Group Head of HSE

Omega Resource Group; Collingtree; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing firm is seeking a Group Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Manager in Northamptonshire. This permanent role involves leading the HSE function across multiple sites, ensuring compliance and driving cultural change. The ideal candidate will have a NEBOSH Diploma and proven experience in an FMCG environment. Benefits include a competitive salary, medical cover, and hybrid working opportunities.

Benefits

Car

Pension scheme

Medical cover

Career progression opportunities

33 days holiday

Access to ongoing learning & development

Qualifications

• Proven experience in HSE leadership in a multi-site manufacturing environment.
• Ability to mentor and train senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Driving license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HSE function across multiple sites.
• Ensure compliance with HSE legal requirements.
• Develop and deliver a robust risk management strategy.

Skills

Leadership

HSE cultural change

Communication

Environmental compliance

Risk management

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

Chartered IOSH or IEMA

Job description

Overview

Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) based in Northamptonshire with some travel to local business units. Reports to the Country Operations Director. Permanent role in Manufacturing.

We are hiring a Group Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Manager to lead the safety function across multiple factories and sites for a global leader in Manufacturing. Are you a passionate, visible and people-centric Health and Safety professional? Able to empower a large workforce at all levels of the organisation to own their own safety agenda? Can you lead and implement this company’s cultural change programme in HSE excellence as a true HSE Business partner?

Responsibilities

• You will own the country HSE function and take full responsibility for all elements of Health, Safety & Environmental across the Group.
• Lead the Health, Safety & Environmental function across the business.
• Lead the Health and Safety agenda across Operations, Engineering and facilities management service providers, ensuring legal compliance.
• Coach and mentor the HS&E and facilities support teams.
• Lead the BBS (Behaviour Based Safety) program.
• Embed a strategic HSE framework of world-class safety standards.
• Provide direction, guidance, and support on the HSE & Wellbeing strategy.
• Ensure all HSE legal compliance, driving and fostering a safe, high-performing working environment.
• Develop, maintain and deliver legal compliance.
• Act as the subject matter expert for HSE.
• Generate and deliver a robust risk management strategy.
• Direct line management of Health & Safety Advisors across sites.
• Collaborate with Site Leads, senior managers and stakeholders at each site and factory.

Role Requirements

• Ability to lead visibly, engaging all levels of the site and drive HSE cultural change through direct reports.
• Comfortable working at a strategic level, naturally.
• NEBOSH Diploma; ideally chartered IOSH or working towards chartership or IEMA would be advantageous.
• Empower all levels of workforce, from the shop floor to the SLT.
• Visible and approachable – always.
• Deliver an effective framework for safety program management.
• Act as key interface with HSE systems, policies, and procedures and UK & Corporate Behavioral Change through thousands of people.
• Execute a Health and Safety Plan for the UK manufacturing Division, driving improvements in site operations, HSE performance and cultural change.
• Mentor and train SLT members, key stakeholders’ managers and other key supply chain leaders.
• Environmental compliance experience linked to sustainability and Net Zero initiatives.
• Experience in an FMCG/fast-paced manufacturing environment in an HSE leadership role, ideally multi-site, time-sensitive and complex.
• Demonstrable experience developing safe systems of work, conducting H&S audits, risk assessments and delivering training.
• A driving license is essential.

Benefits

• Car
• Pension scheme
• Medical cover
• A highly competitive salary
• Career progression opportunities on a global platform
• 33 days holiday
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Access to ongoing learning & development on a global platform

For more information on this role, please contact the recruiter or submit your CV. Omega Resource Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.