SHE Advisor

Business Area: Nestle Beverage

Location: Dalston, Cumbria

Some of our other fantastic benefits:

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme– up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• A focus on personal development and growth.

We are recruiting for a SHE Advisor to join the team to provide specialist Health & Safety support to the factory. This is a permanent opportunity which will report to the SHE Manager on site. The Nestlé Dalston Factory, which is the home of Nescafe and produces a range of Cappuccino, Aero and Coffee mate products, is continually developing our recipes and expanding our leading brands. We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

Your impact: The SHE Advisor will be responsible for supporting the SHE Manager in all aspects of health, safety and environment across the site as well as covering for the Safety Manager when required. Other key responsibilities will include:

• Support incident investigations & reporting as required helping to provide root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Compliance - Support the maintenance of the factory SHE Management systems including maintaining ISO14001, ISO50001 and OHSAS45000 certification.
• Support and challenge colleagues to maintain all company standards providing coaching on all aspects of SHE and providing guidance during operational review meetings in each operational area.
• Implement & develop site initiatives leading to continuous improvement in SHE performance in line with the Nestlé Continuous Excellence mind-set of zero accidents, zero harm and zero incidents.
• Support the site to ensure environmental compliance and management of environmental permits and consents.

Your ingredients for success: The person that is successful in this role will demonstrate a passion and drive for improvement in SHE in all aspects of our operations. Ideally, you will bring previous experience from a Health & Safety role within an FMCG environment or similar.

Required qualifications for the role:

• Essential – Degree in science related discipline.
• Desirable – Recognised Health & Safety qualification i.e. NEBOSH Certificate, Qualification in Environment Management i.e. ISEP Certificate / Diploma, PISEP Status, NEBOSH Env. Certificate / Diploma, Env. Dip NEBOSH status.

A continuous improvement mindset and approach will also be useful in this role.

What you need to know: We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application. At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process. In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.