HSER Leader – Safety, Environment & Risk Champion

DS Smith; Hinckley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Qualifying Sick Pay scheme

Pension scheme & Life insurance

Share Save scheme

Income Protection

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Virtual GP, Occupational Health & free

Flu vaccine

Cycle to Work and shopping discounts

Job summary

DS Smith is seeking a proactive HSER Manager for our Hinckley onsite role. You will lead the Health, Safety, Environmental and Risk function, ensuring robust systems and continuous improvement across the site and related locations.

You will develop annual HSER plans, act as Management Representative, and collaborate with regulators and insurers. Willingness to travel to Wirral and Mercia sites is required, with biweekly and monthly site visits respectively.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering a Health & Safety culture across a large business.
• Excellent persuasion skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Leadership characteristics, and the ability to drive change in challenging environment.
• An understanding of ISO standards, eg: 14001 / ISO 5001 / ISO 45001
• Experience providing hands on training
• Experience in Management Systems
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong numerical & verbal skills, and experience in handing information
• Fully IT literate
• The ability to travel to other sites when needed

Responsibilities

• Champion a strong safety and environmental culture where employees are engaged, accountable, and actively involved
• Build trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation to coach and influence safe behaviours
• Support the leadership team in developing and delivering the annual HSER improvement plan
• Deliver HSER training and develop organisational competence in roles and responsibilities
• Monitor, analyse, and report HSER performance metrics to drive informed decision-making
• Act as Management Representative for HSER systems, ensuring effectiveness and compliance
• Manage internal and external audit programmes and coordinate improvement actions
• Lead technical risk assessments including PUWER and COSHH compliance
• Serve as the primary HSER contact for external stakeholders, including regulators and insurers

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Influencing

ISO standards

Training delivery

Management Systems

Presentation skills

Numerical & verbal skills

IT literacy

Travel flexibility

Tools

MS Office

Job description

DS Smith is seeking a proactive HSER Manager for our Hinckley onsite role. You will lead the Health, Safety, Environmental and Risk function, ensuring robust systems and continuous improvement across the site and related locations.

You will develop annual HSER plans, act as Management Representative, and collaborate with regulators and insurers. Willingness to travel to Wirral and Mercia sites is required, with biweekly and monthly site visits respectively.