Company description:
Company Description
We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ......And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).
FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.
We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Albans. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.
We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.
Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox's or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.
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About the Role
Reporting to the Head of Health and Safety, the Health and Safety Manager's responsibility is to champion Safety, Health & Environmental management on site in Edinburgh, Livingston and remote support to Arran while actively promoting and developing a positive safety culture on all three sites for all SHE related activities.
As part of this role, you will be required to act as the business expert in Scotland on all Health and Safety matters ensuring all employer liability claims are being monitored and be the key contact with enforcement bodies and response services.
Key focuses of this role are continuous development and improvement of the sites and business safety and environmental management system, implementation and monitoring of site health and safety policies and procedures to reduce accident frequencies and improve our environmental performance.
Other responsibilities are but not limited to:
- Developing and maintaining the FBC UK safety standards across site and regular liaison with group functions
- Carrying out regular audits and plant inspections as appropriate, with the management and employee representatives concerned
- Ensure appropriate budget is available and spent on health and safety requirements (as part of overall site budget)
Who we are looking for
- Previous experience within management / head of SHE role within Food manufacturing working alongside senior functional leaders
- Extensive knowledge of Health and Safety law and proven track record of implementation and maintenance of these processes to ensure compliance
- Expert knowledge of best practice, Industry standards and implementation of these with a clear understanding on how to tap into industry wide best practice
- Good knowledge of Environmental / Sustainability practices with the ability to adopt and implement
- Understanding on how local Government departments work and the ability to proactively engage to develop a good working relationship with key stakeholders
- NEBOSH and Health and Safety qualified
- Agile – thinking and behaviours
- Flexibility – attend SHE meetings in Edinburgh, Livingston, and Arran
- Previous People Management experience including individual's development
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Diversity Statement
FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at FBC UK. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.