Senior Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

Job Description

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

• Car
• 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 mike.butler@omegaresource.co.uk

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.