Quality Environment and Health and Safety (QESH) Senior Manager - Edmonton

Coca-Cola European Partners; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage company in the UK seeks a QESH Senior Manager to lead safety, quality and environmental strategies at their Edmonton operations. This role involves collaboration across departments, ensuring compliance with standards, and fostering continuous improvement. Candidates should have a degree in engineering or life sciences and experience in quality or safety roles. The position offers an opportunity to significantly impact operations and workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in Quality and/or Safety roles, ideally within FMCG or pharmaceutical sectors.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams and leading in a matrixed organisation.
• Understanding of regulatory and safety compliance within manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the site’s Safety, Quality and Environmental strategy.
• Ensure compliance with local and global standards.
• Champion a culture of safety and quality across all levels.

Skills

Quality Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Continuous Improvement

Education

Degree in Engineering or Life Sciences

Job description

Quality Environment and Health and Safety (QESH) Senior Manager – Edmonton

Are you looking for new challenges and personal growth within Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners? Then we have a great opportunity for you! Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect? Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing? Will you make an impact with your desire to win?

What you become part of: Edmonton Operations is the second‑largest production facility in GB, producing approximately 150 million cases of drinks per year across seven manufacturing lines. It is also the only site in GB that produces our Oasis drinks. With over 300 employees across Manufacturing, QESH, and Engineering, gaining experience here can open doors to excellent career opportunities both within Edmonton and across other GB sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Safety, Quality & Environmental Compliance: Ensure all projects and operations strictly adhere to site safety protocols, environmental regulations, and quality standards, driving a proactive approach to risk identification and mitigation.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Partner with product management, manufacturing and distribution teams to implement process improvements that elevate site safety, enhance product quality and support environmental sustainability.
• Annual Business Planning: Lead the development of a bottom‑up Annual Business Plan, ensuring alignment with SQE priorities and managing budgets throughout the year, including labour, laboratory enhancements and KO compliance requirements.
• Technical Problem Solving: Provide engineering expertise to address complex issues, prioritising safe, compliant and high‑quality outcomes in line with regulatory and environmental expectations.
• Culture of Excellence: Champion a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the engineering team, promoting adoption of safe, sustainable technologies and solutions that improve site performance and compliance.
• Continuous Learning: Stay abreast of industry trends, advancements and best practices in engineering, incorporating relevant knowledge into project planning and execution.

What to Expect

You will have ultimate responsibility for leading and developing the direction of the on‑site QESH function. Key responsibilities include: defining and delivering the site’s Safety, Quality and Environmental strategy; championing a culture of safety, quality, environment and accountability across all levels; leading and coaching cross‑functional teams; overseeing compliance with local and global standards; ensuring effective systems for product release, investigations, root‑cause analysis and CAPA management; preparing for internal and external audits; owning the Quality Management System and EHS programs; monitoring safety and quality KPIs; partnering with production, engineering and supply chain; leading incident investigations; building trusted relationships with stakeholders; and collaborating with people and operational teams to embed best practices in training, onboarding and employee engagement.

Skills & Essentials

• Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Life Sciences, Chemical or a related technical field.
• Experienced in Quality and/or Safety roles, ideally within FMCG or pharmaceutical sectors.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross‑functional teams and leading in a matrixed organisation.
• Strong focus in Health, Safety & Environment compliance and Quality Management.
• Proven track record in regulatory audits, QMS and risk management.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and engage across different levels of the organisation.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Understanding of regulatory and safety compliance within manufacturing (e.g. PUWER, LOTO, iOSH, NEBOSH is a plus).
• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively manage and motivate teams.
• Capability to manage part of the business with a focus on tangible operational planning and delivery.
• Able to make tactical and operational decisions and find common ground to reach solutions.
• Drive, energy and passion along with strategic insight, customer focus and exceptional leadership skills.
• Expertise in Quality, Health and Safety and Environment, with knowledge of all critical aspects of this role.
• Understanding of relevant management systems, statistical process control and customer/complaint management.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities and requirements.
• Experience working in FMCG; large‑business preference.
• A drive to understand and adopt Good Manufacturing Practice, and to assess risk and overcome obstacles.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

Additional Information

We are Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people serving customers in 31 countries. We help our 2.1 million customers grow and invest in exciting new products, technologies and ideas, delighting 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we’ve got some way to go, but we’ll get there with the support of our people. To learn more about our culture, we welcome you to speak to one of our employees through our live chat platform.

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol‑related sales, interactions or promotions. If that’s true for you, please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.