Health Safety and Environment Lead

HSE Recruitment Network; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG organization is seeking a Health, Safety and Environment Lead in Bridgwater. This role involves being a subject matter expert to enhance safety practices on-site and leading initiatives for compliance and continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will have leadership experience in fast-paced manufacturing environments and relevant health and safety qualifications.

Qualifications

• Fast-paced manufacturing experience in food, drink, packaging, or similar.
• Diploma level qualified in Health and Safety such as NEBOSH, NVQ Level 5/6.

Responsibilities

• Support site leadership to ensure compliance with HSE management procedures.
• Manage and undertake incident investigations to determine root causes.
• Develop and manage Site Health, Safety and Environment management plans.

Skills

Leadership

Health and Safety Compliance

Incident Investigation

Coaching and Mentoring

Communication

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

IOSH Level 6

Job description

Role: Health, Safety and Environment Lead

Location: Bridgwater – Somerset

Salary: £45,000 to £54,000 per annum (depending on experience) + package.

A pleasure to represent a growing business within the FMCG industry, who is looking for their next Health, Safety and Environment professional to be a subject matter expert on a single production site. The company is in a state of evolution and looking for an engaging and enthusiastic leader to support the site and take them on a cultural journey.

A great opportunity to have creative input on site for HSE, exposure to different projects and be proud of working with an organisation who genuinely puts safety first.

This position is well supported by the Central HSE Manager; you will be a key member of the wider HSE Team to enable best practice to be shared across the group. Also, you will have onsite HSE representatives to coach and guide.

Vacancy overview

• Seeking a hands‑on professional who is visible and approachable across the site.
• A proven leader to help raise the bar for safety on site, helping them towards safety excellence.
• Be the subject matter expert for the site supporting them with their Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.
• Work in hand in hand with the site leadership team to ensure compliance with the Safety, Health and Environmental Management Procedures and support their strategy.
• A key member of the site senior leadership team and offer support and guidance.
• To influence, collaborate and engage key stakeholders to proactively manage site development for HSE, continuous improvement of safer ways of working.
• Coaching and mentoring will be provided through Site Director and Senior HSE Manager who is based centrally.
• Help standardise the group alongside Senior HSE Manager, for this site and support the conversion of group/ companywide standards for this site.
• Provide oversight of legislative compliance to the H&S Manager and Site Management Teams through leading & supporting audits and inspections.
• Proactively manage and undertake incident investigations to reach root cause, monitor and report on close out of resulting actions.
• Work in collaboration with the site leadership teams to develop and manage the Site Health, Safety and Environment management plans on a risk‑based approach engaging with site teams to deliver targeted improvement initiatives.

Personality fit

• Empowering, energetic and engaging.
• Takes pride in the brand, their work and is passionate.
• Not afraid to get stuck in and support.
• Adaptable and flexible in their approach to HSE.
• Able to communicate positively and collaborate well across all levels of the workforce and across different departments.

Ideal background and qualifications

• Fast‑paced manufacturing experience ideally within the bakery, food, drink, paper, packaging, tobacco, brewing, dairy or beverage industries.
• Diploma level qualified in Health and Safety such as NEBOSH, NVQ Level 5/6, IOSH Level 6 in process or already completed will be accepted.

Interested? Apply now for immediate consideration: [e-mail] or call 0121 454 5000. Alternatively, if you know of anyone who may be interested in this opportunity, please forward on our details.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Manufacturing, Production, and Administrative

Industries

Manufacturing, Food and Beverage Manufacturing, and Packaging and Containers Manufacturing