Safety Health and Environment Manager

Company: Fast paced, high risk, food manufacturing company

Role: Safety Health and Environment Manager

Salary: £65,000 per annum- £75,000 per annum + > £12K car allowance + > bonus + competitive pension

Location: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire

Exclusively representing a global FMCG brand, with a strong UK presence, to source a SHE Manager for their center of excellence in Tutbury. This individual will have real scope to have creative control to shape the future of SHE, develop a strong team and build a legacy across one of the largest and most advanced manufacturing sites in the group.

Seeking a true leader to guide the site, who will sit on the senior leadership team who already see SHE as a performance driver not a bolt on, and able to offer strategic direction and practical delivery. Coaching and mentoring a strong team of 3 safety professionals who are based on site.

Tasked to further drive and mature safety culture and behaviours, empowering the work force to take ownership and accountability. As well as foster world class standards across safety, health and environment, ensuring SHE standard are embedded in operational, technical and business decisions.

Main responsibilities

• Lead the next phase of SHE development across the factory, helping leaders at every level build a workplace where people thrive and performance follows.
• Working alongside the Factory Manager and leadership team, you will provide challenge, support and strategic direction to ensure SHE considerations are embedded in operational, technical and business decisions.
• Shaping the factory's vision, objectives and long-term ambitions alongside the leadership team
• Developing leadership capability and accountability across all functions
• Driving cultural and organisational change that strengthens ownership of SHE throughout the business
• Identifying future risks, opportunities and priorities that support sustainable performance improvement
• Building engagement and commitment across employees, contractors and stakeholders
• Leading and developing a team of SHE professionals, and helping grow the next generation of SHE talent
• Acting as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders across the factory

Essential qualifications, skills and experience:

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent is ideal 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, who is also hands on when required.
• Fast paced general manufacturing, production experience but ideally from a Food or Beverage company
• Experienced coach and mentor who can achieve success through others

Ideal personality traits

• Self-motivated, confident person
• Able to influence others and establish trusted relationships
• Change agent who can engage and empower others and drive accountability/ ownership to the factory leaders ( and multiple stakeholders).
• Able to collaborate, influence, gain buy -in with strong communication skills

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