Requirements
Candidates should have proven experience leading a hygiene department within a food manufacturing or regulated environment. Strong knowledge of HACCP, COSHH, and BRC standards is required, along with relevant leadership training.
Job Description
HYGIENE MANAGER - Gainsborough Poultry
Noble Foods | Home of the Happy Egg Co.
Are you an experienced Hygiene Manager from a food manufacturing environment, passionate about high standards, food safety, people leadership and continuous improvement?
We’d love to hear from you.
About Noble Foods
Noble Foods is a family-owned business founded in 1920, with successful businesses across milling, poultry, agriculture and consumer foods.
We’re home to leading brands including The Happy Egg Co., the UK’s biggest free-range egg brand, Big & Fresh and Purely Organic.
We’re also proud to have been recognised by Best Companies as one of the Top 10 companies to work for in the Food & Drink industry.
The Role
As Hygiene Manager, you’ll lead all hygiene activities following daily production, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, hygiene, health & safety, compliance and operational performance.
Reporting to the Operations Director, you’ll provide visible leadership to Team Leaders and colleagues, while working closely with Production, Technical, Engineering, Maintenance, HR and the wider Site Leadership Team.
Key responsibilities
Lead and coordinate daily, weekly and monthly hygiene activities
Coach and develop Team Leaders and colleagues
Ensure compliance with HACCP, COSHH, BRC, Tesco and legal requirements
Use data to identify trends and drive continuous improvement
Lead on health & safety, risk management and safe working practices
Work cross-functionally to improve standards, equipment reliability and performance
Support Noble Foods’ sustainability, inclusion and wellbeing objectives
About you:
You’ll ideally have:
Proven experience leading a hygiene department within food manufacturing, poultry or a regulated environment
Strong people leadership and performance management experience
Good knowledge of COSHH, HACCP, food safety and hygiene requirements
Experience working to BRC and Tesco standards
Strong communication, influencing and decision-making skills
Relevant leadership training, with HACCP Level 2 and IOSH Managing Safely (or equivalent) completed or a willingness to achieve them
Our values — TO CARE
Together | Ownership | Courage | Action | Respect | Excellence
These values are at the heart of how we work and how we support our people to succeed.
If you're ready to take your next step with a family-owned food business with a strong heritage, recognised brands and a people-first culture, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now or get in touch to find out more.What can we offer you?
Service Awards
Enhanced paternity and maternity
Free life insurance
Enhanced Sick Pay Scheme
Access to Perkbox with a variety of discounts including a monthly freebie from Greggs or Café Nero
Discounted eggs and chicken
A Celebration day after 1 years service enjoy an extra day off to celebrate a life event, such as your birthday
Access to DigiCare + - Annual Health Check, Digital GP Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Health Opinion and Mental Health Consultations.
Discounted Gym Memberships
Free Eye Test every two years
Discounted mobile phone contracts
Share in our success with the People Partnership - after 6 months service you will be eligible for a yearly bonus
Additional Allowances for First Aiders and Mental Health First Aiders
Wellness programme
Employee Charity Matching Scheme
If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.