Environment Health and Safety Manager

Company: FMCG Manufacturing Company

Role: EHS Manager

Location: West Berkshire

Salary: £60,000 £65,000 per annum + package which includes private healthcare and 10% bonus.

An excellent opportunity has arisen at a leading UK manufacturing organisation, based at one of its key facilities in West Berkshire. They are seeking an passionate and proactive Environmental Health and Safety Manager for a large, complex, fast-paced site. As part of the site leadership team, you'll lead large-scale projects, including at group level, and evolve the site safety culture - empowering the team, building confidence, ownership, and a further embedding proactive behaviours.

Duties:

• Be the subject matter EHS expert for the site, providing the site leadership with competent advice, guidance.
• To promote a positive safety culture, ensures compliance with UK EHS legislation, and drives continuous improvement to prevent accidents, injuries, and work-related illnesses.
• Coach and mentor 1x direct report
• Ensuring environmental compliance, manages EHS budgets, and aligns site operations with Group EHS standards and strategies.
• Develop and implement an effective EHS Management System to reduce business risk, accidents, incidents, environmental incidents and ill health.
• Promote a culture of safety responsibility and create an environment where the workforce are empowered to challenge unsafe behaviors.
• Manage monthly EHS inspections and ensure timely follow-up on corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement through EHS projects and engage colleagues in change initiatives.
• Manage EHS training programs, including in-house sessions, and support managers in identifying training needs.
• Ensure risk assessments are conducted, reviewed, and updated regularly; advise on control measures.
• Investigate accidents and near misses, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and reported under RIDDOR where required.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory bodies, insurers, and enforcing authorities (e.g., HSE, Environment Agency, Thames Water and the Local Authority).
• Issue the agenda and take minutes regarding the Site EHS Committee and maintain emergency response plans, including regular drills.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant EHS legislation, codes of practice, and company policies.

Personality fit:

• Self-motivated and confident person
• Change agent who can engage and empower others and drive accountability/ ownership.
• Able to collaborate, influence, gain buy -in with strong communication skills

Essential qualifications and background:

• NEBOSH Certificate with experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in directly coaching and mentoring a team and managing a complex and fast paced manufacturing site
• Knowledge and prior experience of CDM projects in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office and EHS management software systems (e.g., Evotix).
• Ability to analyse complex data and provide actionable insights.