Health & Safety Manager

Reckitt; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an EHS Manager to lead environmental health and safety initiatives within their site. This role focuses on compliance with legal standards and corporate policies while striving for continual improvement in EHS performance. You will work closely with the site leadership to develop EHS programs that enhance employee well-being and minimize environmental impact. The company values inclusion and invests in the well-being of its employees, offering a range of benefits and opportunities for career growth. If you are passionate about EHS and want to make a difference in a dynamic environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Global share plans

Short-term incentives

Qualifications

• Over 5 years’ experience in EHS, preferably in Manufacturing FMCG.
• Strong leadership skills with a focus on developing a H&S team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate EHS management to ensure compliance with legal and corporate policies.
• Identify and establish site EHS programs to improve performance and reduce risks.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Relationship Management

Distribution Logistics

Logistics Management

Management Third-party Logistics Providers

Supply Chain Planning

Supply Management

Procurement

Education

NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

Degree in Environmental Management

Degree in Environmental Engineering or Science

Tools

ISO14001

OHSAS 18001

Job description

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose.

Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Our supply chain is the backbone of our business. It's how we get our trusted products to people all over the world, safely and efficiently. And it's our talented and passionate teams that make this happen.

If you're looking for a career in supply chain, there's no better place to be than Reckitt. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities in all areas of the supply chain, from planning and procurement to manufacturing and logistics. You could join our Global Supply Planning team to develop and implement our global supply strategy, or work with our Procurement Centre of Excellence team to negotiate and manage our supplier relationships.

Our Manufacturing Excellence team help us improve the efficiency, quality and safety of our manufacturing operations, and our Logistics Excellence team develop new and innovative ways to distribute our products to customers.

About the role

The EHS Manager sits within the Site Leadership team, you will coordinate the management of EHS within the whole facility. The role will coordinate Health, Safety and Environment to ensure compliance with relevant legal/regulatory requirements, compliance with Corporate Health and Safety and Environment Policies, Reckitt global requirements and continual improvement in EHS performance.

Your responsibilities

1. Identify and establish site EHS programmes focussed on improving performance, maintaining compliance with regulations, improving employee health and well-being, reducing environmental impact, and reducing company risk.
2. Coach and support the factory leadership team, and Supervisors, to deliver their local EHS agenda.
3. Work with our Regional Compliance Manager to develop and agree action plan to close out all actions identified in the regional compliance audits.
4. Ensure that EHS requirements are included and managed in planning for any significant Capex or expansion of the site.
5. Lead planning and organisation for EHS related audits including from Regional Compliance Team, OHSAS 18001/ISO14001 auditors, external legal auditors and regulatory bodies.
6. Collate/Review and reporting EHS key performance indicators to Site Management, & to the Global H & S and Sustainability team.
7. Work with Regional EHS Manager to discuss findings, agree prioritisation, develop consistency, develop action plans, benchmark and improve EHS on site.

The experience we're looking for

1. Hold NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety, degree in Environmental management, environmental engineering or science or equivalent level of qualifications.
2. Over 5 years’ experience working in EHS (experience in Manufacturing FMCG would be beneficial)
3. Must have knowledge of legal requirements in Environment and H&S and experience of working with local authorities (including knowledge of permit requirements and monitoring)
4. Working knowledge of ISO14001 & OHSAS 18001
5. In depth knowledge of local environmental and Health &Safety legislation
6. Good overall knowledge of manufacturing environmental controls including spill response, bulk storage, hazardous material delivery and control, waste, water management and managing environmental performance.
7. Strong leadership skills, including developing and mentoring a H&S team.

The skills for success

Supply Chain Management, Relationship Management, Distribution Logistics, Logistics Management, Management Third-party Logistics Providers, Supply Chain Planning, Supply Management, Procurement.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.