Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
Posted on September 25th, 2025
Stevenage
£70,000 - £90,000 per annum
Type of Job: Permanent
Job Role: Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
Location: Northamptonshire, some travel to local business units
Reporting to Country Operations Director
Job Type: Permanent
Industry: FMCG Manufacturing
Job Reward: £70k - £90k Target Band plus Car, Bonus and Benefits
We are hiring a Senior Group Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Manager to lead the safety function across multiple factories and sites for a global leader in FMCG Manufacturing.
1. Are you a passionate, visible and people-centric Health and Safety professional?
2. Able to empower a large workforce at all levels of the organisation to own their own safety agenda?
3. Can you lead and implement this company’s cultural change programme in HSE excellence? As a true HSE Business partner?
Responsibilities and Challenges - Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
4. You will own the country HSE function and take full responsibility for all elements of Health, Safety & Environmental across the Group
5. Empowered to lead the Health, Safety & Environmental function across the business
6. Lead the Health and Safety agenda across Operations, Engineering and facilities management service providers, ensuring legal compliance
7. Coach and mentor the HS&E and facilities support teams
8. Leads BBS (Behaviour Based Safety) program
9. Embed a strategic HSE framework of world-class safety standards
10. Leadership role providing direction, guidance, and support on the HSE & Wellbeing strategy
11. Responsible for all HSE legal compliance, driving and fostering a safe, high-performing working environment
12. Develop, maintain and deliver legal compliance
13. Act as the subject matter expert for HSE
14. Generate and deliver a robust risk management strategy
15. Direct line management of Health & Safety Advisors across sites
16. You will work with and influence Site Leads and senior managers, and stakeholders in each of the sites and factories
Role Requirements - Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
17. Ability to lead, visibly, engaging all levels of the site; a natural ability to influence, engage and drive HSE cultural change through your direct reports
18. Comfortable working at a strategic level, naturally
19. NEBOSH Diploma, ideally chartered IOSH or working towards chartership or IEMA would be advantageous
20. Empower all levels of workforce, floor to the SLT
21. Visible and approachable - ALWAYS!
22. Delivering an effective framework for safety program management
23. Key interface with the HSE systems, policies, and procedures and UK & Corporate Behavioural Change through thousands of people
24. Execute a Health and Safety Plan for the UK manufacturing Division, drive improvements in site operations, HSE performance and cultural change
25. Serve as mentor and trainer for SLT members, key stakeholders’ managers and other key supply chain leaders
26. Environmental compliance experience linked to sustainability and Net 0 initiatives
27. Experience working within an FMCG/fast-paced manufacturing environment within an HSE leadership role, ideally multi-site, time sensitive and complex
28. Demonstrable experience of developing safe systems of work, carrying out H&S Audits, conducting risk assessments and delivering training
29. A driving license is essential
Job Reward – Group Head of Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)
30. Car or allowance
31. Pension scheme
32. Private Medical cover
33. A Highly Competitive salary
34. Career progression opportunities on a Global Platform
35. 33 days holiday
36. Opportunities for some hybrid working
37. Access to ongoing learning & development on a global platform
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