Interim Environment, Health and Safety Manager Salary: up to £65K pro rata.
Our Nuneaton-based client is looking for an interim Environment, Health & Safety Manager to join their operations team.
The Person:
We are looking for a Health, Safety, and Environment (EHS) professional who has held a EHS management position before, preferably within a fast-paced manufacturing environment (ideally food!) and has experience of driving world-class manufacturing systems and processes e.g. Lean six sigma.
The Role:
As Interim EHS Manager you will be supporting the site leadership team to ensure they remain focused on delivering their health, safety and environmental responsibilities. A key support to the site leadership team, you will advise and provide direction on risks, ensure legal compliance, and respond swiftly to emergencies—all to keep everyone protected and operations running smoothly.
Responsibilities:
Provide advice, support, and innovative solutions for safety and environmental problem-solving.
Provide advice on, and ensure implementation of appropriate health, safety & environmental procedures.
Effective reporting and communication with site leadership team to drive and manage overall compliance and achievement of the site H&S and environment objectives and KPIs.
Implement practical and effective methods, both preventative and remedial, of promoting health & safety, safe working practices, and awareness in the workplace, to promote safety and enhance the Health & Safety culture.
To audit, maintain and review, manage, and record appropriate control measures taken to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
Provide relevant training, education, communication, and subject matter expertise to the site and relevant stakeholders.
Coordinate incident investigations where required, monitor safety concerns, near misses, accidents, and RIDDOR for the site; ensuring full investigation and recommended actions are taken to prevent future incidents
Carry out site inspections, safety tours, and audits, providing advice and support to line management where corrective actions are required.
Manage the Site HSE Dept. functions, and supporting functions, such as the first aid team, H&S Reps, and H&S Committee. Requirements.Requirements:
NEBOSH General Certificate, having the NEBOSH Diploma/CMIOSH would be extremely advantageous.
>5 years Leadership Experience working in a fast-moving manufacturing environment,preferably food
Experience with assessments, PUWER, auditing, and culture development.
Proven understanding and experience of legal systems, regulatory enforcement processes, andrelevant legislation.
An understanding and experience of safety/environmental management systems OHSAS 18001,ISO 45001, ISO 14001/EMAS.
Experience in writing health, safety, and environmental policies
Supporting SOP creation for all shop floor activities, auditing current vs future state, and implementing metrics to charter this.If you think you are suitable, please apply