Health and Safety Manager

Cranswick Country Foods PLC; North Scarle; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in North Scarle seeks a Health and Safety Manager to lead the HSE team in promoting safety policies, conduct audits, and ensure compliance with regulations. Candidates should have a NEBOSH General Certificate and exhibit strong leadership qualities. This role requires flexibility in working hours and a commitment to fostering a safe workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Must have a full UK driving license.
• Experience in the food industry is desirable but not essential.
• Familiarity with Health, Safety & Environmental Management Systems is a must.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HSE team to promote and deliver group HSE policies.
• Conduct audits and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Develop improvement plans for the H&S team.

Skills

Team player

Flexible working hours

Leadership in Health & Safety

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

Job description

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• The Health and Safety Manager is responsible for leading the HSE team to promote and deliver the group HSE policies and strategies to the site(s).

To be the driver of a safety culture to create a workplace free of risk to health and wellbeing.

Main Duties:

The primary objective is to protect the employees and the environment.

• Evaluate with documented annual reviews of all site equipment, processes, and systems to ensure compliance with government safety regulations, industry, ISO standards, group H&S policies and strategy.
• To assist managers, supervisors & staff to identify & report hazards / near misses in the workplace and to take corrective action or initiate controls to minimise the risk.
• Implement and monitor effective proactive systems such as H&S inspections, Step Back & Take 5 and leadership tours.
• To undertake Internal Health & safety auditing and inspection and take corrective action for any non-conformances identified.
• Ensure all risk assessments are carried out for each machine / process on the QUOR system.
• Ensure that all COSHH assessments are conducted using the SEVRON system.
• To maintain health & safety statutory reports.
• Ensure all 3rd party surveys are schedules as required and that all actions are uploaded onto the site surveys App and tracked to completion.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current Health & Safety legislation, keep the site register up to date and feed back to the appropriate stakeholders where necessary.
• Advise directors, managers, and supervisors in the implementation of practices and procedures to ensure that the site complies with statutory requirements and guidelines, and group standards.
• Liaise with group health & Safety and other senior managers to identify the correct levels of resources and manage the operation within these agreed parameters.
• Ensure site compliance of the company’s ISO & Management Systems.
• Challenge, mentor, and coach staff in all aspects of health & safety performance.
• Challenge current processes and practices, with a view to continual improvement.
• Objectively assess the H&S team’s performance and develop improvement plans by way of succession planning.
• Ensure that department managers are accountable for their area of responsibility through their job description.
• Conduct data analysis on accidents, hazards / near misses & safety observations to identify trends and opportunities to improve.
• Ensure all work equipment that falls within the PUWER regulations are inspected in line with the company PUWER policy and regulations, CURS document issued, PDI completed, and commissioning document undertaken.
• Review and update the training requirements of the department in line with current legislation and changing departmental operations.
• Ensure that all H&S projects are delivered on time and within agreed budgets.
• Respect and honour the sentiment of the Cranswick ethical policies and codes of conduct when interacting with colleagues
• Ensure that all staff have been given the appropriate level of training necessary to carry out their work within legislative and Health and Safety guidelines
• Attend the quarterly group H&S meeting, present information as requested and close out any minutes assigned to your site within the agreed timescales.
• Ensure all group KPI reports are completed on time.

Note that the list of duties is not exhaustive and is intended for guidance only.

Requirements, Experience and Person Specification:

• NEBOSH General Certificate or working towards
• Familiar with Health, Safety & Environmental Management System accredited to ISO /
• Food Industry experience is desirable but not essential
• You must be a Team player with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Flexible with working hours and duties
• Full UK driving license
• Ideally a background in FMCG
• Lead with behavioral Health & Safety with a view to promote and encourage best practice and cultural changes.

Salary To Be Discussed At Interview Stage