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Cleaning Contract Manager - Food Hygiene

Job details
Posting date: 23 January 2026
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 22 February 2026
Location: LE18 4PQ
Company: Mitie
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 89164

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Summary

Location: Pladis - Canal Street, LeicesterHours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am-5:00pmFull UK Driving Licence: essential

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Mitie are recruiting for an experienced Cleaning Contract Manager with a strong background in food hygiene and food manufacturing. This role leads the hygiene operation on a busy food production site, ensuring consistently high standards of cleanliness, compliance and service delivery.

Role OverviewAs the Cleaning Contract Manager - Food Hygiene, you will be responsible for all cleaning and hygiene activities across the site. You will ensure full compliance with food safety legislation, BRC standards, and site-specific hygiene requirements, while managing and developing a large team.

Key Responsibilities
-Maintain, update and audit all operational documentation, including:
-Daily, periodic and deep-clean schedules

-Cleaning Risk Assessments

-Cleaning Instruction Cards

-Training records

-Lead, train and develop hygiene operatives and supervisors, ensuring all training requirements are met.

-Ensure all hygiene activities within the food manufacturing environment are completed to strict food safety and hygiene standards.

-Carry out internal compliance audits and hygiene inspections, and support BRC and customer audit processes.

-Work flexibly to meet changing operational and client needs.

-Oversee contract delivery, ensuring all activities follow Mitie procedures.

-Manage labour hours, staffing levels, budget and site resources effectively.

What We're Looking For
-Motivated, adaptable and confident manager.

-Strong experience within Food Manufacturing, Food Hygiene or FMCG environments (essential).

-Proven experience managing hygiene or cleaning operations within a food production site.

-Level 3 Food Safety qualification (desirable).

-Experience with BRC standards and audit preparation.

-Excellent communication skills and competent user of Microsoft Office.

-Strong understanding of Health & Safety requirements.

-Full UK Driving Licence (essential) to support wider operational duties.

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