Hygiene Manager

Location: Carlisle

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week

Salary: £50,000

Shift Pattern: The site operates 24/7; flexibility is required in line with production schedules

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We’re looking for a Hygiene Manager to lead and develop our on‑site hygiene operation within a busy food manufacturing environment, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness, compliance and service delivery for our client.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and motivate the on-site hygiene team to deliver consistent, high-quality cleaning and hygiene services within a food production environment
• Maintain, review and audit all operational documentation, including cleaning schedules, risk assessments, instruction cards and training records
• Ensure full compliance with food safety legislation, BRC standards, health & safety requirements and Mitie procedures
• Oversee training, development and performance of hygiene operatives and supervisors, ensuring all training requirements are met
• Manage labour hours, budgets, resources and company assets to ensure effective and efficient contract delivery

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience working within a food manufacturing, food hygiene or FMCG environment
• Demonstrable experience managing large, high‑volume cleaning or hygiene teams
• Strong knowledge of health & safety and food hygiene compliance

What are we looking for?

• A motivated, adaptable and driven manager with strong leadership skills
• Experience managing hygiene operations within a food production setting
• Knowledge and experience of BRC standards and customer audits
• Confident communicator with a proven ability to work in a client-facing environment
• Competent user of Microsoft Office packages

What’s In it For You?

• Opportunity to lead a critical hygiene operation within a high-profile food manufacturing site
• Career development and progression within one of the UK’s leading FM organisations
• Support from a collaborative regional and operational leadership team

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