Head of Health and Safety - Commercial, WFRE and R&D in Slough

City: Slough

Scope of Responsibility

• Global Sites: All commercial offices, leased office facilities worldwide and R&D locations

Key Interfaces: Global H&S Director, Global Facilities Director, R&D leadership team, Regional Head of H&S, Commercial Leaders and the relevant SVPs.

Global Risk Oversight

• Maintain the global risk register for commercial and R&D locations.
• Identify and escalate “Sites of Focus” (SOF) globally based on H&S performance and risk exposure.
• Conduct “deep dives” (e.g. fire safety, ergonomics, asset management, workplace wellbeing, contractor safety, emergency response, and crisis management situations i.e following an incident).
• Develop the risk profile for the role and implement programs accordingly.

Commercial & Facilities Governance

• Partner with Global Workplace Facilities and Real Estate Management to ensure all Reckitt office facilities are compliant with local H&S and fire safety regulations.
• Oversee H&S assurance for all commercial and field-based environments, including regional head offices, field-based teams, and leased spaces.
• Develop and maintain global H&S requirements for facilities management, including contractor control, building safety, accessibility, and security interfaces.
• Ensure workplace wellbeing, ergonomics, and occupational health risks are effectively managed in all office and remote work settings.

R&D

• Review and improve safety standards and governance across the R&D development and Quality laboratories.
• Develop and deploy the global safety strategy across R&D working with the R&D leadership team and the regional EHS leads.
• Develop training for all levels to truly engage the teams to deliver safety every day.
• Deploy safety programs through the regional safety teams.

Business Partnering

• Serve as the primary H&S business partner to the Commercial, Facilities & R&D Leadership.
• Provide regional leadership teams with updates on global standards, audit outcomes, and improvement actions.
• Embed H&S considerations into facilities and real estate decision-making (office moves, refurbishments, and capital projects).

Audit & Assurance

• Lead the audit program for the defined areas of responsibility, including planning and execution for all commercial and R&D sites within scope.
• Deliver consistent governance through remote and virtual assurance methods where applicable.
• Update scorecards and dashboards for leadership visibility and continuous improvement.

Incident Investigation & Learning

• Support serious incident investigations across all commercial and R&D sites and off-site/field-based colleagues within the Commercial structure.
• Promote a learning culture by driving consistent root cause analysis, learning reviews, and corrective action follow-up.
• Communicate key learnings globally through commercial, R&D and facilities networks.

Global Standards & Systems

• Contribute to the continual development of Reckitt’s Global H&S Standards and ensure adoption across commercial, R&D and field-based environments.
• Own data integrity for the global EHS reporting system related to facilities and commercial operations.
• Partner with Workplace Facilities and Real Estate teams to embed safety requirements into global FM contracts and governance frameworks.

Coaching & Capability Building

• Mentor Commercial Leaders, FM leaders and those within the structure to build consistent competence in managing H&S in corporate environments.
• Support the development of Reckitt’s H&S competency framework and ensure inclusion of commercial and facilities roles.

External Engagement

• Represent Reckitt H&S externally with regulatory bodies, insurers, and industry groups (e.g., FM Global, IOSH, IFMA).
• Share global best practice and promote Reckitt’s leadership in safety within commercial and facilities networks.

The experience we're looking for

• Minimum Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (e.g., NEBOSH or equivalent).
• Ability to travel (up to 50% of time).
• Proven experience leading H&S across complex environments in a global or international capacity.
• Proven experience managing EHS projects within FMCG, Engineering or industrial environments and knowledge of key risks including machinery guarding, workplace transport, working at height, confined spaces alongside office and facilities based risks.
• Excellent communication, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong understanding of global H&S legislation, building safety, and facilities management standards (e.g., ISO 45001, ISO 41001, NFPA, EN, OSHA and Workers compensation).
• Experience in auditing, governance, and stakeholder engagement at senior levels.
• Strong data analysis, reporting, and communication skills.
• Chartered H&S professional (or working towards).
• Multilingual or cross-cultural communication skills advantageous.

The skills for success

• Supply Chain Management
• Relationship Management
• Business Acumen
• Advanced Analytics
• Data Analytics
• Improve business processes
• Distribution Logistics
• Logistics Management
• Management
• Third-party Logistics Providers
• Supply Chain Planning
• Supply Management
• Procurement

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.