Healthy, Safety & Environment Manager (12 month FTC)

McCain Foods; South Staffordshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join McCain Foods as a Healthy, Safety & Environment Manager at their Wombourne plant. Drive safety initiatives, lead a culture of compliance, and implement environmental policies while being part of a global team committed to food safety. Enjoy competitive benefits and opportunities for growth within a family-owned business.

Benefits

Achievable yearly bonus based on performance

Excellent pension plan with employer contributions

Flexible holiday options

Health cash plan

Cycle to work scheme

'Chips In' Volunteering Day Off

Qualifications

• Experience in a senior HSE management role, food sector preferred.
• Strong background in ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety-first culture by implementing best practices.
• Conduct daily site inspections and risk assessments.
• Manage incident investigations and ensure compliance.

Skills

Communication

Influencing

Negotiation

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

NEBOSH National Diploma

Professional Environmental Qualification

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Position Title:Healthy, Safety & Environment Manager (12 month FTC)

Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time

Requisition ID:36819

About McCain.

At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Why join the McCain family.

• Your Life – we’re here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.
• Your Success – work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success.
• Your Impact – we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business.

About the role.

Are you a passionate Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) professional ready to drive world-class standards in a fast-paced manufacturing environment? Do you thrive on creating safer, smarter, and more sustainable workplaces? If so, this is your opportunity to lead from the front.

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Site HSE Manager to take ownership of our safety culture, compliance, and continuous improvement efforts. You'll play a critical role as part of the Senior Leadership Team, ensuring we operate not only within legal standards – but above them.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract.

Accountabilities.

• Championing a safety-first culture by embedding best practices across the site.
• Leading the development and implementation of safety and environmental policies in line with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 standards.
• Conducting daily site inspections, risk assessments, and implementing preventative measures.
• Leading training sessions, toolbox talks, and site inductions to empower teams with safety awareness.
• Managing incident investigations, reporting and root cause analysis to drive improvement.
• Keeping us up to date with legislation, audits, and statutory obligations.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders and external bodies including auditors, insurers, and regulatory authorities.
• Ensuring all third parties on site – contractors, agency staff, visitors – meet our stringent safety criteria.
• Playing a key role in emergency planning and evacuation procedures.
• Driving environmental compliance in line with our site’s environmental permit.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience in a senior HSE management role within manufacturing (food sector experience is a plus).
• NEBOSH General Certificate and NEBOSH National Diploma – both essential.
• A Professional Environmental Qualification.
• Proven knowledge of ISO 45001 (essential) and ISO 14001, HACCP, and DuPont safety methodology (desirable).
• Strong communication, influencing, and negotiation skills – you’ll be working cross-functionally and leading from the front.
• Excellent IT skills, especially in MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Leadership Principles.

Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organisation. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.

We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

Location.

You’ll be based at our Wombourne plant in Staffordshire. And together our small, but perfectly formed team of over 110 colleagues produce our famous (and well loved) potato Smiles as well as our pre-baked Jacket Spuds.

The benefits of working for McCain.

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in ‘chips’. For working hard, you’ll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:

• An achievable yearly bonus based on personal performance.
• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe

And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an ambitious 5-year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us knowand we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.

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Job Family:Manufacturing

Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Wombourne

Company:McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd