Site Compliance & ESG Lead for Safety Excellence

Finsbury Food Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts via Benefits Hub

Company shop at sites

Refer a Friend Scheme

Learning & Development opportunities

Job summary

Kara Food Service, part of the Finsbury Food Group, in Manchester, seeks a Compliance Improvement Lead to drive health, safety, and environmental compliance on site. You will lead the site’s compliance strategy and partner with the leadership team to ensure safe, legal operations and sustainable improvements.

This hands-on, site-based role requires strong auditing and risk-management experience, plus the ability to influence at all levels.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent health and safety qualification.
• Experience in manufacturing health and safety compliance, ideally in bakery/FMCG.
• Experience supporting HSE management systems and audits.
• Knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and site-level compliance requirements.
• Experience with risk assessments, safe systems of work and inspections.
• Internal auditor experience or audit-support background.
• Experience with incident investigations and corrective actions.
• Familiarity with operational risk areas like machinery safety and fire safety.
• Good communication and project coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead site-level compliance strategy aligned to Group standards and ESG objectives.
• Maintain robust HSE, Food Safety and Environmental Management Systems.
• Ensure duty holders meet legal and company obligations.
• Advise Site Lead and Leadership Team with actionable compliance insights.
• Lead site environmental compliance and support the sustainability plan.
• Drive closure of non-conformances from internal and external audits.
• Maintain site risk register and mitigation actions.
• Oversee incident reporting and investigations; drive learning.
• Report compliance performance metrics and identify improvement opportunities.
• Act as link to Regional/Group Compliance and share best practices.

Skills

NEBOSH General Certificate

HSE compliance

Auditing

Risk assessment

Incident investigations

Contractor management

Regulatory knowledge

Microsoft Office

Driving licence

Environmental management

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

NVQ Level 5/6 in Occupational Health and Safety

GradIOSH / IOSH status

Tools

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Kara Food Service, part of the Finsbury Food Group, in Manchester, seeks a Compliance Improvement Lead to drive health, safety, and environmental compliance on site. You will lead the site’s compliance strategy and partner with the leadership team to ensure safe, legal operations and sustainable improvements.

This hands-on, site-based role requires strong auditing and risk-management experience, plus the ability to influence at all levels.