Health & Safety Advisor - Normanton

Overview

Join Our Dynamic Operations Team at IPL Normanton! We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for an Advisor - SHE & Compliance to become a vital part of our on‑site Health & Safety Team at our Produce Packaging Facility in Normanton.

Position Details: Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 4:30 pm | Location: IPL Normanton (site based) | Contract Type: Permanent

Responsibilities

• Undertake SHE audits to validate KPIs set with key stakeholders, ensuring both internal and external metrics are maintained and full compliance is adhered to; present findings and recommend improvements.
• Ensure IPL maintains full accreditations to both internal and external health & safety standards, supporting the Senior Operations Manager with strategies to cascade to stakeholders and drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain database entries for all accidents and near misses, implementing and coordinating initiatives that reduce risk through effective communications and best‑practice campaigns.
• Maintain and update site‑specific health & safety policies and procedures, communicating changes to key stakeholders.
• Support the first aid provision for the site, ensuring legal requirements for cover and training are met.
• Ensure all key stakeholders are appropriately trained to complete accident investigations and assist in investigations; lead investigations in high‑potential incidents/accidents.
• Provide consultative information and advice on SHE safety to all key stakeholders.
• Implement and coordinate initiatives that reduce the risk of accidents and incidents through effective communications, campaigns and best practice.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within the food industry and a health and safety/compliance background.
• Good understanding of Microsoft Office.
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbally, with the ability to engage and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
• Able to organise and prioritise own workload.
• NEBOSH qualification (desirable).
• First Aid training (desirable).
• HACCP for food manufacturing training (desirable).

Benefits

• 15% Asda in‑store discount
• Paid annual leave allowance (varies depending on shift pattern)
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Life assurance – all colleagues benefit from life assurance of 4 × their annual base salary
• Help@hand – free, direct access to health and wellbeing support service, including unlimited video consultations with a UK‑based GP 24/7, physiotherapy, and mental health support
• Grocery Aid – partnered with Grocery Aid to provide employees and families with a range of emotional, practical, and financial support services
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Asda mobile discount – 30% off a wide range of Asda Mobile bundles and add‑ons for employees and one family member
• Discounted health assessments – exclusively negotiated rates on self‑pay BUPA health assessments for employees and household members
• Asda pet insurance discount – up to 10% discount
• Mortgage advice bureau (MAB) – fee‑free, no‑obligation mortgage and protection advice
• Exclusive exchange rates via Asda Money – better exchange rates for travel money when buying currency through Asda Travel Money (TravelEx)
• Ride‑to‑work scheme – savings on bikes, clothing, and equipment with Evans
• Care Concierge – Legal & General's Care Concierge resource, plus additional support
• Additional benefits, depending on job band, include private healthcare, car allowances, and long‑term incentive schemes.