HSE Director

Company: Leading, Fast Paced Manufacturing Organisation
Role: Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Director
Location: UK Wide, hybrid role – able to practically go to Leeds HQ 2- 3 days per week
Salary and Package: £108,000 - £162,000 per annum + £8K car allowance, with significant bonus and comprehensive benefits package

Seeking a proven and experienced HSE Director to strategically lead the Health, Safety and Environment function towards a goal of reaching safety excellence. The company is a complex, high risk manufacturing organisation boasting 30+ manufacturing and logistics sites across the UK.
This is a unique and incredible opportunity to still be hands on, roll their sleeves up and get stuck in. To have full creative control in the design and implementation of HS&E following a large-scale acquisition, aiming to collate the best of both organisations.

Opportunity to shape the HSE function from the ground up
Full ownership of Environment and sustainability agenda
Build and lead a team of 7, offering mentorship and coaching
Present regularly at Board level covering Health, Safety, Environment ( performance, strategy and risk).
Comprehensive Internal and external stakeholder management
Have a platform to shape strategy and ensure the business is future fit
Offering a steady hand, guiding the business through significant transformational changes following a recent acquisition,
Building a robust and solid, culture, risk and governance framework to set them up for success and help to facilitate the organisation to become a FTSE 100 business.
Take the business through a cultural change journey towards interdependency
Able to highlight and predict current and future risks to ensure the business is fully prepared and protected
Establish a robust and comprehensive crisis management plan
Full budget accountability
Who are we looking for?:

A trusted, credible and dynamic thought leader
Strong people manager, to lead them to future success
Who can be both strategic and operational/ hands on when required
Driven and proactive
A practical leader who can communicate with gravitas
Winner of Hearts and minds, who can support coach and mentor
Support, create learning opportunities
Roll up their sleeves and not afraid to get stuck in
Qualifications and Background:

NEBOSH Diploma, or equivalent or equivalent
CMIOSH Ideally or working towards.
Environment Management Qualification / ISEP
Multisite, FMCG manufacturing or general manufacturing background
Experience within lean and manual production processes
Proven, competent leader is essential, who has previously held a Director title
Knows what excellent safety practice looks like
For more information, please reach out to Sophia at HSE Recruitment Network