Hygiene Manager - Food Manufacturing

📍 Location: Wales
💼 Employment Type: Full-time | Permanent | Shift-Based
🕒 Shift Pattern: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm
💰 Salary: £50 - £55K + Benefits

Join a leading food manufacturer and play a key role in driving hygiene excellence!

Diamond Search Recruitment are looking for a Hygiene Manager with a strong background in food manufacturing to lead and develop our clients hygiene team. If you're hands-on, people-focused, and passionate about food safety and compliance, this is a great opportunity to take your career to the next level.

✅ Key Responsibilities

* Lead, support, and train a team of hygiene supervisors and operatives across shifts.

* Implement hygiene improvement plans, and support deep cleans

* Drive a hygiene-first culture across the site through effective leadership and coaching.

* Ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene standards (BRCGS, GMP).

* Plan and coordinate daily, routine, and deep cleans alongside Production and Engineering teams.

* Carry out cleaning validations, swabbing, and internal audits.

* Represent the hygiene department in customer and third-party audits.

* Track, manage and report on hygiene KPIs across the site.

🔍 What We're Looking For

Essential:

* Proven experience in a hygiene role within food manufacturing.

* Strong communication and people management skills.

* High attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.

* Computer literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ERP systems).

* Flexible approach to working shifts and supporting business needs.

Desirable:

* Level 3 Food Safety & HACCP (or willingness to train).

* Chemical awareness training (or willingness to train).

📝 Apply now to lead the way in food safety and hygiene excellence