Hygiene Manager – Night Shift – Sydney’s western suburbs location – Major food manufacturer – attractive remuneration

The Company

This is an prospect to join a large-scale Australian food manufacturing business with a significant production and distribution footprint, where food safety, hygiene and product integrity are critical to both operational performance and customer relationships.

The Role

Reporting to the Site Leadership Team, the Hygiene Manager will lead and develop the site’s hygiene function, ensuring high sanitation standards across manufacturing and distribution operations. You will develop and implement hygiene strategies, drive compliance with food safety and regulatory requirements, and ensure hygiene performance supports production and quality objectives.

Key responsibilities include:
Leading and developing the hygiene team and contractors.
Establishing and maintaining GMP cleaning and sanitation standards.
Ensuring compliance with food safety, quality, environmental and workplace safety requirements.
Managing hygiene programs, sanitation systems, budgets and key supplier relationships.
Leading internal and external hygiene audits and maintaining certification compliance.
Using data,



root cause analysis and continuous improvement to enhance hygiene performance.
Collaborating with Production, Quality, Safety, HR and Site Leadership to deliver operational objectives.
Managing hygiene programs across associated distribution facilities.

Your background

To be successful in this role, you will bring:
A tertiary qualification in Food Science, Food Technology, Microbiology or a related discipline.
Proven leadership experience in food manufacturing, with exposure to hygiene, sanitation, quality or food safety.
Robust knowledge of GMP, sanitation, food safety systems and hygiene best practice.
Experience in highly regulated manufacturing environments, including customer and certification standards.
Internal and external audit experience.
A proactive, accountable and results-focused approach.

What’s On Offer
A key night shift leadership role within a large-scale food manufacturing operation.
High visibility and exposure to Site Leadership.
A team-oriented culture focused on continuous improvement and development.
Competitive remuneration

If you have any questions based on this role, please do not hesitate to contact Juliet Arduca from Blackbook Executive on .

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