Job Opportunities: Hygiene Team Manager

Location: Bristol, Avonmouth

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday, days

Benefits Summary: a profit related bonus, life assurance, discount vouchers, health and wellbeing support, free onsite parking, canteen, onsite physio, holiday purchase scheme 

Are you an experienced Hygiene Manager, Team Leader or Supervisor ready for your next step?

At Warburtons, hygiene is about much more than keeping things clean. It plays a critical role in protecting our products, our people and the quality our customers expect from us every day.

We’re looking for a Hygiene Team Manager to join our Bristol Bakery, working Monday to Friday. You’ll lead and develop our Hygiene team, set high standards across the bakery and work alongside our Bakery Manager and wider site leadership team to continually improve the way we work.

You’ll take ownership of hygiene standards and performance across the bakery, creating an environment where your team understands not just what great looks like, but why it matters.

Leading from the front, you’ll coach, motivate and develop your team to deliver consistently high standards of hygiene, food safety and compliance.

You’ll work closely with colleagues across Operations, Engineering and Food Safety to identify opportunities, solve problems and make improvements that have a real impact on bakery performance.

• Leading, engaging and developing the Hygiene team to deliver consistently high standards


• Coordinating hygiene schedules and labour to meet production requirements and food safety standards


• Driving continuous improvement across hygiene practices, processes and performance


• Ensuring compliance with food safety legislation, microbiological standards and site hygiene requirements


• Working closely with the Operation Shift Managers and Food Safety teams to implement and maintain effective food safety and hygiene systems


• Identifying potential hygiene and food safety risks and ensuring appropriate preventative actions are taken


• Managing labour, maintenance and stock budgets effectively, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency without compromising quality or standards


• Supporting our sustainability ambitions by reducing unnecessary water usage and ensuring accurate monitoring and reporting


• Building strong relationships across the bakery and influencing others to make hygiene everyone's responsibility

This is a role where you can make your mark. You’ll have the opportunity to shape how your team works, influence standards across the bakery and help us keep getting better.

You’ll bring:

• Experience leading or supervising a team within a food manufacturing or similarly regulated environment


• A proven track record of maintaining and improving high standards of hygiene


• A good understanding of food safety, hygiene standards and manufacturing best practice


• Working knowledge of CIP (Clean-in-Place) systems and BRC requirements


• Experience managing costs, labour or budgets


• Strong leadership skills with the ability to engage, coach and develop others


• Confidence working with and influencing colleagues and stakeholders across different functions

Most importantly, you’ll be someone who cares about doing things properly, takes pride in high standards and brings your team with you.

And last, but by no means least, you’ll want to know what your bread is worth.

As part of the Warburtons family, you’ll enjoy:

• A slice of our annual profits


• Generous holiday entitlement, plus the opportunity to purchase up to an additional week of annual leave


• Our award-winning pension scheme


• Life assurance


• Continued investment in your learning and personal development


• Warburtons products you'll love, plus deals and discounts for you and your family through our Extra Dough benefits


• Support for your health and wellbeing, including free physiotherapy, a 24/7 confidential support helpline and occupational health services


• Fully stocked kitchens with plenty of our products to enjoy with your daily brew