Environment Health and Safety Manager

Company: FMCG Manufacturing Company

Role: EHS Manager

Location: Newbury, West Berkshire

Salary: £60,000 - £68,000 per annum + package includes 10% bonus, 5% pension, 33 days holiday, EV Scheme, private healthcare

An excellent opportunity has arisen at a leading UK manufacturing organisation, based at one of its key facilities in Newbury, West Berkshire. The company is supportive, structured, family oriented and well invested. They are seeking a 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 and guidance.
• Promote a positive safety culture, ensure compliance with UK EHS legislation, and drive continuous improvement to prevent accidents, injuries, and work related illnesses.
• Coach and mentor 1 direct report.
• Ensure environmental compliance, manage EHS budgets, and align 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 is empowered to challenge unsafe behaviours.
• 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 programmes, 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 (HSE, Environment Agency, Thames Water and the Local Authority).
• Issue the agenda and take minutes for 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 and 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.