Health, Safety & Environment Manager

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. Five generations'? worth of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allows us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 141 years. Warburtons is the largest bakery brand in the UK, but that doesn't allow us to rest on our laurels. We are pioneers of the industry and ambitious market leaders, always seeking to challenge ourselves and convention. It is part of our philosophy to provide honest good sense on issues of health and well-being, helping the whole family to enjoy our products as part of a healthy, balanced diet, through a range of products to suit all meal occasions, lifestyles and tastes. The Recipe To provide comprehensive support to the site management team by ensuring that effective management systems are in place, which deliver the Company Occupational Health and Safety and Environment Policy and meet legal requirements. Key Accountabilities and Measures Plan and support the roll out of the National Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) strategy, ensuring that HSE best practice standards are developed and maintained on site that are compliant with statutory and company policy. HSE spend locally is within budget. Provide accurate, timely, legally correct assistance and sensible business led advice to line managers on site in all aspects of the Health, Safety and the Environment. Foster a positive HSE culture by ensuring the accountability for HSE is accepted by managers and employees. Acting as a coach and facilitator for line managers and providing appropriate tools and techniques. Identify HSE learning needs for the site (bakery and depot) and provide cost-effective solutions to meet these needs, through liaison with the TLandD Manager. Identify areas for improvement as a result of risk assessments, audits, accidents and incidents and ensure that these are followed to completion to ensure continuous improvement and learning. Understand, monitor and maintain the site’s (bakery and depot) performance against the requirements of the Warburton’s HSE management system. Recommend improvements to the HSE management system, taking part in company-wide improvement projects where required. Lead in conjunction with line management, initiatives designed to improve commitment at all levels, to continuously improve standards of HSE to benefit site performance. Essential Ingredients Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a Health, Safety and Environment role, ideally in an FMCG organisation General knowledge of all aspects of Health, Safety and Environment with a good level of expertise in handling audit from internal and external parties Good knowledge of Health Safety and Environment legislation Minimum qualification NEBOSH certificate NEBOSH diploma or equivalent (or working towards) Chartered Membership (or working towards) of Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) IEMA Environmental Foundation certificate, for permitted sites IEMA Associate Certificate Knowledge of ISO14001, OHSAS18001 management systems Excellent communication skills: articulate, influential; persuasive; impactful verbal and written skills. Excellent relationship builder- establishing credibility and building rapport with both internal and external contacts at all levels. Problem solver: able to find a safe and compliant resolution to issues and promote safety as an enabler not a blocker Decisive: able to make decisions, in a timely manner, and be accountable. Extra Dough At last and by no means least you will want to know what your breads worth. A slice of the annual profits (discretionary profit share) Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we'll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave Award winning pension scheme with company contributions up to 7% Private medical insurance and life assurance Products you will love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website Continued investment in your personal development Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew! Support for your health and wellbeing, including access to free physiotherapy, 24/7 access to a confidential helpline for practical advice and a comprehensive occupational health service