Head of Health, Safety and Risk

2 months ago


Sanquhar, United Kingdom Browns Food Group Full time

We have an outstanding opportunity for an experienced and qualified Health and Safety Professional to join Browns Food Group and lead the continuous development of our health and safety culture. Based in Scotland, this is a senior position and will cover our whole Group so will involve travel to sites in Scotland and occasionally the North of England.

We are one of the UK’s leading food manufacturers, producing and supplying an extensive range from quality cooked meats, poultry, pre-sliced and whole joints of cooked meat to convenience foods and a variety of delicatessen items and need a Head of Health, Safety and Risk to join our team.

This is a great opportunity to work at both a strategic and operational level within a very successful and constantly growing business. You will have the autonomy to develop and drive the health and safety strategy, implement our health and safety management system, as well as leading and developing the health and safety team as they work to partner the sites to deliver compliance with all legal and statutory requirements.

**Key Responsibilities of the Group Head of Health, Safety and Risk**

Responsible for establishing, recording and updating as necessary Browns Food Group’s full legal and statutory Health, Safety, and environment obligations and ensure that these are met as a minimum requirement.

Lead and deliver the creation, development and group wide adoption of BFG’s Health, Safety and Environment strategy, processes and procedures in close collaboration with the sites and other related functions

Create and manage the development, implementation, and delivery of the H&S business plan, objectives and KPIs

Audit sites and Group functions/businesses to ensure compliance with HSG65

Develop and deliver the plan that will help the group reach ISO45001 accreditation

Engage with key business stakeholders on a regular basis to influence their buy -in to investing in and delivering a safe environment for employees

Prepare HSE strategies and associated compliance programmes with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the Group

Implement industry best practice through a robust, stakeholder friendly safety management system and embed at all Group premises

Outline the safe operational procedures that should be used across all Group sites

Provide professional expert HSE advice and guidance to the Group Senior Management Team and relevant stakeholders.

Provide monthly reports to the board on Group HSE performance

Develop and deliver a group wide suite of safety training that is suitable and sufficient to meet all legal obligations

Monitor and audit all group sites for compliance with Group policies and procedures and all statutory and legal requirements.

Liaise with all regulatory and enforcement bodies on behalf of the business to drive for positive outcomes

Working with the leadership teams and insurers, take a pro-active approach to decreasing claims as a result of injury

**Skills & Abilities needed for the Group Head of Health, Safety and Risk**
- Strong and proven organisational and planning skills
- Strategic thinking
- Able to work well under pressure in a fast-moving business environment
- Able to translate remedial action plans into action for all those key stakeholders
- Fully understands the relationship between Health and Safety, hygiene, quality, legality, quantity and costs relating to the business
- Good understanding of audit systems & Health & Safety at work procedures
- Able to build a strong and effective multi-disciplinary team
- Coaching and developing people
- Managing individual and team performance
- The ability to develop and implement Key Performance Indicators

**Character & Personal Qualities needed for the Group Head of Health, Safety and Risk**
- Professional and confident
- Strong and effective communication skills
- Self-motivated with a strong result focus
- Great Team Player
- Resilient when challenged by others and when under pressure
- Enthused by challenge and innovation
- Strong and effective negotiation skills
- Assertive nature
- Objective and impartial thinking
- Good judgment and common sense

**Qualifications & Experience needed for the Group Head of Health, Safety and Risk**
- Minimum At least 2 years experience in a senior health and safety role
- Proven experience of implementing a Health & Safety Management system
- Effective understanding of a FMCG manufacturing site
- Proven experience in interacting and influencing at a senior level
- Chartered member of IOSH
- An ability to undertake hands on tasks as well as implementing policies and standards
- Willingness to travel to various sites as required

**Location**: Dumfries and Galloway/Ayrshire base

**Package** : Competitive salary and benefits package available dependant on experience

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sanquhar: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work



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