Health and Safety Manager
Posted 2 hours 36 minutes ago by Irwin & Colton Limited
Are you passionate about driving a positive health and safety culture within a fast-paced food manufacturing environment?
Do you have experience partnering with operational teams to improve standards, reduce risk and deliver continuous improvement across a manufacturing site?
We are recruiting for a confidential food manufacturing organisation seeking an experienced Health and Safety Manager to lead the HSE agenda at a large, complex manufacturing facility in Hull. This is a highly visible role, working closely with the site leadership team to drive compliance, engagement and operational excellence.
Responsibilities- Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of health, safety and environmental strategies, policies and procedures.
- Partner with operational leaders to embed a proactive safety culture across all areas of the site.
- Conduct risk assessments, incident investigations, audits and inspections, ensuring robust corrective actions are implemented.
- Drive employee engagement and behavioural safety initiatives to improve safety performance and ownership at all levels.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation and company standards.
- Act as the key point of contact for regulatory bodies and support external audits and inspections.
- Proven experience in a Health and Safety leadership role within food manufacturing, FMCG, or a similarly fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- NEBOSH/NVQ Level 3 or higher in Occupational Health & Safety or equivalent qualification.
- Strong knowledge of UK health, safety and environmental legislation.
- A track record of influencing operational teams and senior stakeholders to drive positive cultural change.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to engage colleagues at all levels of the organisation.
- Experience managing audits, investigations, compliance programmes and continuous improvement initiatives.
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