Company: FMCG Manufacturing Company
Role: EHS Manager 
Location: West Berkshire
Salary: £60,000 £65,000 per annum + package which includes private healthcare and 10% bonus.
 
An excellent opportunity has arisen at a leading UK manufacturing organisation, based at one of its key facilities in West Berkshire. They are seeking an 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, guidance.
- To promote a positive safety culture, ensures compliance with UK EHS legislation, and drives continuous improvement to prevent accidents, injuries, and work-related illnesses.
- Coach and mentor 1x direct report
- Ensuring environmental compliance, manages EHS budgets, and aligns 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 are empowered to challenge unsafe behaviors.
- 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 programs, 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 (e.g., HSE, Environment Agency, Thames Water and the Local Authority).
- Issue the agenda and take minutes regarding 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/ 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.

 
Interested£ Please contact Sophia at HSE Recruitment Network for more information or click to apply for immediate consideration.
Sophia.darwin@hserecruitment.co.uk