Job Title: Health, Safety and Environmental Manager
Location: Blyth, Worksop
Salary: GBP50k : GBP65k per annum DOE
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
About us
At Butternut, the mission is to deliver health and happiness to dogs and their humans all over the world. In order to do just that, we need a team of forward:thinking, driven people who love dogs as much as we do. And we need quite a big kitchen too. Which is precisely why we have built one.
Butternut has come a long way since Kev and Dave (co:founders) hand:delivered the first Butternut Box, and we are now looking for brilliant people to join the team for this next part of the story.
Are you up for the challenge?
About the role
* This is a rare opportunity to join an exciting start:up manufacturing business, Butternut Box.
* To drive best practice across the business and develop a strong Safety/Environmental culture.
* Develop a HSE management system and implement the relevant initiatives at Rudies Kitchen in order to comply with local and national legislation and Environmental standards.
* Develop and recommend policies, standards, procedures and systems to ensure procedures are in compliance to H and S and Environmental legislation and site standards.
* Ensure personal and environmental accidents and incidents are investigated, recorded and reported properly, identifying and recommending improved practices to reduce accidents.
* Ensure a robust near miss process is in place, communicated, understood and is an effective tool for accident reduction.
* Be the main point of contact for the Health and Safety Executive and the Environmental Agency.
* Provide assistance and advice and carry out risk assessments in relation to safe systems of work, policies, ways of working, environmental issues, maternity etc, and ensure a robust review process is in place.
* Tracking and providing statistical KPIs and reports to relevant parties to drive improvements
* To keep the business informed of any new legislation, identify gaps and implement actions to ensure compliance.
* Develop and manage a robust auditing process. Ensuring audits and auditors are effective. Audits are regular and add value, including acting as the HSE business lead for External Audits.
* Management of First Aiders, ensuring there is sufficient cover across the business and First Aiders are sufficiently trained and clear on their responsibilities.
* Develop an effective team of H and S representatives. Ensure well:trained reps with a clear remit. Schedule regular and effective H and S meetings with well:communicated outputs and clear action plans
* Work with the People team to advise on Health Surveillance requirements and ensure the site is compliant.
* Advise departments on appropriate PPE specific to Health and Safety requirements.
* Manage the outsourced security contract and personnel on site.
About you
* Strong experience of working in a H and S role within the fast:moving consumer goods market (FMCG), preferably gained in the food industry within a team:oriented culture
* Experience of successful cross:functional working
* Expert knowledge of Health and Safety best practice and current legislative requirements
* Minimum of 3 years experience in a high:speed volume manufacturing environment
* Supervisory experience with broad working knowledge of relevant safety legislation
* Pragmatic, adaptable, resilient and humble
* Well:practised planning, organisation and scheduling skills
* Someone who loves the pace and excitement of FMCG manufacturing
* Awareness of continuous improvement concepts and practices.
* Hungry for a challenge and keen to build something from the ground up
* Demonstrable compliance to legislation and use of problem solving skills / personal judgement as well as policy adherence in order to make optimum business decisions.
* Diploma level NEBOSH, H and S and Environmental qualification or equivalent.
Benefits
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