Health & Safety Manager

Always Candid; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a passionate Health & Safety Manager at a leading FMCG company renowned for its commitment to innovation and sustainability. In this pivotal role, you will develop and enhance health and safety management systems, ensuring compliance with legal standards while fostering a culture of safety across all operational sites. Your leadership will be crucial in implementing strategies aimed at achieving zero accidents and improving employee welfare. Join a dynamic team dedicated to excellence and make a significant impact in a progressive organization that values its people and their development.

Benefits

Pension

Car allowance

Bonus

Additional benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and implementing health and safety management systems.
• Strong knowledge of legal requirements and compliance in health and safety.

Responsibilities

• Drive a culture of safety-first behaviours across all operations.
• Manage health and safety activities in line with legal requirements.

Skills

Health & Safety Management

Risk Assessment

Leadership

Regulatory Compliance

Employee Welfare Strategy

Education

NEBOSH Certificate

Relevant Degree in Health & Safety

Job description

Health & Safety Manager – Consumer goods

Our client is a major UK FMCG supplier creating and manufacturing high quality consumer products. Their story and growth trajectory is very impressive together with a very strong leadership team they continue to lead the categories in which they operate.

The operational structure has evolved massively over the last 5 years with considerable investment and state of the art manufacturing across the estate. A new role is available for a hands on Health & Safety Manager to keep the business aware and compliant with all current and new legislation.

This role would really suit an individual who is passionate about Health & Safety and looking to grow with an organisation and forge a varied career for themselves.

Purpose of the role

• Develop, maintain, and improve our health and safety management systems to ensure our internal standards are maintained at all times and strive to achieve World Class H&S performance across all operational sites.
• Implement a safety improvement plan, including risk reduction activities, to maintain Zero LTI and work toward a Zero Accident culture.
• Work with HR in development of a strategy to improve employee welfare and reduce absenteeism
• Ensure all operations are conducted within legal requirements.
• Working with all Operational teams to deliver World Class H&S performance in line with business
• targets by engaging with all departments to deliver on targets.

Main accountabilities and responsibilities

• Drive a culture of Safety–First behaviours in all aspects of your role.
• Demonstrate leadership in safety as a core value through your actions
• Adopt a never walk by policy in safety management and leadership
• Manage Health & Safety activities in line with Legal requirements and the company Management System
• Management of and adherence to regulatory requirements
• The control and renewal of all certifications appertaining to H&S management
• Management of External & Internal Audits as required
• Management and control of risk assessment process, liaising with Operations on SOP s /SSOW s
• You will develop and implement H&S management strategy and plans, including resource, systems, timescales, financials, to support, contribute to, and integrate within, the organisation s annual business plan and long–term strategy.
• Monthly reports, action plans and communications to demonstrate progression on improvement in H&S. Ensure working practices conform to regulatory requirements in order to support registration, product development, and manufacture.
• Support the operational teams to ensure the H&S controls are managed and live across site.
• Establish and implement necessary communication strategy for the awareness of H&S issues across all departments. Liaise with Group H&S team ensuring that best practise and group standards are shared and implemented.
• Subscribe to and contribute to a culture of continuous personal development Working collectively with the main management team to achieve wider company goals Project manage all improvement activities within standard framework.

Success Factors & KPIs

• Incident Rates LTA, MTC, Near Miss
• Safety Observations
• Audit results appertaining to H&S management

Rewards

• Base salary between GBP55,000 – GBP62,000
• Bonus
• Pension
• Car allowance
• Benefits

This is very exciting new role and the opportunity to join a highly progressive Consumer FMCG business well recognised for its cultural standards across People, Innovation and Sustainability. Please apply now .