Health & Safety Manager

ZipRecruiter; Newtownards; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy processing company in Newtownards is seeking a Health & Safety Manager to lead safety standards and promote a zero-harm culture. The role includes developing safety management plans, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Candidates should have a 3rd level qualification in Health & Safety, relevant NEBOSH certification, and substantial experience in site health and safety management.

Qualifications

• 3rd level qualification in Health & Safety, Environmental Science or a related field.
• NEBOSH certificate or equivalent required.
• Substantial experience in site Health and Safety.
• Experience in managing contractors and their compliance.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead all Health & Safety standards across the Newtownards site.
• Promote a zero-harm culture with engagement from all site employees.
• Conduct risk assessments and ensure compliance with regulations.
• Develop and implement safety management plans.
• Regularly review and update all safety policies and procedures.

Skills

Health & Safety management

Excellent communication

Microsoft Office

Incident investigation

Compliance monitoring

Education

3rd level qualification in Health & Safety or related field

NEBOSH certificate or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Health & Safety Manager
Newtownards

Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Limited (The Group) is the second largest dairy processor on the island of Ireland. The business is complex and ambitious with a milk supply pool of 2 billion litres of milk, drawn from over 3,200 family farms across 16 counties.

With the most modern dairy manufacturing facilities in 8 locations on a cross-border basis, the Group supplies to a broad customer base including some of the world’s foremost ‘blue chip’ companies across the dairy food ingredients, foodservice and consumer food channels on a domestic Ireland, UK, European and global basis. Internationally we export some 240 different products to over 100 countries worldwide.

The Group’s Agribusiness Division (Lakeland Agri) operates a state-of-the-art Animal Feed Manufacturing Facility and is a leading and innovative provider of the highest quality feeds and agricultural inputs to dairy, beef and sheep farmers across the north and south of Ireland.

Applications are invited for the above position at our Newtownards site.

The Role

Are you an experienced Health & Safety professional seeking a new and exciting role within one of Ireland’s leading companies? If so, we want to hear from YOU!

Reporting to our Site General Manager our new Health & Safety Manager will lead all Health & Safety standards across our Newtownards site in line with our business’s strategic objective of “Looking after the Safety of Ourselves and Others”.

This rewarding opportunity will lead the promotion of a zero-harm culture where safety is the shared responsibility of everyone, working together with the engagement of people at the centre of safety management plans.

The successful applicant will reinforce our safety culture by ensuring each site has user-relevant and up-to-date risk assessments and safety audits and will lead the site’s compliance to relevant Health & Safety regulations.

This key role is responsible for instigating and leading the adoption of best practice in all aspects of health and safety across our sites and will be further responsible for incident investigation, management of action plans and accurate weekly and monthly reporting also.

Additional Key responsibilities will include (Not limited to):

• Develop and implement safety management plans that engage all people on site in Looking after the Safety of Ourselves and Others.
• Ensure a safe workplace environment without risk to health and the promotion of zero harm.
• Ensure that all Group Health & Safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated.
• Ensure the completion and regular review of risk assessments for all work equipment and operations.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of Group Health and Safety procedures in the work place.
• Integrate the group programme of documented health & safety inspections, audits and checks.

The person

To be successful in this role applicants shall require:

• A 3rd level qualification in Health & Safety, Environmental Science or a related field.
• NEBOSH certificate or equivalent.
• Substantial experience from within a site Health and Safety which has included the engagement of others in achieving health and safety improvements.
• Experience of monitoring contractors and their compliance with safety obligations
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Word, Excel and Outlook
• Excellent communication skills with ability to express ideas clearly and convincingly.
• Ability to deliver objectives in agreed timeframe and manage priorities effectively.
• Experience of a fast-moving manufacturing environment (in particular food) and/or experience of implementing or maintaining an ISO certified management system eg. 14001 would be advantageous

Application Process

To apply for this position, please submit a copy of your CV by no later than mid-day on Monday 22nd September 2025.

Lakeland Dairies Ltd is committed to having an inclusive workplace where every employee feels they belong. If you require accommodations to be made during the recruitment process or have questions relating to accessibility, please contact us at [e-mail].