Health, Safety & Environment Manager

The Health, Safety & Environment Manager will play a pivotal role in ensuring that our people and contractors work in the safest and most effective way possible during the construction of our new food factory, Kitchen West.

You will also play a significant part in the specification, assessment and commissioning of new plant, processes and equipment to ensure future safe operations once the factory goes live.

This is a major strategic development for the business and legal compliance and people’s safety are critical requirements of the successful delivery of the project.

It's also a really exciting opportunity to be involved in the building of a state-of-the-art new sustainable food factory. 

Based at our Head Office in Trowbridge, full time, the typical hours will be Monday - Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm.

apetito is the UK’s leading food supplier to the health and social care sectors serving more than 1,300 care homes, health care and education settings.

Our meals are expertly crafted by our dietitians and chefs, and then frozen to lock in the goodness.
Wiltshire Farm Foods, our sister company, is the UK’s largest ready meal supplier cooking and delivering over 330 different delicious frozen ready meals across the UK.

• Provide visible and effective leadership on all relevant health and safety matters across the project life-cycle
• Ensure full compliance with the client duties under CDM 2015 Regulations including oversight of the Principal Designer and individual contracting companies
• Develop, implement and maintain the project H&S strategy, standards, governance arrangements and assurance processes
• Ensure safety is embedded from concept design through construction, commissioning, start-up and handover
• Promote a culture in which safety is treated as a core project value, not simply a compliance requirement
• Take an active part in the selection of contractors that we engage to ensure that they have the appropriate skills, knowledge, experience and resources and provide high quality risk assessments and method statements in advance of the work
• Supervise the operations closely to ensure that all contractors meet their legal obligations, cooperate with one another and manage and control the risks appropriately
• Lead and participate in the assessment of new plant, machinery and processes to facilitate timely project completion and future safe operations

Essentials:

• NEBOSH Diploma level 6 or equivalent HSE qualification, for example NVQ level 6 in occupational health & safety
• Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH)
• Formal training in CDM 2015
• Strong experience of large construction projects under CDM 2015
• Deep knowledge of relevant UK HSE legislation and best practices
• Lived experience of inspecting and commissioning new machinery and plant
• Excellent communication and leadership skills

Desirable:

• Incident investigation qualification
• Evidence of leading high-risk works
• Environmental management qualification and associated experience in a construction field

As a family-owned business, we take great pride in being a company that makes a real difference and is dedicated to creating outstanding meals to be proud of.

We develop a range of products designed to enhance health and well-being for all our customers.

We are driven by a passion for service and dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people.

We proudly support British food and farming, focusing on using the best ethical and sustainable produce in alignment with our goal to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our ethical standards are recognised by the ETI and we are an accredited Living Wage employer.
Learn more about apetito’s commitment to a more sustainable future.

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Our commitment to making a real difference extends to customers, communities, and staff and we're on a mission to build an inclusive workplace where everyone reaches their full potential.