David Wood Baking
Health & Safety Manager - Sheerness
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About The Role
Due to growth within the team, a vacancy has arisen for a Health & Safety Manager. You will be responsible for developing and delivering the H&S Strategy (specifically tailored for our site’s current place in the journey, our aspirations and our culture); maintaining our Health & Safety procedures and systems; and taking a lead in driving improved behavioral safety within our teams.
The successful candidate must have outstanding communication skills and have experience of leading and developing teams as well as having a minimum of 2 years’ experience.
Shifts: Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day. Times to be discussed at interview.
Responsibilities & Requirements
- Maintaining and developing measures and procedures that reduce risks and hazards in the workplace
- Ensuring our legal compliance with Health & Safety legislation
- Act as the H&S champion, advising the Site General Manager and senior team on all Safety aspects
- Represent the (Sheerness) site in Safety forums across the David Woods Baking Group
- Implement and review Risk Assessments and inspection programmes
- Monitor and review compliance, performance and behavioural safety; through audits and KPIs
- Review and deliver training in all matters of Health & Safety
- Raise the levels of safety engagement, awareness and visual management in the workplace
- Coach Team Leaders and Managers in leading on safety
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This role will suit candidates who have worked in a manufacturing environment before (it’s brilliant if that’s food production); but we’d also love to work with qualified, knowledgeable, engaging Safety professionals who are adaptable and fancy the challenge that food manufacturing offers.
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Experience / Education Required
- Experienced H&S professional within manufacturing (food, FMCG, or similar).
- NEBOSH General Certificate (minimum) – Diploma or working towards preferred.
- Strong knowledge of UK H&S legislation and best practice.
- Confident communicator able to influence at all levels.
- Organised, proactive, and able to manage priorities.
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
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