SHE Manager

Company: Global Food Manufacturing Organisation
Vacancy: Senior Safety, Health and Environment Manager ( Leadership role)
Location: Lowestoft
Salary: up to £80,000 per annum + Car Allowance: £7, 200 + Bonus: 25% and Private Healthcare

I have the pleasure to represent a global food manufacturing company and iconic British food brand based in Suffolk. This site has a headcount of 850 people and comprises four units across 25.5 acres, so ideally looking for a candidate with a similar level and scope of experience.

Seeking an experienced and proven safety leader, who is people centric, able to be both hands on and strategic. Can empower and give confidence to the workforce to take further ownership and accountability for SHE. Someone who can enable safety to go hand in hand with production, who can drive practical and proactive initiatives. Who has background of compliance, risk awareness, continuous improvements too would be an advantage.

The site is well established and looking to evolve culture, align micro cultures across departments and progress towards an interdependent safety culture, driving accountability downwards for SHE. Also a variety of large scale projects to get your teeth stuck into. The company is very well invested, with safety firmly embedded. There is support with a central safety function and an onsite, SHE coordinator who is technically strong, to coach and mentor. This role will sit within the senior leadership team and gaining buy in, building trusted relationships is key.


Overview of Duties:

• Lead the development and delivery of the site SHE strategy aligned to Group standards and objectives
• Champion a strong SHE culture through visible leadership, engagement, and behavioural safety initiatives
• Manage a significant CAPEX budget and able to influence and gain buy from stakeholders, yearly
• Act as the site’s subject matter expert on all SHE-related matters
• Ensure compliance with all UK SHE legislation and internal standards
• Lead risk assessments, hazard identification processes, and implementation of effective controls
• Maintain robust systems for environmental management, waste handling, and emergency preparedness
• Own and manage the site incident reporting and investigation process
• Conduct thorough root cause analysis and ensure effective corrective and preventative actions
• Report incidents to regulatory authorities and internal stakeholders as required
• Lead internal and external SHE audits, inspections, and regulatory visits (announced and unannounced)
• Ensure timely closure of audit findings and continuous improvement actions
• Maintain site readiness for regulatory and corporate audits at all times
• Define SHE training needs and ensure effective delivery across all levels of the site
• Coach and support leaders to embed SHE accountability within their teams
• Promote ongoing professional development in SHE awareness and practices
• Drive SHE improvement initiatives aligned with operational excellence programmes
• Provide SHE input into capital investment and engineering projects
• Support cross-functional improvement projects ensuring SHE risks are appropriately managed
• Ensure effective communication of SHE performance, risks, and initiatives across all levels
• Chair the monthly site SHE committee and drive follow-up actions
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Background and Qualifications

• NEBOSH Diploma, or equivalent, would accept NEBOSH Certificate with significant and relevant leadership experience
• An experienced SHE leader from a large single site or multiple sites with large, combined headcount
• High risk, fast paced, high volume manufacturing organisations ( ideally food, chemical, baked goods, distilleries, brewery, beverage, packaging, agriculture, manufacturing and machinery)
• Due to projects, experience with CDM would be an advantage within the above environments
• Experience with ammonia, DSEAR, pressure systems, PUWER, ATEX, and strong exposure to environmental site needs

Personality Fit

• Visible, hands on and approachable- not afraid to get stuck in
• Be proactive and solutions focused
• Able to influence others and build trusted relationships at top level and on the factory floor
• People centric, engaging and empowering
• Self-motivated and driven
• Positive coach and mentor

Are you Interested? Please reach out directly to Sophia - HSE Recruitment Network for more information. Sophia.darwin@hserecruitment.co.uk // 0121 454 5000
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