Environment, Health and Safety Manager

HSE Recruitment Network; Shepton Mallet; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work flexibility

Competitive salary £55k–£70k plus pack

Job summary

HSE Recruitment Network seeks a Health, Safety and Environmental Manager for a fast‑paced food and beverage site in the UK. You will shape HSE strategy, lead a small team, and report to senior leadership while driving culture and operational risk management.

The role offers a salary of £55,000–£70,000 per year plus a benefits package, with the flexibility to work from home one day per week at this single manufacturing site in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

Qualifications

• Experience driving HSE strategy in a production environment.
• Strong coaching, leadership and communication across functions.
• Ability to interpret data and translate into local actions.

Responsibilities

• Drive safety across a complex single site and develop group strategy.
• Manage an HSE Coordinator and provide coaching and development.
• Lead audits, risk reviews and incident investigations; ensure compliance.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership / mentoring

Data interpretation

HSE management

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

HSE Diploma or equivalent

ISO 14001 / ISO 45001 experience

ESOS / EcoVadis / SMETA / M2030 knowledge

Tools

EcoVadis

ESOS compliance tools

Job description

Role: Health, Safety and Environmental Manager

Company: Established but growing food and beverage manufacturing company

Salary: £55,000–£70,000 per year + package

Location: Shepton Mallet, Somerset, can work from home for 1 day per week.

Do you want to shape HSE strategy and culture within a fast-paced production environment?

Are you a senior, hands on HSE leader who wants to influence, engage with and empower the workforce?

If so, this is the role for you…

Overview of the position:

• Seeking a credible and proactive Health, Safety and Environmental Manager to drive safety across this single but complex site. Supporting day to day operations and developing group strategy for this site
• To manage 1 direct report, a HSE Coordinator offering coaching and development.
• This is a senior role for the company and will be a key member of the senior leadership team. To advise and challenge leaders, strengthen management ownership of operational risks and ensure that significant compliance issues are identified and addressed.
• Ensure compliance but also drive cultural change and encourage positive and proactive behaviours on site. Allowing the workforce to take accountability for safety
• Manage the ESG agenda, development of environmental reporting, carbon accounting and the wider ESG strategy. With the future plan to roll out ISO 14001.
• Maintain oversight of environmental permits, regulatory submissions, waste duty of care, emissions, effluent, drainage, water, chemicals and pollution prevention.
• Lead audits, inspections, risk reviews, incident investigations and corrective-action follow-up.
• Set standards for risk assessments, safe systems of work and operational procedures across areas including COSHH, DSEAR, machinery safety, workplace transport, contractors, permits and occupational health.
• Provide HSE assurance for new plant, processes, chemicals, buildings and layouts, including management of change and relevant CDM duties.
• Own fire-safety governance, emergency preparedness, drills, maintenance evidence and contractor coordination.
• Coordinate auditable energy, fuel, water, waste and emissions data, supporting carbon-footprint development, EcoVadis, M2030, customer questionnaires and ESG reporting.
• Establish the HSE training and competence framework, promote employee participation and report performance, trends and material risks to senior leaders.

Essential background and qualifications:

• Manufacturing background, ideally food, drink, beverage, dairy, baked goods, distillery, brewery, paper, packaging, textiles, tobacco
• NEBOSH General Certificate or ideally Diploma or equivalent
• Experience of ISO 14001 or ISO 45001, environmental permits, ESOS, carbon accounting, EcoVadis, SMETA or M2030 (very desirable)

Who are we looking for?

• Confident and credible safety professional who is proactive and resilient
• Ability to interpret data and deliver this locally but more importantly someone who is communicative, collaborative and passionate.
• Able to coach and mentor others, in a positive and supportive way
• Able to influence, gain buy -in and collaborative across departments able to bridge the gap between safety and operations.