Safety, Health & Environmental Business Partner in Crewkerne

At Yeo Valley, we’re passionate about nurturing and nourishing people and the planet by making great food the right way, forever. We are currently looking for a Safety, Health & Environmental Business Partner to join our Crewkerne Site. Partnering the Crewkerne Site Management Team, you will help to shape and implement Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) plans for the site/team that align to the Strategic SHE improvement plan and other local priorities. You will provide expert advice and guidance in relation to all operational SHE activity on site, working with the Site Senior Management Team (SMT) taking a collaborative, proactive and coaching approach to inspire the Site team in its delivery of SHE compliance and improvement.

Below are some of the Key Responsibilities of this role:

• Work in partnership with the site leadership team to ensure compliance with the Safety, Health and Environmental Management Procedures and Company strategy.
• Develop the site strategic improvement pathway to align with the company SHE strategy.
• Through collaboration with the key Stakeholders, proactively manage the development and continuous improvement of working practices, work instructions & job breakdown sheets to gain continuity of SHE management across the organisation.
• Implement, manage & support production of the Site & Central Group Share Point for Safety and Environmental documentation.
• Provide oversight of legislative compliance to the H&S Manager and Site Management Teams through leading & supporting SHE audits and inspections.
• Proactively manage and undertake incident investigations to reach root cause, monitor and report on close out of resulting actions.
• Work in collaboration with the site leadership teams to develop and manage the Site SHE management plans on a risk-based approach engaging with site teams to deliver targeted improvement initiatives.

This is a full-time site-based role, working 40 hours per week (Monday - Friday).

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

Essential:

• TechIOSH accreditation
• Demonstrable Environmental Management experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Relevant work experience
• Proven capability in business partnering, within a complex working environment

Desirable:

• CertIOSH accreditation
• Food industry experience
• Accredited Internal Auditor qualification/experience
• Training qualification
• Environmental Permitting experience
• Behavioural Safety program development & delivery

Why should I join the family?

We’re independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK’s major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK’s packaged yogurt. We’re sure you don’t need convincing, but there’s a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays
• Non-contributory pension scheme
• Life cover
• Healthcare cash back plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• Preferential rates with our partners
• Annual bonus (as part of the Employee Benefit Trust, based on company performance for the year)
• Learning and development opportunities; we’re committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away – and don’t miss the opportunity to join us! Unfortunately, we’re not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time. Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.