Health Safety and Environment Manager

Position Title: Health Safety and Environment Manager

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Scarborough

Requisition ID: 22921

There’s nothing beige about McCain…
Except for our potatoes — and we’re extremely passionate about them.

When you join McCain, you’ll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet-friendly food.

We’ve partnered with thousands of the country’s supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It’s all about elevation and creating something better.

So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.

ABOUT THE JOB.

We are always Safety First. For Us, For Family.

So much so, we even created our own internal brand. Ensuring all our colleagues go home safely to their families and friends. And our Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Managers play a part in making sure this happens.

As Health, Safety and Environment Manager, it’s your job to ensure the smooth running, monitoring and awareness of all Site Safety practices in line with legislation and company policies and procedures; working as an influential part of the senior leadership team to ensure effective communication, continuous improvement and world class safety and environmental standards are achieved.

Reporting directly into our Plant Manager for Scarborough, you will make up a team of other HSE Managers here at McCain GB, where you will create a culture where safety always comes first.

You will also…

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  Suggest and make changes to working practices that are safe and comply with legislation.
• Work alongside our Company HSE Manager to prepare health and safety strategies and develop internal policies.
• Carry out risk assessments and consider how risks could be reduced. Keep records of inspection, report incidents, accidents and findings and produce reports that suggest improvements.
• Outline safe operational procedures which identify and take account of all relevant hazards.
• Carry out daily site inspections to check policies and procedures are being properly implemented.
• Lead in-house training with managers and employees about health, safety and environmental issues and risks, including inductions of new starters. As well as conduct safety toolbox talks for all employees.
• Keep up to date with new legislation and maintain a working knowledge of all GB HS&E developments that affect the site.
• Manage records and following up on all outstanding actions to satisfy both internal and external auditing bodies.
• Manage the site BS ISO 45001 and 14001 management systems via BSI including the sites internal audit plans.
• Ensuring the safe installation of plant and equipment.
• Advise on a range of specialist areas, e.g. fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, machine operation and isolation, occupational diseases; in conjunction with the Head of Quality and Food Safety
• Manage the Incident management software for incidents, accidents, near misses.
• Liaising closely with the senior leadership team, Human Resources and Occupational Health to ensure through investigation is carried out in line with employment law.
• Organising, and completing minutes for site H&S Pillar meetings.
• Ensuring the correct checks and training have been carried out for all 3rd parties; contractors and agency workers, visitors to site.
• Facilitating all emergency evacuation training in conjunction with the training department; and updating procedures when necessary.
• Using the sites leading indicator safety scorecard as a tool to demonstrate continuous improvement,
• Ensuring Environmental compliance in line with the site Environmental permit.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

We're looking for someone that is currently a HSE Manager with manufacturing experience, ideally within a large FMCG business. We also want someone who prides themselves on the standard and quality of their work, and who has a high attention to detail as well as being able to inspire and influence others to lead by example. You must also have…

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  Knowledge of ISO 14001, ISO 45001, HACCP and DuPont Safety methodology
• NEBOSH General Certificate in H&S
• NEBOSH National Diploma
• Professional Environmental Qualification
• And strong computer skills, especially with Microsoft programmes.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?

Although we do encourage you to taste the goods you’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in 'chips'. For working hard, you’ll also get a great salary and some pretty good benefits including:

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  A generous car allowance paid monthly
• An achievable bonus based on business and individual performance
• An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Hybrid working and Summer Flex Friday
• Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
• Private medical insurance scheme
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe
• And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive. We have an ambitious 5-year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out

WHERE WILL I WORK?

You’ll be based at our Scarborough plant in North Yorkshire. We opened this plant back in the swinging sixties, but it’s definitely not stuck in the past. It’s one of the largest French fry factories in the world and after a recent development, it’s also one of the most high tech. Our team of over 300 colleagues work hard to make sure the quality of our products keep our customers returning for more, for now and years to come!

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Manufacturing
Division: GB Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Department: Environmental
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Scarborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Grantham || GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull || GB - United Kingdom : England : Peterborough || GB - United Kingdom : England : Whittlesey || GB - United Kingdom : England : Wombourne || GB - United Kingdom : Other : Reference job description || GB - United Kingdom : Scotland : Montrose

Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd