Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
Hygiene Manager – Food Production
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ROLE: Hygiene Manager – Food Production
HOURS: 40 per week, Mon–Fri
LOCATION: Pladis Harlesden, Waxlow Road, Harlesden, NW10 7NY
SALARY: £50,000 pa
At Mitie, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We're committed to creating a workplace where you can thrive, develop, and make a meaningful impact every day.
We're now seeking a Hygiene Manager – Hygiene & Soft Services to lead operations at a flagship food manufacturing site in Harlesden. This is a high-profile, fast-paced role, offering the opportunity to take ownership of hygiene and soft services delivery within a 24/7 production environment.
The Opportunity
This is more than a hygiene role — it's a leadership position with full operational responsibility for a team of 30–35 colleagues across hygiene and soft services.
- You'll play a critical role in maintaining food safety, compliance, and audit readiness, while driving team performance and continuous improvement across both production and site facilities.
- Working closely with the Operations Manager and key stakeholders, you'll ensure the site consistently meets the highest standards in a demanding, high-visibility environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and motivate a team delivering hygiene and soft services across production and facilities.
- Oversee daily and deep cleaning of production lines, machinery, and site areas in line with strict food safety standards.
- Ensure full compliance with health & safety, food hygiene, and GMP requirements.
- Drive a strong safety culture, ensuring correct processes for dismantling, cleaning, and reassembly of equipment.
- Manage service delivery across soft services, including cleaning of communal and non-production areas.
- Maintain audit readiness at all times, supporting internal and external audits and client visits.
- Build strong relationships with site stakeholders, acting as a visible and trusted operational leader.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, efficiencies, and team development.
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About You
We're looking for a people-first leader with the confidence to operate in a fast-paced, compliance-led environment.
You'll Bring:
- Proven experience in managing teams (30+) within cleaning, hygiene, or soft services.
- Practical understanding of health & safety processes and risk management.
- Experience in food manufacturing, FMCG, or a similarly regulated environment (advantageous but not essential).
- Strong leadership capability – able to coach, challenge, and develop teams.
- Knowledge of cleaning processes, chemicals, and safe systems of work.
- Confidence working in a high-visibility role with senior stakeholders.
- A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to adapt in a demanding, 24/7 operation.
Our Market-Leading Offering
We provide benefits that suit your lifestyle:
- Virtual GP on hand for you and your household.
- Financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme.
- Access to a flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices, where you might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year, buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment, or buy technology products at an affordable cost.
- High street discounts through our MiDeals platform.
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Life cover of up to four times your salary.
- Enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan.
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Career Progression
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
Inclusive Recruitment Process
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition, or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes, or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Shradha Singh at shradha.singh@mitie.com.
About Mitie
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites, as well as hospitals and schools.
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