Site EHS Specialist

ARLA; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Arla seeks an experienced QEHS professional to strengthen standards at the Aylesbury site. You will provide technical direction, coach colleagues and drive continual improvement across QEHS strategies and systems.

You will work with site leaders, regulators and partners to maintain compliance and foster a strong safety culture. You will lead interpretation of legislation into practical actions, develop improvement plans, and support environmental permits and EHS projects.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in an EHS discipline within a food manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in environmental, scientific or engineering discipline with NEBOSH Diploma-level health and safety qualification.
• Environmental management qualification is valued.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and continual improvement of QEHS strategies, policies and systems.
• Interpret legislation and advise on compliance, audits, risk assessments and action plans.
• Prepare and improve QEHS documentation, procedures and instructions (ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001).
• Coach and train line managers on health and safety awareness and compliance.
• Maintain relationships with regulators, insurers and stakeholders; support permits, crisis management and EHS projects.

Skills

EHS experience

ISO 14001 familiarity

OHSAS 18001 familiarity

Policy development

Education

Degree in environmental/science/engineering

NEBOSH Diploma-level health and safety qualification

Environmental management qualification valued

Job description

Are you an experienced environment, health and safety professional who can help strengthen standards, support colleagues and drive continual improvement across a busy manufacturing site? Join our Quality, Environment, Health and Safety team at Aylesbury, where you will provide technical direction and practical support to the Senior QEHS Manager, Site Director and wider site team. You will coach colleagues, help maintain robust management systems and play an important part in improving our environment, health and safety performance. How you will make an impact Reporting to the Senior QEHS Manager, you will sit within the site QEHS team and support the implementation and continual improvement of environment, health and safety strategies, policies and systems across Aylesbury. You will work closely with site leaders, line managers, regulators and external partners to maintain compliance and build a strong safety culture.

• Support the implementation of site environment, health and safety strategies, policies and programmes, while developing and monitoring relevant KPIs and improvement plans.
• Interpret applicable legislation and advise the site management team on compliance, including audits, inspections, risk assessments, action plans and policy development.
• Prepare, maintain and continually improve QEHS management system documentation, procedures and instructions, including requirements relating to ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
• Coach, support and train line managers on health and safety awareness, legal compliance, procedures and best practice, contributing to the resolution of EHS-related issues.
• Maintain effective relationships with regulators, insurers and other stakeholders, while supporting environmental permits, effluent consent, asset protection, crisis management and EHS-related projects.
  You will bring at least five years' experience in an EHS discipline within a food manufacturing or FMCG environment, ideally including experience of working on an Environment Agency PPC or environmentally permitted site. You will hold a degree or equivalent qualification in an environmental, scientific or engineering discipline, alongside a NEBOSH Diploma-level health and safety qualification, or be working towards one. An environmental management qualification is also valued.

To thrive in this role, you will be confident interpreting legislation and turning it into practical action, collaborative when coaching and influencing colleagues at every level, and proactive in identifying gaps and driving sustainable improvements. We work closely as a team and will support you as you build relationships, take ownership and help strengthen our site culture.
We are committed to professional development and promoting from within. Our positive and collaborative culture will bring out the best in you, with colleagues around you to support your learning and help you deliver meaningful improvements. You will also join a market leader producing nutritious household-favourite brands in a way that makes things better for our customers, the farmers who own us and the wider world. Would you like to join us?
Arla is a global leader in the dairy industry, committed to enabling good food choices that make life better, providing people with nourishment, while taking care at every step to ensure Arla is a choice they can feel good about. If you are looking to shape the future with an ambitious global cooperative that truly cares about your growth, where everyone feels valued and empowered, and collaboration is the core of culture, Arla is a choice you can feel good about.