Requirements
Proven experience leading a hygiene department within food manufacturing or a regulated environment is required. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and knowledge of COSHH, HACCP, and BRC standards, with HACCP Level 2 and IOSH Managing Safely certifications preferred.
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.
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About Noble Foods Ltd
Noble Foods is the UK's leading egg supplier, bringing market-leading, quality eggs to major retailers and the food service industry. In addition, the company is known for its fully integrated operations, from a network of over 200 farmers, to its six feed mills, along with pullet rearing sites and poultry processing centre. The company began in 1920 and is proudly family and female-owned.
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