Hygiene Manager- Food Manufacturing Gravesend, Kent Maternity Cover / 9 - 12 month FTC £50,000-£55,000 We''re partnered with an established food manufacturing business with a strong reputation for quality, food safety and high manufacturing standards. They''re looking for an experienced Hygiene Manager to join their site on a maternity cover basis, taking responsibility for the Hygiene function and leading a large team. This is a key role for someone who understands the demands of a busy food manufacturing environment, takes pride in maintaining high standards and is confident leading people and driving improvements. The Role You''ll be responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the Hygiene function, ensuring the site consistently meets food safety, hygiene, legal, customer and BRCGS requirements. You''ll lead the Hygiene team, manage cleaning and sanitation standards, monitor performance and work closely with Technical, Production, Engineering and Projects to keep standards high across the site. What You''ll Be Doing Leading and developing a large Hygiene team Managing site-wide cleaning, sanitation and deep-cleaning programmes Ensuring hygiene standards meet BRCGS, HACCP, legal and customer requirements Managing Hygiene KPIs, audits, corrective actions and improvement plans Investigating hygiene and contamination issues and driving root-cause analysis Managing Hygiene budgets, labour, chemicals, equipment and associated costs Supporting site projects, new equipment ..... full job details .....