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Head of Safety Health & Environment

Nomad Foods Inc

Horsell

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 80,000

Full time

Yesterday
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Job summary

A leading company is seeking a passionate SHE Leader to drive continuous improvement and safety culture across their organization. This role involves strategic development of safety protocols, engaging with multiple stakeholders, and nurturing a high-performing team to foster SHE maturity and compliance. The ideal candidate will possess relevant certifications, extensive experience, and excellent communication skills to influence change across different functions.

Qualifications

  • Experience managing large teams in a multinational environment.
  • Proven experience driving SHE cultural maturity.
  • Production/Manufacturing experience with environmental awareness.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement SHE strategy for Zero Accidents.
  • Lead and mentor high-performing SHE team.
  • Ensure compliance with SHE governance processes.

Skills

Communication
Analytical Skills
Leadership
Problem Solving

Education

Degree or equivalent
State/Country S+H professional certificate
H&S IOSH qualification
H&S NEBOSH Qualification

Job description

Overview

PURPOSE & IMPACT: This role is known for driving SHE maturity across the Nomad Foods organisation (Factories, Head Offices, Distribution & Logistics etc.), maintaining and developing the organisational Safety and Environmental programmes, providing functional leadership, coaching the organisation and ensuring legal SHE

We need a proactive self-starter who can build strong, meaningful relations with stakeholders across multiple geographies and functions. Someone who can work collaboratively and influence others at varying organisational levels and functional disciplines to put ‘Safety First’ in everything we do, driving and maturing safety culture is essential. The role requires the ability to communicate comprehensively and consistently in a fast-pace environment.

Responsibilities

Execution of SHE Strategy

  • Develops organisational SHE strategy to achieve Zero Accidents & Zero impact to the environment.
  • Collaboratively builds executable plans to achieve Safe Systems, Safe Assets, Safe Behaviours to drive & catalyse organisational safety culture

Influences SHE Culture & Business Engagement

  • Acts as a change agent to drive a strong SHE culture of caring & prevention, engaging & motivating the wide array of functional Teams across the organisation
  • Coaches & develops Regional SHE Leads and SHE functional organisation to deliver organisational safety objectives in a sustainable manner
  • Holds leadership teams to account for ensuring safe systems, behaviours & assets/infrastructure. Coaches & supports to ensure a safety mindset is ever present
  • Develops a clear and consistent drumbeat of Safety communications at varying levels of the organisation, working collaboratively with Corporate Communications

Drives Compliance and Continuous Improvement

  • Ensures the necessary SHE governance processes are in place across the organisation. Facilitates implementation and maintenance of SHE Management Standards through business and process owners (LOTO, BBS, WPT, STF, MH, Cuts, LSPs, etc.) to ensure prevention and risk reduction
  • Is a strong advocate of Continuous Improvement (CI), taking an active role in the organisation’s journey to Excellence (OpX etc.), ensuring safety is ever present in methodology, activities & mindset
  • Ensures compliance to the necessary internal & external Management Systems. Ensures safety and environment reporting to the Nomad Foods group and local authorities, SHE statistics and waste monitoring

Leads a high performing team

  • Recruits, develops and leads a highly engaged, high performing team, focussed on excellent execution and ownership to deliver value
  • Ensures deep, diverse & agile talent pipelines are in place for the future, building capability through targeted development and hiring of talent
  • Coaches and develops individuals, managing performance, development, and talent conversations appropriately
  • Identifies SHE training and coaching needs among employees, experts, and management. Support training, development and career plans at the site
Qualifications
  • Degree or equivalent
  • State/Country S+H professional certificate. H&S IOSH qualification
  • H&S NEBOSH Qualification
  • Proven experience of driving SHE cultural maturity through an organisation
  • Production/Manuf. experience, plus experience beyond Manufacturing / SC e.g., Head office, Distribution& Logistics etc.
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills distilling detailed information down into key clear messages
  • Previous experience of managing large teams in a multinational environment
  • Environmental awareness
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