Position Title: Health, Safety & Environment Manager
If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Whittlesey
Grade: Grade 06
Requisition ID: 37547
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role.
At Whittlesey, we're looking for someone who goes beyond compliance - someone who can shape culture, influence leaders, and inspire teams they don't directly manage.
Of course, safety is non-negotiable.
We are always Safety First. For Us, For Family.
So much so, we've built our own internal safety brand - because making sure every colleague goes home safely to their family and friends isn't just a priority, it's part of who we are.
But this role? It's bigger than that.
This is about setting the bar - not just for Whittlesey, but for the wider business. It's about embedding a safety mindset so deeply that it becomes instinctive. Lived. Breathed. Owned by everyone.
What you'll be doing.
You'll sit at the heart of the site leadership team, influencing thinking, challenging norms, and driving a culture where safety isn't driven by process... but by people.
You'll need to:
• Influence and coach leaders to take true ownership of safety
• Build belief and accountability across teams you don't directly lead
• Turn strategy into everyday behaviours on the ground
• Create momentum - where safety is continuously improving, not standing still
Because here, HSE isn't a function. It's a culture.
And for the right person, this is more than a role - it's a genuine opportunity to grow your career, with a pathway towards future Director-level positions.
What you'll be accountable for:
• Driving safe working practices and ensuring full legal compliance
• Shaping HSE strategy and influencing policy development
• Leading risk assessments and safe systems of work
• Embedding HSE standards through daily site presence and coaching
• Delivering impactful training and inductions
• Investigating incidents to identify root causes and prevent recurrence
• Leading audits, inspections, and compliance reporting
• Owning ISO 45001 & 14001 systems and audit plans
• Partnering with SLT, HR and Occupational Health on key issues
• Driving continuous improvement through data, insights and scorecards
• Leading emergency preparedness and environmental compliance
What you'll bring.
• NEBOSH General Certificate & National Diploma (essential)
• Environmental qualification (essential)
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills
• Experience within a senior HSE role in manufacturing (7-10 years)
• Knowledge of ISO 45001 (essential) and ISO 14001 (desirable)
• Experience in food manufacturing, HACCP or DuPont methodologies (desirable)
The Benefits.
Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you'll be pleased to know we don't pay you in 'chips'. For working hard, you'll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:
* An achievable yearly bonus based on personal performance.
* An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
* Flexible holidays - where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
* Optional health cash plan
* Cycle to work scheme
* 'Chips In' Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe
About Whittlesey.
You'll be based at our Whittlesey plant in Peterborough. If you've spotted our three wind turbines, then you'll know where we are! With about 350 employees on site, we're one of our largest plants across the GB business.
Our Whittlesey plant is where we make our famous French Fries as well as our chilled products, such as our Shake Shake Fries.
Our Recruitment Process.
We like to keep things simple and transparent:
* Stage 1: Initial screening with a Talent Acquisition Partner
* Stage 2: Virtual interview with the Hiring Manager and a senior leader
* Final stage: In-person interview at our Whittlesey Plant with the Plant Director and additional hiring team, including a pre-prepared task and plant tour.
This is a guide - there may be slight tweaks along the way, but we'll keep you informed throughout.
About McCain.
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles.
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. We're big believers in the power of working together in person-it helps us stay connected, collaborate more effectively, and grow as a team. At the same time, we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model, with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location, so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
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Job Family: Manufacturing; Quality & Food Safety
Division: GB Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Department: Safety Whittlesey
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey
Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd