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Health Safety and Environmental Manager
Permanent
  • Buckinghamshire
  • £65,000 - £70,000pa. Benefits include a 10% bonus structure, private healthcare, dental, flexible starts and 1 day a week work from home.

Location: Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire / North London Role Overview: In this role, you’re the one who is steering the ship. You alone are the one responsible for the health and safety strategies across a large, quite complex but incredibly well invested manufacturing site. You’ll be given the opportunity to collaborate on a global scale on projects too. It’s highly unlikely that you’ll be successful in this role if you don’t understand complex product manufacturing environments.   Key Responsibilities: ·       As the HSE Manager on site you will be advising, guiding and coaching site management teams on all matters relating to environment, health & safety. ·       Promoting the best health, safety, and environment culture. ·       The HSE Manager will be maintaining and developing the sustainability path.   ·       Implementing site management systems in line with ISO 45001 / 14001 ·       Providing regular proactive communications to key stakeholders on HSE best practice and initiatives ·       Developing and delivering a site HSE improvement plan aligned with the corporate strategy ·       Supporting improvement projects at both site and group level. ·       Providing support to sites on achieving customers’ sustainability targets ·       Supporting the investigation of accidents and incidents, and ensuring sustainable actions follow any identified corrective or preventative opportunities   Qualifications and Experience: ·       Previous experience in a Health, Safety and Environment role in Manufacturing, preferably Food as the HSE Manager. ·       A NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) in Occupational Health & Safety. ·       Systems knowledge is essential, specifically in Microsoft Excel. ·       Ability to build strong working relationships at all levels. ·       Meticulous organisational skills, able to prioritise and work to tight deadlines. ·       Management systems experience and auditing – e.g. ISO14001, ISO45001. ·       Experience leading internal audits and liaising with external regulatory bodies. ·       Experience in people development. ·       Ability to analyse complex problems to identify multiple root causes. ·       Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to deliver results. ·       Ability to communicate with stakeholders across all functions, at all levels of the business and within the local community.   The Company: ·       Despite being part of a huge they operate in a way that allows you to not be restricted by red tape, or governed to the point where you can’t do what you need too. ·       They’ve had significant investment over the past 3 years, their site is fantastic! One of the coolest sites I’ve seen. ·       Never had any major incidents. ·       Winner of many sustainability and environmental awards. ·       Flexible start and finish times across the week.   We are seeking applications from talented HSE Managers, Health & Safety Managers, Environmental Managers or Heads of Health & Safety who live within Buckingham, Luton, Leighton Buzzard, Aylesbury, Bedford, Northampton, Towcester, Brackley, Bicester, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire or Oxfordshire. If you're interested in this opportunity, please submit your CV via the link provided quoting reference HM/TNT/568True North Talent is recognised as a trusted supplier of permanent, contract and interim recruitment services to the food manufacturing and FMCG industries. Our teams of specialist recruiters operate across Operations/Engineering/Technical/NPD/Supply Chain and Commercial. We may hold your data, as per our privacy policy detailed on our website. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we can only contact successful applicants.

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Production Manager
Permanent
  • Oxfordshire
  • c£50,000- £55,000 per annum

Location: Oxfordshire Overview: Are you a Shift Production Manager who can demonstrate experience of developing people and making improvements within the factory? This is a great opportunity for you to work with a leading player in their field. As a Production Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring products meet the highest standards. You'll lead a team of Shift Leaders and supervisors to ensure your shift hits all the daily, weekly and monthly targets.   Experience Required: ·       Manufacturing experience, ideally food or FMCG but others will be considered too ·       Ability to manage teams. ·       Strong communication skills ·       Personal drive and motivation to succeed   Role/Responsibilities: ·       Day to day production responsibility of managing your team in the factory. ·       Developing plans to deliver cost effective manufacturing for the site. ·       Training and developing your team to become multiskilled within the factory. ·       Health and safety – working to high standards GMP. ·       Ensure waste targets are met and if not, corrective action takes place.   Company Overview: This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a forward thinking, proactive and innovative company with recent investment which has resulted in strong and stable growth. This company have a collaborative culture and a focus on progression and development for every level of the business. We are seeking applications from talented Production Managers, Shift Managers and Shift Production Managers, who live within Oxford, Chipping Norton, Bicester, Buckingham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Stratford-upon-Avon or Oxfordshire.   How to Apply: If you have the desired qualifications and experience, please send your CV quoting reference CH/TNT/963 to carole@truenorthtalent.co.uk or phone 0161 399 1575 for a confidential discussion. True North Talent is recognised as a trusted supplier of permanent, contract and interim recruitment services to the food manufacturing and FMCG industries. Our teams of specialist recruiters operate across Operations/Engineering/Technical/NPD/Supply Chain and Commercial. We may hold your data, as per our privacy policy detailed on our website. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we can only contact successful applicants.

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HSE Coordinator
Permanent
  • Buckinghamshire
  • £35,000 - £40,000 plus Benefits

Location: Buckinghamshire. Overview: Working closely with the site Health and Safety Manager to drive forward safety standards. You’ll be hands on when it comes to sustainability and environmental strategies and ultimately ensure all behavioural safety training is inline with company expectations.   Experience required: ·       Previous experience working within a manufacturing environment. Ideally this will be food manufacturing or pharma, chemical or materials. ·       NEBOSH Certificate qualification in Occupational Health & Safety. ·       Ability to analyse health and safety behaviours and recognise improvements. ·       Ability to deliver coaching and guidance in line with the businesses HSE procedures. ·       Its beneficial if you have management systems experience and auditing – e.g. ISO14001, ISO45001 ·       Building relationships with the teams across the factory, including key stakeholders. ·       Organisation skills, confidence in presenting and ability to learn is key.   Key Responsibilities:  ·       Supporting the HSE Manager and the wider teams with ongoing HSE strategies in line with environmental and sustainability. ·       Promoting a strong health and safety culture across all areas of the factories. ·       Review or update all existing policies and procedures to maintain the HSE Management systems. ·       Making sure all departments adhere to the rules and regulations that have been set out by the HSE team. ·       Record and monitor training, including HSE related training.   We are seeking applications from talented Health & Safety Advisors, H&S Advisors, HSE Advisors, Health & Safety Leaders who live within Bedford, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Northampton and surrounding areas. If you have the desired qualifications and experience, please send your CV quoting reference HM/TNT/946 to hannah@truenorthtalent.co.uk or phone 07450406505 for a confidential discussion. True North Talent is recognised as a trusted supplier of permanent, contract and interim recruitment services to the food manufacturing and FMCG industries. Our teams of specialist recruiters operate across Operations/Engineering/Technical/NPD/Supply Chain and Commercial. We may hold your data, as per our privacy policy detailed on our website. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we can only contact successful applicants.

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The best experience ever. Carole helped me during the process and updated me on the progress. Thank you, and keep up the good work.

Gheorghita Bordian - Regional HSE Advisor