Hygiene Systems Officer

Overview

As Hygiene Systems Officer, you will safeguard food safety and quality by maintaining and validating cleaning, disinfection, and hygiene processes. You’ll work with Production, Engineering and Quality teams to drive continuous improvement and ensure compliance with global standards. You’ll lead audits, train colleagues, and coordinate corrective actions to resolve sanitation issues. This role offers the chance to shape hygienic practices across a growing food manufacturing operation and contribute to a culture of quality.

Responsibilities

• Manage cleaning standards and verify chemical use and effectiveness
• Ensure CIP, COP, disinfection, and SIP compliance with quality and safety standards
• Lead internal and external audit readiness and participate in audits
• Deliver training to promote strong food safety practices
• Lead or support investigations and implement corrective actions
• Collaborate cross-functionally to drive continuous improvement
• Improve cleaning and sanitation processes, handle deviations and CAPAs
• Support hygienic design and validation for new equipment and projects
• Oversee validation and ongoing verification of cleaning processes, including microbiological and chemical testing

Key requirements

• Previous experience in a quality assurance environment
• Strong understanding of PRP’s, HACCP, FSHCP
• Degree or Equivalent qualification
• Experience in a food manufacturing environment
• Knowledge of microbiological analyses (desirable)
• Understanding of documentation systems

• self-awareness
• development-focused
• strong interest in chemical processes
• HACCP implementation
• PRP management
• CIP/COP/SIP/FSHCP systems

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