EHS Manager

Givaudan; Ashford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great compensation package including

Private Medical Healthcare

Group Pension Plan

Learning opportunities

Career development plan

Site Events

Job summary

Givaudan is seeking an experienced Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) leader at our Ashford site to drive risk reduction and culture change in line with EHS policies. You will coach line managers and manage site EHS programs across training, audits, and regulatory reporting.

In this role you will develop and deploy an EHS vision aligned with global strategy, ensure regulatory compliance, and partner with Regulatory, IT and regional teams to enable safe, compliant operations across the site.

Qualifications

• 10 to 15 years’ experience in the industry and prior experience in a EHS plant.
• Appropriate country EHS qualification/certifications

Responsibilities

• Support and guidance to site management on all EHS aspects; coach line managers to ensure EHS becomes a line responsibility
• Develop and deploy EHS vision aligned with company strategy for the site, considering OPS/EHS Global Strategy and local legislation
• Manage compliance with all EHS Regulations
• Responsible for all Site EHS trainings for new and existing employees and contractors
• Deploy behaviour based safety programmes
• Ensure safety and Health programmes are strictly implemented
• Ensure emergency planning is effective
• Responsible for accurately completing and submitting regulatory reports
• Ensure KPI reporting is complete and drive actions towards targets
• Track site safety behavioural audits and incidents, analyse trends and report to management
• Lead the employee safety committee to promote safety awareness and drive issue closure
• Manage all hazardous and non-hazardous waste activities
• Manage all documentation
• Maintain relationships with authorities/communities/network
• Act as primary contact for Federal, State, and local EHS regulatory agencies
• Act as main contact with Regulatory, IT, regional Management Team

Skills

Fluent English

Hazard Identification

Risk Assessment

Risk Control

Root Cause Analysis

Process Safety Management

Audit

H+S Management

Emergency Management

Computer literacy

Education

EHS qualification/certifications

Job description

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Purpose

Direct and support management of all Environmental, Health and Safety functions for a site, in compliance with Givaudan EHS policies and processes, and with all applicable EHS regulations. Responsible for managing risk and driving cultural change to reduce the probability of EHS incidents. Manage and optimize the EHS organisation to deliver added value to the organisation. Promote the EHS culture across the organisation.

You Will

• Support and advice site management on all EHS aspects; act as a coach to line managers to ensure that EHS becomes and remains a line responsibility
• Develop and deploy EHS vision aligned with company strategy for the site taking into account both the OPS/EHS Global Strategy/initiatives as well as the local legislation
• Manage compliance with all EHS Regulations
• Responsible for all Site EHS trainings for new and existing employees and contractors
• Deploy behaviour based safety programmes
• Ensure safety and Health programmes are strictly implemented
• Ensure emergency planning is effective
• Responsible for accurately completing and submitting regulatory reports
• Ensure KPI reporting is complete and initiate actions to drive towards the agreed targets
• Track site safety behavioural audits and incidents, analyse trends on audits, incidents and near miss reports and report same to management team
• Lead the employee safety committee to promote safety awareness and improve the overall safety of the site by driving issues identified to closure
• Manage all hazardous and non-hazardous waste activities
• Manage all documentation required
• Maintain good relationships with relevant external stakeholders (authorities/communities/network)
• Act as primary contact for Federal, State, and local EHS regulatory agencies
• Act as main point of contact with other department: Regulatory, IT, regional Management Team

Your Professional Profile Includes

• 10 to 15 years’ experience in the industry and prior experience in a EHS plant
• Appropriate country EHS qualification/certifications

Technical Skills

• Fluent English, local language a plus
• Computer literacy
• Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, Risk Control
• Root Cause Analysis
• Process Safety Management
• Audit
• H+S Management
• Emergency Management

Our Benefits

• Great compensation package including bonus
• Private Medical Healthcare and Group Pension Plan
• Learning opportunities
• Career development plan
• Site Events

At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.