The Role
This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive safety professional who enjoys a hands-on operational role. Managing daily risks within a fast-paced environment, the successful candidate will lead compliance strategies, champion a positive safety culture, and ensure total alignment with current health, safety, and environmental legislation.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the following:
Promote a proactive health and safety culture across the site, ensuring all levels of staff are engaged, trained, and accountable for safety practices.
Conduct regular site inspections, risk assessments, and comprehensive audits across production and warehousing environments. Identify areas for improvement and implement practical corrective actions.
Ensure full compliance with all relevant statutory regulations, health and safety legislation, and food industry standards. Keep the management team updated on regulatory changes affecting the sector.
Lead investigations into any workplace incidents, near-misses, or hazards. Analyse root causes, compile detailed reports, and introduce preventative measures to minimise future risk.
Maintain, review, and update health and safety policies, safe systems of work (SSOW), and emergency response plans to ensure they remain robust and effective.
Design and deliver health and safety training modules, toolbox talks, and general inductions for new employees, contractors, and visitors.
Collate safety metrics and present clear, data-driven performance reports to senior management to help shape future safety strategies.
Other duties as required to support this position.
The Person
To be considered for this position, applicants must clearly demonstrate the following skills and experiences:
A minimum of 3 to 5 years of dedicated Health & Safety management experience, ideally gained within a food production, food manufacturing, or (FMCG) warehousing environment.
Holder of a NEBOSH National General Certificate (or equivalent) as a minimum; a NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent professional membership (e.g., TechIOSH/CMIOSH) is highly desirable.
Solid understanding of the specific workplace hazards associated with food manufacturing and large-scale warehousing operations (e.g., machinery safety, workplace transport, temperature-controlled environments, and manual handling).
Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build relationships, influence behaviours, and communicate safety expectations clearly to both floor staff and senior leadership.
A practical, collaborative approach to solving compliance challenges without disrupting core operational efficiency.
Why this role?
- Exceptional progression to multi-site role
- Ongoing L&D training
- Company pension
- Employee perks subscription
- Free onsite parking
- Plus many more
Health & Safety Manager Moy, Dungannon, United Kingdom
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Health & Safety Manager in Dungannon employer: Inclusion IQ LTD
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