Hygiene Manager in Blackburn

Hygiene Manager

Salary up to £49,000

BBF Limited

Blackburn, Lancashire

Full-time, Permanent

We are currently recruiting a Hygiene Manager to drive all elements of the hygiene department by setting standards and leading the hygiene teams to deliver our own, and our customers' expectations.

The role will be based at our Blackburn & Shadsworth bakeries on a full-time, permanent basis. This role is days, Monday-Friday; however, there should be some flexibility around this from time to time as we operate 24 hours a day.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking to recruit a strong Hygiene Manager who has previous experience within a food manufacturing setting and a solid understanding of effective hygiene programs and practices.

You will hold a Level 4 HACCP qualification and a Level 4 Food Safety qualification.

Our business aims to work to the highest retail standards and operate on an audit-ready basis all year round. Reporting to the Site General Manager, you will provide strong leadership to the site hygiene team whilst working collaboratively with the rest of the site management team to ensure the hygiene standards, practices and equipment are continually re-evaluated in line with best practices.

The role of a Hygiene Manager

        Reviewing and implementing customer codes of practice and making sure they are all compliant with all hygiene standards.

        Ensuring hygiene operatives across day and night shifts are appropriately trained, organised and managed to complete the required workload.

        Ensuring all paperwork is completed accurately and fully.

        To manage issues with production management to minimise risk to product through effective hygiene management and process control.

        Managing and developing scheduled deep and standard cleaning of machinery/ environment program to required standards.

        Working towards KPI's and targets, ensuring all clean downs are done to the highest standard.

        Carrying out regular audits in relation to hygiene systems and environmental standards.

        Liaising with production management to minimise risk to the product through effective hygiene management and process control.

        Improving efficiency and standards of cleaning.

        Ownership and development of hygiene systems.

        Monitor and manage the site waste disposal system in conjunction with the third-party contractor.

Who are BBF Limited?

BBF Limited are one of the UK's leading ambient cake and chilled dessert manufacturers of retailer own label, licensed and branded cakes, supplying recognisable major retailers across the UK and European market.

Our team of experts develop and manufacture a wide range of high-quality ambient cake products across several different categories including celebration cake, mini rolls, mince pies, fruit pies and a wide range of chilled desserts including cheesecake, crumbles and sponge cakes. These include mince pies, celebration cakes, slab cakes, cupcakes and many more!

We are passionate about our products and aim to put the customer at the heart of everything we do.

With recent investment and acquisitions taking us to nearly 1,400 direct employees, this is an exciting time to join BBF Limited! We are continually looking to grow, but we can only do that with exceptional talent across all levels and disciplines of the business. That is where you come into it!

On top of making some delicious cakes and desserts, we do a lot of fun stuff too! Whether that be Christmas fun days, pancake-flipping competitions, Red Nose Day events or odd-sock days, you'll be coming to work smiling.

What benefits do we offer?

Financial

        Salary up to £49,000

        Pension

        4x Life Assurance/Death in Service Benefit

        Access to the company Benefits Hub

        Access to 'Company Shop' - a discounted re-distributor of surplus food and household products

Health & Wellbeing

        25 days holiday per annum (plus statutory holidays)

        24/7 Access to a GP

        24/7 Bereavement Support

Personal & Professional Development

        Dedicated in-house Learning & Development/Training team

        Online training platform with access to 100+ training courses

A few other bits

        Free on-site parking

        Free refreshments

Recruitment Agencies

All our recruitment is managed centrally via the internal recruitment team. We operate a recruitment PSL when we require assistance, and we aren't adding to this at present. Any agency assistance will be instructed accordingly and therefore any CVs sent to any BBF Limited employee will be treated as a gift and won't be liable for a fee. Please don't speculatively contact us in relation to this vacancy or any other vacancy.