Hygiene Manager

Hygiene Manager

Location: Willand, Cullompton

Working Hours: Monday - Friday, 40 hours a week

Salary: Highly Competitive + Benefits

About Us

Join 2 Sisters Food Group , one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover exceeding £3 billion and approximately 13,000 employees across 16 sites. We have a strong presence in poultry, chilled, and bakery food categories. We are committed to delivering high-quality products to the British public and our retail and food service customers, including major retailers like Aldi, Asda, Co-op, KFC, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrison's, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Hygiene Manager to join our poultry manufacturing site in Willand. Reporting into the Head of Technical, this role is critical to maintaining hygiene standards across a large, multi-retailer operation.

You will lead the Hygiene function and manage a team of over 100 hygiene operatives, with direct reports including a Night Hygiene Manager and a Hygiene Team Leader. This is a hands-on leadership role within a busy slaughterhouse environment and requiring strong people management skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing and closing out investigation reports, including swab failures
• Leading the development and training of the hygiene team
• Completing and closing out hygiene audits
• Driving continuous improvement across hygiene processes and standards
• Working flexibly across shifts, including occasional later working to support handovers and engagement with the Night Hygiene Manager

About You

You will be an experienced Hygiene Manager who is comfortable working in a slaughterhouse and poultry environment. You'll be confident leading large teams, working within short shelf-life operations, and operating in a BRC-audited site.

Key Skills & Qualifications

Essential experience & knowledge:

• Proven experience as a Hygiene Manager in a similar food manufacturing environment
• Strong leadership of large hygiene teams
• High-care manufacturing experience
• Experience working within BRC audit standards
• Confident managing investigations, audits and corrective actions

Essential qualifications:

• HACCP
• Food Safety
• COSHH
• IOSH

Benefits

• 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Refer a friend scheme
• Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and Grocery Aid are free and confidential support services 365 days a year
• Boparan Restaurant Group Discount - 50% discount for friends and family
• Cycle2Work Scheme

Why Join Us?

As one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, we provide ample opportunities for career growth and skill development. We emphasise promoting from within, ensuring you can build a rewarding career with us.

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