Compliance Improvement Lead

Finsbury Foods; Coatbridge; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Finsbury Foods is seeking a Compliance Improvement Lead to shape and deliver the site-level compliance strategy, ensuring alignment with Group standards and ESG objectives. You’ll partner with the Site Lead and Leadership Team to provide expert advice and drive audit readiness across HSE, Food Safety and Environmental Management Systems.

You’ll own risk and compliance registers, oversee incident investigations, and report on performance metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Holds or is working towards a NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent health and safety qualification.
• Strong health and safety compliance experience in manufacturing, ideally food manufacturing.
• Good understanding of UK health and safety legislation and site-level compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting or maintaining HSE Management Systems.
• Experience carrying out or reviewing risk assessments, safe systems of work, inspections and audits.
• Internal auditor experience or practical experience supporting audit activity.
• Experience supporting incident investigations and corrective action tracking.
• Understanding key risks such as machinery safety, contractor control, workplace transport, manual handling, fire safety, hazardous substances, working at height and maintenance.
• Strong facilitation, organisation and project coordination skills with attention to detail.
• Effective written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Good Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Current full driving licence for multi-site travel.
• Experience with H&S KPI reporting, trend analysis and action tracking systems.
• Experience creating or revising H&S procedures, forms, guidance documents and training material.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site-level compliance strategy, aligning with Group standards and ESG objectives.
• Support and maintain robust HSE, Food Safety and Environmental Management Systems and ensure duties are in place.
• Provide expert advice to the Site Lead and Leadership Team and support internal and external audits.
• Drive resolution of non-conformances and track corrective actions.
• Maintain site risk and compliance registers and monitor risks and trends.
• Oversee incident reporting and investigations and embed learning.
• Act as the site link to Regional and Group Compliance and share best practices.
• Occasional travel to support audits, meetings or wider compliance initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Project coordination

Stakeholder influence

Audit support

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

IOSH membership (Desirable)

Tools

Audit tracking tools

Job description

This is what you’ll actually do!

As our Compliance Improvement Lead, you’ll lead the site-level compliance strategy, ensuring it aligns with Group standards and ESG objectives. You’ll support and maintain robust HSE, Food Safety, and Environmental Management Systems and ensure appropriate duty holders are in place and capable of meeting their legal and company obligations.

Working as a trusted partner to the Site Lead and Leadership Team, you’ll provide expert advice, insight and challenge. You’ll also support internal and external audit programmes, driving the effective resolution of non-conformances and actions.

You’ll maintain the site risk register and compliance registers, ensuring risks are identified, assessed and mitigated. You’ll support and oversee incident reporting and investigations, ensuring learning is embedded, and track and report compliance performance metrics to highlight trends, risks and improvement opportunities.

As the site link to Regional and Group Compliance, you’ll elevate issues where required and share best practices.

This role is primarily site-based, with occasional travel to support audits, meetings, or wider compliance initiatives.

Ideally this is you!

Essential:

• Hold, or currently working towards, a NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent relevant health and safety qualification.
• Strong health and safety compliance experience within manufacturing, ideally food manufacturing
• Good understanding of UK health and safety legislation, regulatory expectations and site-level compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting or maintaining a HSE Management Systems.
• Experience carrying out or reviewing risk assessments, safe systems of work, inspections and audits.
• Internal auditor experience or practical experience supporting audit and assurance activity.
• Experience supporting incident investigations and corrective action tracking.
• Good understanding of key operational risk areas such as machinery safety, contractor control, workplace transport, manual handling, fire safety, hazardous substances, working at height and maintenance activity.
• Strong facilitation, organisation and project coordination skills, with good attention to detail.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Good Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Current full driving licence, if multi-site travel is required.
• Experience with H&S KPI reporting, trend analysis and action tracking systems.
• Experience creating or revising H&S procedures, forms, guidance documents and training material.

Desirable:

• NEBOSH Diploma, NVQ Level 5/6 in Occupational Health and Safety, or working towards equivalent.
• IOSH membership
• Internal/Lead Auditor trained
• IEMA Foundation Certificate or equivalent environmental awareness qualification.
• Practical knowledge of contractor management, CDM, PUWER, LOLER, COSHH, DSEAR, fire safety and statutory inspection arrangements.
• Experience supporting regulator, insurer or customer audit visits.
• Microsoft Visio or other process mapping experience.