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Regional HSE and Food Safety Officer

Employer
Food & Drink Recruit
Location
Bristol
Salary
circa £28,500k-£31,500k + Benefits
Closing date
18 Feb 2019

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Regional HS&E and Food Safety Officer (South) - Based Bristol

The Company:

This leading Company has an exciting opportunity available for the right candidate to join our Health, Safety and Environment Team. The successful candidate will be based in Bristol and will cover their Southern UK sites, reporting to the UK Group Health, Safety and Environment Manager.

Local at heart, global by nature, the Company is proud to be the UK's premier fresh produce provider. Trading out of 21 locations across the United Kingdom in addition to over 260 facilities across Europe, India and North America, they deliver the best of both worlds; the finest local British produce and the cream of the global crop. Growing, sourcing, importing, packaging, marketing and distributing over 300 lines of fresh produce, the Company's range extends from the more familiar to the truly exotic. With specialist units dedicated to each of the retail, wholesale and foodservice sectors, the Company is a complete fresh produce solution provider - offering a comprehensive menu of services to our customers ranging from simple service provision to complete category management.

Responsibilities Include:

  • The provision of specialist advice and assistance in the areas of Health and Safety, Food Safety and the Environment to Total Produce Wholesale and Foodservice Branches in the South Region.
  • Support Branches to enable them to fully implement their applicable risk assessments and safe systems of work.
  • Advise and assist in co-ordination of fire safety arrangements.
  • Provide support to sites regarding management of contractors including assessment of non-routine contracts, assessment of RAMS, relevant competence, insurances etc.
  • Monitor site H&S / Food Safety Training to ensure that it is competently delivered, appropriately recorded and refreshed as required.
  • Monitor monthly walk-through inspections and follow-up corrective actions.
  • Complete incident investigations where necessary and recommend required actions.
  • Monitor unsafe act / unsafe condition reporting data and provide feedback and guidance to sites.
  • Regularly attend and contribute to Site H&S Committee meetings in ex-officio capacity.
  • In co-ordination with the Group Technical Systems Manager assist branches certificated to the BRC Storage and Distribution Standard to maintain their Quality Systems and support them during annual audits.
  • Complete regular internal audits for BRC Storage and Distribution certificated branches.
  • Membership of the site HACCP teams. Regularly attend HACCP meetings and reviews ensuring implementation of HACCP.
  • Liaise with external authorities as required and support locally when necessary.
  • Advise sites on Health, Safety, Environment, Food Safety and Security issues as required.
  • Conduct Annual Audits of Health, Safety, Environment, Food Safety and Security.
  • Leadership, support and mentoring to Health and Safety Administrator (South).

The ideal candidate will be looking for the next step in their career with a will to work in challenging environments to sustain their drive for continual improvement in areas of health and safety management and safety culture maturity. NEBOSH certificate or equivalent is essential and for the right candidate further professional development via NCRQ is available to enable onward progression to Chartered IOSH. The ability to exercise a flexible approach to the achievement of objectives is of paramount importance. Experience in a similar role with multisite responsibility is desirable.

Above all the right person will be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work on all levels of discourse with colleagues across the Group, external regulatory bodies and their customers.

Salary: circa £28,500 - £31,500 + Benefits

To Apply: Please press the 'Apply' button

Due to the amount of applications received, only those who our client wishes to progress will be contacted. If you have not received correspondence within 21 days then please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Thank you for reading this advertisement.

This may be of interest to the following: Health & Safety Manager, H&S Manager, HSE Manager, Quality, Hygiene, Environmental Manager, Training, Health and Safety Officer, Trainer, Food Manufacturing FMCG Bristol, Gloucester, Newport, Avon, Bath, Somerset, FMCG Manufacturer

 

Company

Food and Drink Recruit are a leading specialist recruitment agency. We can fill any specialised roles for Food and Drink Manufacturing Companies across the UK.

Our recruitment covers all disciplines such as NPD, Technical, Quality, Engineering, HR, Production, IT, Purchasing, Sales and Marketing, Supply Chain, Warehouse, Planning etc.

Check our website for more details: www.foodanddrinkrecruit.co.uk

Company info
Website
Telephone
0113 2250 907
Location
Spen Court
Leeds
LS16
GB

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