Health, Safety and Environment Manager

Role: Health, Safety and Environment Manager
Company: Fast Paced and Complex Manufacturing Company
Salary: up to £65,000 per annum, DOE, £5,500 car allowance, bonus, PHC and 25 days holiday.
Based: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire


Are you a passionate, engaging and proactive Health, Safety and Environmental Professional and a genuine leader? Do you want to influence, develop and improve safety standards, drive cultural and behavioural improvements across a fast-paced manufacturing site? If so, this is the job for you!


Due to recent and significant upcoming investment, seeking a strong Health, Safety and Environment professional to sit within the senior leadership team, drive safety excellence and manage 3 direct reports. Reporting directly to the Head of HSE with dotted line to the Site Plant Manager.


Main responsibilities:

• Be the expert on site, able to deal with complex situation and take ownership of outcomes and deliverables both in role and as a leader
• To facilitate change and be involved in interesting and diverse projects which will improve safety and behaviours at the site therefore having to deal with technical complexity.
• Play a key role in upcoming strategic project and the significant investment project programme at site
• Supporting the implementation of company Health Safety and Environment (HSE) policy and embedding ISO 45001, ISO 14001and ISO 50001
• Risk profiling and Risk management based on site Risk assessments, including for example Fire, Machinery Safety, DSEAR, and Maintenance.
• Engage, communicate and be proactive and visible on the shop floor to support the site improvements in Health, Safety and Environment, behaviours, and culture.
• Development and implementation of procedures to ensure legal compliance is achieved and maintained in both operations and projects, with heavy involvement with strategy change and growth projects.
• Building capabilities through coaching and engagement to drive positive safety culture at all levels on site.
• Ensuring that Health and Safety performance indicators and compliance data are tracked with expectations understood and annual strategic plans developed to drive continuous improvement and cultural change and maintaining legal compliance
• Determining and prioritising of site key loss opportunities manage HSE and facilities budget and annual capital allocation.
• Initiative-taking, energetic, and influencing member of leadership team dealing with complex situations as site expert and in leadership role.
• Liaison and management of outsourced services (waste management companies, PPE providers etc) regulatory bodies customers and auditors in respect of management of Safety and Environment.
• Work proactively with both internal and external project managers and contractors.
• Key member of the site leadership team and regional HSE Team in the UK
• Work and support the HR & Training Function and EHW Manager with any occupational health issues.
• Daily contact with operational colleagues

Essential qualifications and experience:

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
• Strong manufacturing experience – food, drink, dairy, paper, packaging, bakery, tobacco industry preferred.
• Proven management experience and able to coach and mentor others

Key personality traits we are looking for:

• Positive and engaging communicator
• Proactive, pragmatic and confident
• Proven leader and change agent
• Coach and mentor
• Able to influence others with gravitas and gain buy in at all levels

Interested? Apply now for immediate consideration sophia.darwin@hserecruitment.co.uk // 0121 454 5000
Alternatively, if you know of anyone who may be interested in this opportunity, please forward on our details.