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Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

MCB-GHSEL
Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
£70k - 90k per year + Car, Bonus
Permanent
FMCG

Job Role: Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

Location: Northamptonshire, some travel to local business units

Reporting to Country Operations Director

Job Type: Permanent

Industry: FMCG Manufacturing

Job Reward: £70k - £90k Target Band plus Car, Bonus and Benefits

We are hiring a Senior Group Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Manager to lead the safety function across multiple factories and sites for a global leader in FMCG Manufacturing.

  • Are you a passionate, visible and people-centric Health and Safety professional?
  • Able to empower a large workforce at all levels of the organisation to own their own safety agenda?
  • Can you lead and implement this company’s cultural change programme in HSE excellence? As a true HSE Business partner?

Responsibilities and Challenges - Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

  • You will own the country HSE function and take full responsibility for all elements of Health, Safety & Environmental across the Group
  • Empowered to lead the Health, Safety & Environmental function across the business
  • Lead the Health and Safety agenda across Operations, Engineering and facilities management service providers, ensuring legal compliance
  • Coach and mentor the HS&E and facilities support teams
  • Leads BBS (Behaviour Based Safety) program
  • Embed a strategic HSE framework of world-class safety standards
  • Leadership role providing direction, guidance, and support on the HSE & Wellbeing strategy
  • Responsible for all HSE legal compliance, driving and fostering a safe, high-performing working environment
  • Develop, maintain and deliver legal compliance
  • Act as the subject matter expert for HSE
  • Generate and deliver a robust risk management strategy
  • Direct line management of Health & Safety Advisors across sites
  • You will work with and influence Site Leads and senior managers, and stakeholders in each of the sites and factories

Role Requirements - Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

  • Ability to lead, visibly, engaging all levels of the site; a natural ability to influence, engage and drive HSE cultural change through your direct reports
  • Comfortable working at a strategic level, naturally
  • NEBOSH Diploma, ideally chartered IOSH or working towards chartership or IEMA would be advantageous
  • Empower all levels of workforce, floor to the SLT
  • Visible and approachable - ALWAYS!
  • Delivering an effective framework for safety program management
  • Key interface with the HSE systems, policies, and procedures and UK & Corporate Behavioural Change through thousands of people
  • Execute a Health and Safety Plan for the UK manufacturing Division, drive improvements in site operations, HSE performance and cultural change
  • Serve as mentor and trainer for SLT members, key stakeholders’ managers and other key supply chain leaders
  • Environmental compliance experience linked to sustainability and Net 0 initiatives
  • Experience working within an FMCG/fast-paced manufacturing environment within an HSE leadership role, ideally multi-site, time sensitive and complex
  • Demonstrable experience of developing safe systems of work, carrying out H&S Audits, conducting risk assessments and delivering training
  • A driving license is essential

Job Reward – Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

  • Car or allowance
  • Pension scheme
  • Private Medical cover
  • A Highly Competitive salary
  • Career progression opportunities on a Global Platform
  • 33 days holiday
  • Opportunities for some hybrid working
  • Access to ongoing learning & development on a global platform

For more information on this role, please contact Mike Butler on 0113 2123519 or send a copy of your CV to [email protected]

Candidates who are currently a Senior HSE Manager, Group HSE Manager, Divisional HSE leader, Head of HSE, HSE lead, or HSE Director, may be suitable for this position.

 

Omega Resource Group is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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