Health, Safety and Environment Specialist in Worksop

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our fast-growing manufacturing and fulfilment operation at Butternut Box. As our Health, Safety & Environmental Specialist, you'll support the HSE Manager in maintaining a safe, compliant, and people-focused environment across Rudie's Kitchen and Aces Pantry. You'll play an important hands-on role in day-to-day HSE activity - from completing checks and supporting audits to helping with training, investigations and documentation. This is a great opportunity for someone early in their HSE career who is keen to learn, grow and make a real impact.

Responsibilities

• Full-time on-site Monday to Friday; standard office hours with regular on-site presence to support day-to-day operations and collaboration with teams.
• Assist with the implementation and upkeep of the HSE management system, ensuring documentation is accurate and up to date.
• Promote a strong Health, Safety & Environmental culture across both sites.
• Conduct routine site inspections, daily/weekly checks, and first-level audits; escalate issues to the HSE Manager.
• Assist with the investigation, recording and reporting of incidents, near misses and hazards, and help identify and implement improvements.
• Support risk assessment activities by gathering information, drafting documentation, and ensuring actions are followed up.
• Assist in the preparation of HSE reports, KPIs and data analysis to identify trends and opportunities.
• Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring evidence, documentation and follow-up actions are well organised.
• Support PPE management—checking stock levels, liaising with suppliers, and ensuring departments have what they need.
• Provide general HSE guidance to squad members and help answer day-to-day queries.
• Support First Aid and Fire Warden programme administration (training schedules, bookings, recordkeeping).
• Work with People and Training teams to support delivery of mandatory HSE training.
• Maintain high standards of site security by supporting processes and controls as directed by the HSE Manager.
• Play an active role during site events, drills, safety weeks, induction programmes and engagement activities.

Requirements / About you

• Experience in a Health & Safety role within manufacturing, logistics or FMCG; food experience is a bonus but not essential.
• Desire to progress in the HSE profession and grow capability through hands-on learning.
• Familiar with basic HSE practices (e.g., incident reporting, risk assessments, audits) and eager to deepen technical knowledge.
• Strong communicator—approachable, calm and able to engage with colleagues at all levels.
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail; confident managing records and documentation.
• Proactive problem-solver who is curious, practical and willing to roll up your sleeves.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and adaptable when priorities shift.
• Confident using PC systems to produce reports, update logs and maintain documentation.
• Holds or is working towards NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent (support for development available).
• Love dogs.

About us

Butternut Box delivers freshly prepared dog food cooked like you would at home and portioned for convenience. We aim to change the pet food industry for the better, helping dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives while delivering smiles to humans. We are on a mission to feed more pets in the UK, with a robust and scalable operations team and supply chain playing a vital role. You'll be part of that journey.

What's in it for you?

• 257.5 hours of holiday per year (equivalent to 33 days); plus an extra day for each year of service up to 5 days.
• 39 hours of pre-booked paws days for wellbeing and self-care.
• £500 annual learning and development budget.
• Discounted private medical insurance with AXA Healthcare and Vitality Healthcare.
• Enhanced parental leave and gym membership discount.
• Discounted food from vendors and pay-day pizza; employee discount on Butternut Box for you and your dog.
• Free parking and electric car charging.
• Team socials and events; office dogs on site.
• Holidays and paws days pro-rata for part-time or job-share roles.

Notes

Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are committed to improving our social and environmental performance. We are not looking for external agency support with this role.