Hygiene Manager (Nights) Bury, North West England, England

Cranswick Continental Foods

Full Time Bury, North West England, England 48000 - 52000 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Hygiene Manager (Nights)

Who we are?
We work in partnership with likeminded producer partners across the continent; from small scale artisanal, traditional specialists to larger scale producers who can satisfy the growing demand and appetite for continental meats in the UK.

Our unique, flexible approach to charcuterie means we further process both on the continent and the UK, enabling our capabilities to extend from the great specialities of Europe to delivering more complex, convenient, mixed platters formats, incorporating charcuterie from across the continent and pairing with cheeses, olives and antipasti. Our end goal is to enable UK consumers to discover, experiment and enjoy flavours from around the continent.

From our state of the art site in Bury we bring together these wonderful continental foods and pack them in an efficient, sustainable and relevant format for the UK consumer to enjoy.

What does the day to day look like for this role?

The Hygiene manager leads our Hygiene Supervisor and team leaders to manage our experienced nights hygiene team to make sure that all controls detailed in the quality control manual are met. The role is hands on with the team getting into the nitty gritty of the hygiene function to maintain our exceptional audit standards. You will have an excellent eye for detail and a strong understanding of Food Safety controls and current knowledge of all food safety legislation.

Main duties include:

To ensure the hygiene operatives are fully conversant with their duties and have received all the necessary training in order to carry out such duties in a safe and competent manner
To establish and maintain a cleaning schedule in order to ensure the deep cleaning within the factory is effective and carried out to an acceptable frequency
To carry out a validation process of the cleaning carried out on a daily basis
Review and update cleaning instruction cards for all areas of the factory for operatives
To continually develop hygiene procedures in order to keep up to date with legislation and developing technology.
To maintain the cleaning sign off and verification paperwork system to provide evidence of effective cleaning for third party auditors and to ensure where cleaning has not been carried out this is clearly documented and reschedules for a prompt clean.
To be responsible for the ordering, safe storage and usage of cleaning materials and chemicals.
To liaise with engineering to ensure that cleaning methods do not jeopardize plant and machinery through water ingress.
To prepare factory standards and paperwork in anticipation of planned customer and accreditation audits (annual visits)
Maintain a safe working environment through training, risk assessments and liaising with the Site Technical and H&S Manager.
Liaise with the Chemical supplier and contractor on a regular basis and maintain a working relationship with the representative

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