Safety Health and Environment Manager

Location: Tutbury, England

Sector: Health & Safety

Salary: £65,000.00 to £75,000.00 per annum

Benefits: > £12,000 car allowance + bonus + competitive pension

Company: Fast paced, high risk, food manufacturing company

This role is for a Safety, Health and Environment Manager who will sit on the senior leadership team and provide strategic direction and practical delivery for SHE.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead the next phase of SHE development across the factory, helping leaders at every level build a workplace where people thrive.
• Work alongside the Factory Manager and leadership team to embed SHE considerations in operational, technical and business decisions.
• Shape the factory's vision, objectives and long term ambitions with leadership.
• Develop leadership capability and accountability across all functions.
• Drive cultural and organisational change that strengthens ownership of SHE throughout the business.
• Identify future risks, opportunities and priorities that support sustainable performance improvement.
• Build engagement and commitment across employees, contractors and stakeholders.
• Lead and develop a team of SHE professionals, and help grow the next generation of SHE talent.
• Act as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders across the factory.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience:

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent desirable but not essential if you can demonstrate exceptional leadership, influencing and change management experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Prior SHE and Risk Management experience.
• Strong strategic expertise, plus the hands on ability when required.
• Fast paced general manufacturing, production experience, ideally from a Food or Beverage company.
• Experienced coach and mentor who can achieve success through others.

Ideal personality traits:

• Self motivated, confident.
• Able to influence others and establish trusted relationships.
• Change agent who can engage and empower others, driving accountability and ownership in the factory and across stakeholders.
• Collaborative, with strong communication skills and the ability to gain buy in.