Health & Safety Manager
- Employer
- Wasabi UK
- Location
- Park Royal, NW10 7FW
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 3 Feb 2025
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- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Function
- Health & Safety
- Business Sector
- Food Manufacturing
Job Details
Founded in 2003 by Dong Hyun Kim, his mission was simple, to make fresh and flavorsome sushi and bento available to everyone. Almost 20 years later Wasabi have 40 successful branches across London, other UK major cities and New York. The journey continued in 2019 with the launch of Wasabi Home Bento exclusively into Sainsburys. After several years of great success there, the grocery business expanded launching into Tesco in September 2022. Wasabi has now firmly established itself as the No2 chilled ready meal brand and a driver of significant market growth. And we’re just getting started. The leadership team have set out their 5 year strategy which encompasses company growth, franchise and international expansion.
Our menu is renowned for its distinctiveness, freshness and flavour. The cold food range of sushi, pokes and salads are made fresh daily in our branch kitchens and our hot bento, noodle bowls and soups offer an indulgent and comforting alternative to our broad and democratic demographic.
As we prepare for our next phase of growth and innovation, we have an incredibly exciting opportunity for a Health & Safety Manager to join our Central Production Unit Team based in Park Royal.
The Role:
As a Health & Safety Manager, you will play a critical role in safeguarding the well-being of employees and visitors. You will be responsible for developing and implementing a Health & Safety culture, overseeing health and safety compliance, managing risk, and supporting the sites drive for environmental sustainability across the Wasabi central manufacturing site.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in defining a H&S vision for the CPU aligned with the overall business Vision, Purpose & Strategy.
- Support the development and implementation of a 5-year rolling H&S Strategy to drive transformational changes in business operations
- Develop H&S policies & procedures. Train, coach and mentor Management and team members on these standards and develop confirmation mechanisms to ensure that standards are imbedded and being delivered.
- Audit compliance to policies & procedures on a routine basis.
- Ensure H&S systems are maintained and kept up to date and corrective actions are logged on the systems and verify completion of the corrective actions taken.
- Continuously improve H&S KPIs across the Balanced Scorecard
- Identify, embrace, track, report and drive delivery of improvement opportunities.
- Ensure that root cause and problem-solving thinking is applied to all improvement activities, providing support and advice where required.
- Seek innovative ways to step change performance in H&S KPIs
- Risk assess all site operations and build mitigation plans across all functions to control risks. Notify the Senior Management Team of any business-critical risks and incidents.
- Support with the investigation of accidents / incidents, including reporting any RIDDOR reportable incidents to the H&S within the prescribed time frame.
- Liaise with local Authority Representatives to ensure that the site meets all H&S legal & other requirements.
- Support the site teams & key stakeholders through coaching, mentoring, visits, meetings, and training sessions as and when required.
- Role model H&S behaviours as a means to build a culture of care for each other, our business and our environment.
- Support H&S in other areas of the Wasabi business as requiredSupport with the site ESG agenda ensuring commitments are delivered across all site functions.
Our Requirements:
- Strong analytical & problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal.
- Proven track record of HSE delivery within a fast-paced manufacturing environment
- A track record of creating a culture of care within a manufacturing facility.
- Dynamic, focussed and relentless attitude to improving ways of working.
- Leader & team player who has the ability to work in partnership & challenge peers & superiors.
- A people person with the ability to engage at all levels and a desire to help people become the best they can be.
In Return we provide:
- A great working environment
- Pension scheme
- Target Bonus
- Refer A Friend Scheme
- Free Sushi or hot food (vegan options available)
- 50% discount in our Branches
- Employee Assistant Programme
- Long Service Awards
- Wagestream - a financial wellbeing benefit that lets you access your pay as you earn it in real time and manage savings
- Life Assurance
- Cycle To Work
- Free on-site parking
- A variety of discounts (shopping, food & drink, entertainment and health & fitness) through Perkbox and
- The opportunity to develop your skills within a growing company.
Our people make us who we are. If you're looking for an exciting challenge and this sounds like the job for you please apply today as we can't wait to hear from you.
COME ROLL WITH US!
Company
From market stall to sushi hall
After years working as a chef in Asia, our founder, Mr Kim sensed an opportunity to offer high quality sushi and flavourful hot bento meals to the UK. He started from a stall in Camden Market over 20 years ago, everything made with tasty, authentic ingredients. Today that passion for delicious Asian food remains, whether it’s served in our restaurants, or through our range of meals to enjoy at home or at work.
The mission was as simple then as it is today; to bring full on Asian flavour to everyone. Over ten years later, all that’s changed is a bigger, better range and a whole load more fans.
Come Roll With Us!
At Wasabi, we lovingly create and serve delicious Asian food to a busy nation, and everyone who works here is dedicated to this single purpose. Quality and authenticity are the basis for our sushi, our flavourful bento dishes and our ready meals.
Whether you are joining the team in our Restaurants, our dedicated Production facility or in one of the support teams, working here means becoming part of the Wasabi family. Our Wasabi Behaviours guide us in the way we interact with our customers, our suppliers and each other.
- We are Passionate
- We are Adaptable
- We are Responsible
- We are a Team
If these strike a chord with you, check out our current vacancies and become a part of the Wasabi family!
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