Company: FMCG Manufacturing Company
Role: EHS Manager
Location: Newbury, West Berkshire
Salary: £60,000 - £68,000 per annum + package includes 10% bonus, 5% pension, 33 days holiday, EV Scheme, private healthcare
An excellent opportunity has arisen at a leading UK manufacturing organisation, based at one of its key facilities in Newbury, West Berkshire. The company is supportive, structured, family oriented and well invested. They are seeking a passionate and proactive Environmental Health and Safety Manager for a large, complex, fast‑paced site. As part of the site leadership team, you’ll lead large‑scale projects, including at group level, and evolve the site safety culture—empowering the team, building confidence, ownership, and a further embedding proactive behaviours.
Duties
- Be the subject matter EHS expert for the site, providing the site leadership with competent advice and guidance.
- Promote a positive safety culture, ensure compliance with UK EHS legislation, and drive continuous improvement to prevent accidents, injuries, and work‑related illnesses.
- Coach and mentor 1 direct report.
- Ensure environmental compliance, manage EHS budgets, and align site operations with Group EHS standards and strategies.
- Develop and implement an effective EHS Management System to reduce business risk, accidents, incidents, environmental incidents and ill‑health.
- Promote a culture of safety responsibility and create an environment where the workforce is empowered to challenge unsafe behaviours.
- Manage monthly EHS inspections and ensure timely follow‑up on corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement through EHS projects and engage colleagues in change initiatives.
- Manage EHS training programmes, including in‑house sessions, and support managers in identifying training needs.
- Ensure risk assessments are conducted, reviewed and updated regularly; advise on control measures.
- Investigate accidents and near misses, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and reported under RIDDOR where required.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory bodies, insurers and enforcing authorities (HSE, Environment Agency, Thames Water and the Local Authority).
- Issue the agenda and take minutes for the Site EHS Committee and maintain emergency response plans, including regular drills.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant EHS legislation, codes of practice and company policies.
Personality fit
- Self‑motivated and confident person.
- Change agent who can engage and empower others and drive accountability and ownership.
- Able to collaborate, influence, gain buy‑in with strong communication skills.
Essential qualifications and background
- NEBOSH Certificate with experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in directly coaching and mentoring a team and managing a complex and fast‑paced manufacturing site.
- Knowledge and prior experience of CDM projects in a manufacturing environment.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office and EHS management software systems (e.g., Evotix).
- Ability to analyse complex data and provide actionable insights.
