Group Health and Safety Manager

Company: Leading Food Manufacturing Company (multiple sites)
Role: Group Health and Safety Manager
Salary: Dependent on experience, up to £85,000 per annum + £6,600 car allowance + Bonus
Location: Northamptonshire – base site, with regular travel
 
 
Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent is essential for this position
• Prior management of multiple sites
• Ideally seeking a candidate with food or wider FMCG manufacturing experience as well as experience in motivating and inspiring others

 
Overview of the position:

• Reporting to the Operations Director for the company.
• Providing strategic (and hands on when needed) direction and advice across the multiple sites within a family owned, corporate light organisation where health and safety is seen as top priority.
• Inspire the board and come up with new ideas to promote and accelerate H&S to ensure the company is managing proactively
• Take the company and individual sites, on a cultural journey
• To develop, maintain, audit and ensure current and future legal compliance of the Group H&S management system. Supporting their Ecovardis certification
• Management of multiple sites, to empower and drive accountability downwards for H&S.
• Act as a source of best practice, information and advice for the Group Board and Factory General Managers.
• To advise on H&S in group projects, training, auditing and risk assessments.
• To act as the Group first point of contact for all Health & Safety matters with external agencies and bodies.

 
Essential characteristics and personality traits :

• Looking for someone to lead from the front, support and direct the site leads to take accountability and drive ownership downwards.
• Looking for someone to empower the site as well as inspire board level and offer visualisation
• Resilient and innovative in their approach
• Credible, positive and passionate

 
 
Interested? Apply now for immediate consideration: sophia.darwin@hserecruitment.co.uk or call 0121 454 5000
Alternatively, if you know of anyone who may be interested in this opportunity, please forward on our details.