New Job Opening: Quality Assurance Hygiene Technician in Leek,Staffordshire

Job Description

Food Safety Hygiene Technician

Salary: £28,000 - £32,000

Location: West Midlands

Shift Pattern: 6am – 2pm and 2pm – 10pm (40 hours per week)

Are you passionate about food safety, hygiene, and maintaining exceptional manufacturing standards? We're recruiting on behalf of a well-established and growing food manufacturer seeking a Food Safety Hygiene Technician to play a key role in protecting product quality, consumer safety, and food safety compliance.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with hygiene or sanitation experience in a food manufacturing environment who takes pride in delivering outstanding standards and thrives in a quality-driven culture.

The Role

As a Food Safety Hygiene Technician, you will be responsible for delivering high standards of hygiene and sanitation in a food manufacturing facility. Working closely with the Quality team, you'll ensure production areas, equipment and manufacturing environments are maintained to the highest food safety standards using dry-cleaning techniques.

Your work will directly support food safety, environmental monitoring programmes, allergen control, microbiological performance and audit compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out scheduled hygiene and sanitation activities across production, packing and warehouse areas.


• Perform effective dry (waterless) cleaning to prevent contamination and maintain food safety standards.


• Clean production equipment, contact surfaces, floors, structures and manufacturing areas to defined hygiene standards.


• Remove product residues, allergen traces and contamination risks.


• Support environmental monitoring, hygiene verification and continuous improvement activities.


• Assist with hygiene investigations and implement corrective actions where required.


• Maintain excellent housekeeping standards throughout the manufacturing facility.


• Safely use cleaning equipment and chemicals in accordance with COSHH requirements.


• Complete hygiene documentation accurately, including cleaning records, pre-operational checks, allergen cleaning records and inspection documentation.


• Report hygiene issues and identify opportunities to improve cleaning effectiveness.

About You

You'll ideally have:

• Previous experience within food manufacturing hygiene, sanitation or industrial cleaning.


• A good understanding of food hygiene and contamination prevention.


• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and hygiene standards.


• Experience following detailed cleaning procedures and schedules.


• Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach.


• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.


• A proactive attitude with pride in maintaining exceptional hygiene standards.

Desirable Experience

Experience within any of the following would be advantageous:

• High-care food production


• BRCGS-certified manufacturing environments


• Allergen-controlled production facilities


• Dry-cleaning manufacturing environments

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge of the following would be beneficial:

• Food hygiene principles


• HACCP and GMP


• Allergen management


• COSHH


• Dry-cleaning methodologies


• Contamination prevention


• Environmental monitoring and hygiene verification