Health & Safety Manager FOOD in Washington

Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with a market-leading manufacturing organisation in the search for a dynamic and experienced HSE Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to lead health, safety, and environmental initiatives in a fast-paced, innovative manufacturing environment, making a real impact on operational excellence and workforce wellbeing.

To ensure compliance with UK HSE legislation and relevant industry standards, ensuring safe operations at Washington Manufacturing site. The role holder will work closely with colleagues within HR team, continuous improvement team, heads of departments and CEO, in consultation and collaboration with maintenance, engineering, design, warehousing and production teams to proactively identify, eliminate and manage risks, enhance safe working practices and maintain a safe compliant and highly efficient quality operation.

• Health and Safety Leadership: Develop, implement and continuously improve health and safety policies and procedures tailored to the manufacturing environment, wider office locations and home office environments. Lead and champion a proactive high performing safety culture. Provide expert advice to senior leadership and operational management on safety risk management and regulatory requirements.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation including but not limited to Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH, PUWER, RIDDOR and relevant HSE guidance. Support alignment with external standards such as ISO 13485/MDR in co-ordination with Quality teams. Lead interactions with external regulatory bodies, auditors and certification partners on Health, Safety and Environmental matters.
• Risk Assessment & Controls: Conduct and maintain risk assessments, COSHH Assessments, DSE Assessments, and machine safety reviews across all manufacturing site environments and office locations. Oversee safe systems of work including lock out/tagout, manual handling, working at height and equipment validation and training compliance. Carry out regular health and safety inspections/audits of production areas, office areas, storage, warehouse, rest areas and vehicle movements both onsite and access/egress to the sites. Ensure compliance with machine guarding and PUWER requirements. Work with Engineering and Quality on equipment qualification, process change and layout improvements to ensure continued safety. Provide Environmental monitoring and waste management aligned with both regulatory requirement and business environmental improvement initiatives.
• Incident & Near Miss Management: Lead timely investigations into all incidents using root cause analysis tools. Analyse trends to identify high risk areas and implement targeted improvement actions.
• Training & Engagement: Deliver and co-ordinate health and safety training covering PPE, Induction, Chemical handling, production activities, first aid, emergency response, mental health first aid, fire marshals and equipment safety. Support operational managers and SLT in coaching staff, reinforcing daily safe operating practices. Lead the Health and Safety Committee to drive employee engagement and participation in continuous improvement practices.
• Emergency Preparation: Fire safety management, maintain and regularly test emergency response procedures including fire, chemical spillage and first aid.
• Documentation & Auditing: Maintain accurate safety documentation including training records, COSHH, audit, permits and HSE incidents. Prepare safety performance reports and presentations as required for Senior Leadership Team and Line manager as directed. Provide Environmental Data reporting to ROKO.

Ideally hold a degree in Occupational health & safety, Environmental health, engineering or related field. Risk Assessment methodologies. Strong working knowledge of UK HSE legislation. Strong Microsoft skills relating to Excel, Word and other Microsoft packages.

Day shift role: Monday to Friday 9AM - 5PM. Flexible Working is offered for this position. Employee is able to build a Flexible allowance 2 days credit/1 day deficit. Pension contribution 5%. Pension Salary Sacrifice Scheme. Health Shield, Cash Health Scheme.