Reed
Hygiene Manager
Reed
Livingston
£40,000 – £45,000
Full-time
On-site
about 10 hours ago
Are you a Hygiene Manager who is passionate about food safety, technical standards, and creating best-in-class manufacturing environments? A…
Are you a Hygiene Manager who is passionate about food safety, technical standards, and creating best-in-class manufacturing environments? As Hygiene Manager at our bakery, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting a 24/7 food manufacturing operation, ensuring the highest standards of hygiene excellence across a site producing premium oat bakes, shortbread products, and own-label products for some of the UK's most recognised retailers and foodservice brands.
You'll join a well-established manufacturing site employing approximately 150–250 colleagues, where quality, food safety, and continuous improvement are central to everything we do. Supported by a small, dedicated team, including direct reports and specialist contractors, you'll have the opportunity to influence site culture, drive standards, and make a visible impact on operational excellence.
Working Monday to Friday on a flexible 37.5-hour week, with start times between 6:00am and 9:00am, this role offers an excellent work-life balance while still providing the challenge and visibility of supporting a busy FMCG manufacturing environment operating around the clock.
With opportunities for future progression across larger manufacturing sites within the wider business, this is an exciting opportunity for a hygiene professional who wants to develop their career with one of the UK's leading food manufacturers.
Your Role in Creating Quality Bakes
Be part of a site leadership team committed to delivering exceptional food safety, hygiene, and quality standards.
Support a modern FMCG manufacturing operation producing products for major retailers and nationally recognised brands.
Lead and develop a dedicated hygiene function within a highly regulated food manufacturing environment.
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, operational excellence, and compliance with industry-leading standards.
Enjoy a varied and rewarding role where your expertise helps protect product quality, customer confidence, and business success.
The Key Ingredients
Experience within hygiene, technical, food safety, or quality functions in a food manufacturing, FMCG, or similarly regulated environment.
A strong passion for hygiene excellence, food safety, and maintaining the highest operational standards.
Knowledge of food manufacturing environments operating to recognised industry and customer standards.
Relevant qualifications within food safety, hygiene, or health and safety would be beneficial.
Strong leadership qualities, commercial awareness, and a commitment to continuous professional development.
Who Are We?
We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).
FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company. We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names.
What Makes This Opportunity a Real Treat?
Build your future with a growing business – benefit from genuine opportunities to progress into larger sites and broader leadership roles across the FBC UK network.
Enjoy an excellent work-life balance – work a Monday to Friday schedule with flexible start times, allowing greater flexibility around your personal commitments.
Lead within a quality-focused environment – join a site where food safety, hygiene excellence, and customer satisfaction are at the heart of every decision.
Benefit from a competitive rewards package – including Vitality healthcare with optical and private medical cover, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a company pension scheme with matched contributions up to 7.5% plus an additional employer contribution.
Join a business with genuine heart – we're proud of our strong community values, inclusive culture, and the way our teams support each other every day.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at FBC UK. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
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£45,000 – £60,000 (Glassdoor, Levels.fyi, 2025)
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