Hygiene Manager

Hygiene Manager – Nights
📍 Wigan
🕒 Monday to Friday (19:00–03:00 or 22:00–06:00)
💰 Competitive Salary + Annual Bonus

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Hygiene Manager – Nights on behalf of a leading food manufacturing business operating within the fresh produce sector. This is a key leadership role within a fast-paced, chilled food production environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established, market-leading operation supplying major UK retailers and foodservice providers, processing high volumes of fresh products each week.

The Role

As Hygiene Manager – Nights, you will lead all hygiene operations across both day and night shifts, ensuring the factory, production areas, equipment, peripheral areas, and on-site distribution facilities maintain the highest possible standards.

You will:

• Lead all site hygiene activities across 7 days

• Drive KPI performance including microbiological pass rates, water usage, titration checks and cleaning schedules

• Ensure successful internal and external audit outcomes

• Organise and deploy hygiene teams to deliver cleaning standards on time and in full

• Develop, train and motivate your team to continuously improve standards and culture

• Oversee HR-related team management (holidays, absence, investigations etc.)

• Take responsibility for night-time site evacuations (fire or ammonia)

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong visibility on the factory floor and the ability to lead from the front.

About You

We are looking for a proven hygiene professional with experience in chilled food manufacturing.

You will have:

• CIEH Level 3 (or equivalent) Food Manufacturing Hygiene qualification

• Extensive hygiene management experience within chilled food production

• Strong knowledge of Hygiene Management Systems and COSHH

• Experience leading and developing teams

• Excellent knowledge of food industry cleaning methodologies

• A proactive mindset with high standards and strong leadership presence

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary

• Annual bonus scheme

• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays), increasing with service

• Option to purchase additional holiday

• Life assurance (3x basic salary)

• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7 support + Remote GP)

• Ongoing training and development

• Employee discount platform

• Salary finance schemes (bikes, gyms, financial assistance)

• Recognition awards and engagement events

• Annual volunteering day

• Free staff transport covering surrounding local areas

If you are an experienced Hygiene Manager looking for your next leadership challenge within a fast-paced, high-volume food manufacturing environment, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today or contact us for a confidential discussion.