Site Hygiene Manager

Location: Middlesex

Site Hygiene Manager

Salary:
Competitive salary

Benefits:
Company share save scheme, Pension up to 8% matched, Life insurance up to 4x salary

Location:

Meals London Cumberland, Cumberland Avenue, NW10 7RQ

Ways of Working:
Site based

Hours of work:
Monday to Friday 08:30am-17:00pm (flexible as per business needs / audits etc.)

Contract Type:
Permanent

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site in Park Royal, West London, spans three factories and a distribution centre. The site produces a wide range of chilled ready meals, houmous dips, deli products, and savoury accompaniments, employing over 2,000 people in a fast-paced, high-volume environment .

What you'll be doing

In this busy and dynamic role, you will effectively manage the Hygiene team ensuring that all Hygiene standards are maintained and developed to the required high standard. These standards are reviewed regularly and where necessary challenged / changed.

Role Accountabilities:
Own, drive and implement significant change and improvement in cleaning efficiency and effectiveness. Responsible for the hygiene management team to deliver Bakkavor standard hygiene sustainability across the site through effective coaching of the team  
Own and deliver the hygiene strategy across the site with input from the SLT and planning up to 6 months ahead  
Host customer visits and vendor liaison  
Enhance the health and safety culture across the site  
Management and achievement of KPI's across the site  
Lead robust end to end investigations in respect of microbiological improvement  
Accountable for staff training, development and wellbeing in the department, delivering year on year improvement to the employee engagement survey  
Employ effective root cause analysis to drive SMART actions, leading to improved results  
In collaboration with other functions such as technical, operations and engineering, create, execute and communicate hygiene performance and plans in order to achieve best performance and outcomes.

Manage the labour and cleaning/chemicals budget as well as forecasting future.  
Site lead for interim cleaning standards.

  What we're looking for

Experience of managing and motivating teams in a hygiene / manufacturing environment.  
A logical and clear-thinking approach, particularly under pressure.  
Abl to demonstrate strong leadership and communication skills (verbal, written and presentations)  
Able to demonstrate the Bakkavor values  
Must be adaptable and flexible to working hours and areas

Experience of working in  
COSHH

 We're proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you'll get in return

Competitive salary and job-related benefits  
Holidays  
Pension up to 8% matched  
Life insurance up to 4x salary  
Company share save scheme  
Greencore Qualifications  
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform  
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform  
Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

 Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.

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