by bringing people together to celebrate better food for everyone the Japanese way...