On-site Manufacturing EHS Advisor — Safety Leader

Weetabix; Kettering; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 7.5%

Double-matched pension (up to 12%)

25 days annual leave

Annual salary review

Healthcare plan

Discounted Weetabix products

Personal development

Flexible work opportunities

Enhanced parental leave

Counselling service (Grocery Aid)

Additional time off for fertility/neon

Job summary

Weetabix is recruiting an experienced EHS Advisor for our Burton Latimer site in the UK. You will lead the manufacturing EHS strategy, audits, and coaching to drive zero accidents and zero environmental incidents on the factory floor.

You will deliver risk assessments, investigations, and continuous improvement with a hands-on approach, ensuring legal compliance and engaging teams to embed best practices in daily operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in HSE roles within FMCG or manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of UK H&S legislation and risk management.
• Experience with risk assessments, investigations and audits.
• Strong communication and coaching to influence others.
• Ability to use data to interpret HSE insights.
• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent).
• Knowledge of environmental regulations and sustainability reporting.
• Experience with digital safety systems and real-time monitoring.
• Knowledge of behavioural safety or human factors.
• Continuous improvement skills (Lean, problem-solving, visual management).
• Ability to contribute to safe design for engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the manufacturing EHS strategy and standards across the cluster.
• Lead the internal audit programme to achieve and maintain Green status.
• Coach and support factory teams to own EHS processes and risk registers.
• Provide EHS expertise for new projects and change management.
• Maintain incident reporting, support investigations, drive corrective actions.
• Ensure up-to-date EHS information is available to stakeholders for improvement.
• Deputise for the Cluster EHS Manager when required.

Skills

HSE in FMCG/manufacturing

UK H&S legislation

Risk assessments

Incident investigations

Audits

Coaching & communication

Data interpretation

NEBOSH General Certificate

Environmental regulations

Digital safety systems

Behavioural safety

Lean / Continuous improvement

Safe design for projects

Tools

HSE software

Job description

Weetabix is recruiting an experienced EHS Advisor for our Burton Latimer site in the UK. You will lead the manufacturing EHS strategy, audits, and coaching to drive zero accidents and zero environmental incidents on the factory floor.

You will deliver risk assessments, investigations, and continuous improvement with a hands-on approach, ensuring legal compliance and engaging teams to embed best practices in daily operations.