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Hygiene Manager
Clitheroe | Food Manufacturing | Competitive Salary + Benefits
Are you an experienced Hygiene professional looking to take ownership of a critical function within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment?
We're looking for a proactive and driven Hygiene Manager to lead and develop our site hygiene strategy, ensuring the highest standards of food safety, compliance, and operational excellence. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing business where you'll have genuine influence on standards, continuous improvement, and site performance.
The Role
Reporting to the Technical Manager, you will be responsible for leading the site's hygiene programme, ensuring compliance with food safety, customer, regulatory and company standards. You'll drive continuous improvement, maintain audit readiness, and work cross-functionally to implement best practices across the site.
Key Responsibilities
Manage and continuously improve the site's Hygiene Management System.
Ensure all cleaning procedures, schedules, risk assessments and hygiene documentation remain compliant and up to date.
Lead hygiene activity during customer, regulatory and third-party audits.
Oversee environmental monitoring, ATP verification, pest control and chemical management programmes.
Drive hygiene improvement projects, cleaning optimisation initiatives and hygienic design improvements.
Support the introduction of new equipment and processes by ensuring hygiene requirements are identified and validated.
Work closely with Technical, Production and Engineering teams to raise standards and drive continuous improvement.
Manage hygiene-related budgets and external service providers.
What We're Looking For
Degree or equivalent qualification in Food Science, Food Technology or a related discipline.
At least 3 years' experience within a Hygiene or Technical role in food manufacturing.
Strong knowledge of BRCGS, food safety legislation and customer standards.
Experience managing hygiene systems, cleaning validation and verification programmes.
Strong leadership, organisational and stakeholder management skills.
A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to influence positive change across the business.
Desirable
HACCP Level 3 (or above).
Internal Auditor qualification.
COSHH or Chemical Management training.
Experience managing contractors and external service providers.
What can we offer you?
Competitive salary / rate of pay
25 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holiday
Option to purchase additional annual leave
A day off work to support our charity partners
Flexible working options
Pension
Medical benefit
And access to a HUB that offers many discounts from a range of suppliers and retailers
About The Hain Celestial Group
Hain Celestial Group is a leading health and wellness company whose purpose is to inspire healthier living for people, communities and the planet through better-for-you brands. For more than 30 years, our portfolio of beloved brands has intentionally focused on delivering nutrition and well-being that positively impacts today and tomorrow. Headquartered in Hoboken, N.J., Hain Celestial’s products across snacks, baby/kids, beverages, meal preparation, and personal care, are marketed and sold in over 75 countries around the world. Our leading brands include Garden Veggie™ snacks, Terra® chips, Garden of Eatin’® snacks, Earth’s Best® and Ella’s Kitchen® baby and kids foods, Celestial Seasonings® teas, Joya® and Natumi® plant-based beverages, Greek Gods® yogurt, Cully & Sully®, Imagine® and New Covent Garden® soups, Yves® and Linda McCartney’s® (under license) meat-free, and Alba Botanica® natural sun care, among others.
Hain Celestial UK
In the UK, Hain is one of the UK's leading food companies. We create food and drink products with natural goodness at their core. We're the business behind a host of household brands - Hartley's jams and jellies, Sun-Pat peanut butters, New Covent Garden Soup Co., Linda McCartney's meat free…