EHS Manager

Overview

PepsiCo UK is home to some of the world's most loved food and drink products. Making every day favourites like Walkers, Quaker, Doritos, Pipers and Monster Munch, to name a few We have a fantastic reputation for developing and launching products that our consumers love. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers around the world more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories. The company generated $70 billion in net revenue in 2020.We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and have recently been voted a Top Employer for the 11th year in a row.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability at the centre of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with the Equality Act 2010, we value diversity at our company; it is an essential part of our success. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, pregnancy or maternity, marital/civil partnerships, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, disability or race including; colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin.

Responsibilities

• Set the agenda - an initiative-taker who can identify and articulate value-added opportunities to both peers and senior management.
• Leadership - Confident when providing direction to senior management and Peers. Ability to manage conflict and sensitivity between commercial and safety requirements to achieve a safe outcome.
• Coaching - An articulate communicator who can listen to and understand people's needs and hence tailor the coaching style to reflect these differences.
• Influencing - Collaborates well with others to deliver results. Effective communicator to build credibility, develop relationships at all levels and positively influence behaviours.
• Business knowledge - preferably NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualified with practical environmental and/or safety management experience within FMCG operations, ideally within Logistics or manufacturing, and an ability to reach effective resolutions to complex issues.
• Take others with you - Recognised and trusted as the EHS conscience of the site. Adapts influencing styles for best outcomes.
• Formulate with the EHS Hub Manager and execute the annual safety strategy and targets for site. Ensures H&S plans are devolved into SMART objectives at all levels on site /function to develop sustainable health & safety culture.
• Make decisions as part of Pipers leadership team to influence overall EHS strategy, change projects and site Must Win Battles.
• Partner with EHS leads from across the Supply Chain to implement Global, Sector and UK based EHS policy and local legislation.
• Collate and manage the EHS actions tracker (MyEHS), keeping the SLT updated of any actions that are overdue.
• Collate and report EHS metrics (monthly), to the SLT and UK/Sector team.
• Partner with Site Leader to maintain EHS Culture and behavioural safety on site.
• Own the compliance process against the GEHSMS ensuring site ownership of all standards inclusive of the auditing process. Provide coaching for internal GEHSMS auditors and own completion of corrective actions.
• Standard Owner for Incident Investigation. Coach and mentor Front Line Leaders in investigation processes to drive continuous improvement and prevent reoccurrence.
• Standard Owner for generic and technical Risk Assessments. Maintain and review existing assessments and conduct assessments as required including recent technology or procedures.
• Provide daily support and coaching to Shift Leaders and Technical/Non-technical Support functions in the resolution of Health & Safety issues, plus compliance to GEHSMS and current legislation both generic and fleet management.
• Critical role in change management projects to ensure safe execution of all changes and risk reduction are included in all project development plans.
• Responsible for site's EHS competence development. Develop and deliver training to the front-line teams including safe working practices, technical risk assessment and environmental procedures. Build and maintain internal communication and training program in accordance with GEHSMS requirements.
• Actively build relationships with HSE/Environment Agency to support compliance to legislation, plus Personal Liability Insurers to process personal injury compensation claims.
• Assume leadership of national Top 10 standard as required, including coaching other site standard owners to achieve national improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience of a regulatory driven environment (Environment, Health, and Safety).
• Requirement for NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent. Preference for Approved General Risk Assessor, PUWER/COSHH, DSE, Manual Handling assessment trained.
• NEBOSH Environmental Diploma and/or Environmental NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent.
• Fundamental knowledge of Environmental, Health and Safety legislation.
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to manage in all directions, including influencing people higher in the organisation and in other sites and functions.
• Ability to deal with external agencies e.g., HSE, EA, and claims solicitors.
• Comfortable dealing with difficult discussions and situations. Collaborator who can adapt to different audiences with a strong coaching style. Ability to accept challenges and form logical responses based on expert knowledge of subject matter. Understand when to escalate and when to act personally.
• Excellent communication skills - able to communicate clearly and confidently at all levels - 1:1, in writing and presenting in group situations.
• Experience - In a similar role with transferable competence set as above.