D R Newitt Recruitment
Environment, Health and Safety Manager
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Role: Environmental Health and Safety Manager / SHE Manager
A leading FMCG manufacturer is currently recruiting for an Environmental Health and Safety Manager / SHE Manager in Blackpool.
Responsibilities
The EHS Manager / Environmental Health and Safety Manager / SHE Manager will be responsible for:
- Leading, managing, and continuously improving all aspects of health and safety performance across the Blackpool manufacturing site.
- Acting as the site's HSE expert, championing a proactive "Safety First" culture.
- Ensuring compliance with Irish health and safety legislation, company standards, and ISO management systems.
- Working closely with Operations, Production, Planning, Sales, Finance, and leadership teams to drive initiatives that protect people, minimise environmental impact, and support operational excellence through continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of a proactive "Safety First" culture throughout the site.
- Promote employee engagement and accountability for health and safety through coaching, communication, and leadership.
- Provide expert advice and support to managers and employees on all health, safety, and environmental matters.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable Irish health and safety legislation, company policies, and industry best practice.
- Support the achievement of Company and Group Health & Safety objectives and key performance indicators.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning and professional development.
- Ensure employees receive appropriate instruction, information, and competency-based training.
- Support waste reduction, energy efficiency, resource conservation, and environmental improvement programmes.
- Manage HSE-related budgets and expenditure where required.
- Develop, review, and maintain health, safety, and environmental policies, procedures, and management systems.
- Conduct and oversee risk assessments, safe systems of work, and workplace inspections.
- Ensure effective control measures are implemented and maintained across all operational activities.
- Monitor compliance relating to machine safety, contractor management, hazardous substances, manual handling, PPE, and workplace welfare.
- Maintain legal registers and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and licence obligations.
- Lead investigations into accidents, incidents, near misses, and environmental events.
- Identify root causes and implement appropriate corrective and preventative actions.
- Monitor trends and communicate learnings across the organisation.
- Manage internal and external HSE audits and support certification to recognised management systems, including ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 where applicable.
- Analyse HSE performance data and provide regular reports to the Site Leadership Team and Group functions.
- Develop and implement improvement plans to enhance overall HSE performance.
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You will ideally be degree / equivalent qualified with a formal HSE qualification and 3 years' experience in a Health, Safety and Environmental role within a manufacturing, industrial, engineering, logistics, packaging, or FMCG environment.
Experience managing ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management systems.
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