Health, Safety, Fire & Environment Advisor in Halifax

The health and safety of our colleagues is at the heart of how we operate at apetito every day. The HSE Advisor supports our Wiltshire Farm Food depots across the North region and Scotland, so you will be confident working autonomously out in the field and building relationships with teams remotely.

As part of the company’s HSE team you will play a critical role in ensuring that our people can work in the safest and most effective way possible and ensure that our business complies with UK legislation. You will be a proactive and detail-oriented HSE Advisor with significant experience promoting and maintaining health, safety, and environmental standards in the food storage and delivery sector. Adept at risk assessment, incident investigation, and ensuring compliance with UK HSE legislation. Strong communication and a passion for cultivating a culture of safety and continuous improvement will be key to your success.

You will work closely with and support the Senior HSE Manager - Logistics in developing and delivering high standards of HS&E across the UK depots. This will be achieved through providing support and advice on the implementation of HSF&E management systems as well as undertaking audit, review work and providing technical advice to managers and employees. You should expect to be on the road 3 – 4 days per week (for which a company car is provided) with some overnight stays required.

Responsibilities:

• Provide practical support and advice to the Wiltshire Farm Foods management teams, both locally and centrally, to achieve consistently high standards of legal compliance and risk management across all depots.
• Conduct regular site reviews to assess compliance with relevant UK HSE legislation and apetito operating procedures.
• Lead investigations into incidents and near-misses, producing detailed reports and supporting the implementation of corrective actions.
• Lead and support multi-functional teams to complete risk assessments to identify and mitigate hazards using the hierarchy of control.
• Create toolbox talks and safety briefings for site personnel.
• Maintain and update HSE documentation, including risk assessments and safety plans.

Qualifications/Personal Qualities:

• Essential: Passionate about health and safety and driven to do the right thing, even when it’s not the easiest!
• NEBOSH General Certificate.
• Proven experience in a similar HSE role.
• Strong knowledge of UK HSE legislation and best practices.
• Experience in managing ISO 45001, 14001 and 50001 certifications.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and make decisions at pace.
• Driven and determined to make things happen and watching the detail.
• Commercial awareness.
• Engage and coach colleagues from across the business.
• Motivate colleagues to live best practice.
• Full UK Driving licence.

• Desirable: Specialist qualifications in fire, environment & safety.
• Experience in managing coldstore environments.
• Logistics health & safety.
• Food storage and distribution.

This role includes extensive travel across the region, for which a company car is provided. You should expect to be on the road 3 – 4 days per week with some overnight stays required. You must have held a UK manual driving licence for at least 2 years.

Company Benefits:

• Competitive salary – accredited Living Wage employer.
• Company car.
• 25 days holiday per year, plus bank holidays.
• Option to purchase up to 5 additional days holiday per year.
• Discretionary annual bonus scheme.
• Pension scheme - employer matched contributions up to 4%.
• Life assurance scheme worth at least 1x annual salary.
• Free turkey or voucher at Christmas.
• apetito perks at work scheme including salary sacrifice options and retail discounts.

Our Values:

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of. We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers. We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people. We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040. Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer. We embrace inclusion, empowering individuals from diverse backgrounds. Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we’re on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.