Permanent

Environment Health and Safety Manager

HSE Recruitment

Berkshire, West Berkshire, RG18 0XB

£60000 - £65000 per annum, Benefits: 10% Bonus and private healthcare

Posted: 01 May 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Closing date: 31 May 2026

Ref: 268283820

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About the Role

An Environment Health and Safety Manager position is available in Berkshire with a permanent contract. The salary ranges from £60,000 to £65,000 annually, plus a 10% bonus and private healthcare. This role sits within an FMCG manufacturing organisation, based at a key West Berkshire facility. The successful candidate will join the site leadership team, leading large-scale projects and evolving safety culture by empowering staff and embedding proactive behaviours. Key skills include acting as the EHS subject matter expert, providing competent advice and guidance to site leadership, and promoting positive safety practices. This full-time role requires a professional capable of building confidence and ownership across the team.

Company: FMCG Manufacturing Company
Role: EHS Manager
Location: West Berkshire
Salary: £60,000 £65,000 per annum + package which includes private healthcare and 10% bonus.
An excellent opportunity has arisen at a leading UK manufacturing organisation, based at one of its key facilities in West Berkshire. They are seeking an passionate and proactive Environmental Health and Safety Manager for a large, complex, fast-paced site. As part of the site leadership team, you’ll lead large-scale projects, including at group level, and evolve the site safety culture —empowering the team, building confidence, ownership, and a further embedding proactive behaviours.
Duties:
- Be the subject matter EHS expert for the site, providing the site leadership with competent advice, guidance.
- To promote a positive safety culture, ensures compliance with UK EHS legislation, and drives continuous improvement to prevent accidents, injuries, and work-related illnesses.
- Coach and mentor 1x direct report
- Ensuring environmental compliance, manages EHS budgets, and aligns site operations with Group EHS standards and strategies.
- Develop and implement an effective EHS Management System to reduce business risk, accidents, incidents, environmental incidents and ill health.
- Promote a culture of safety responsibility and create an environment where the workforce are empowered to challenge unsafe behaviors.
- Manage monthly EHS inspections and ensure timely follow-up on corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement through EHS projects and engage colleagues in change initiatives.
- Manage EHS training programs, including in-house sessions, and support managers in identifying training needs.
- Ensure risk assessments are conducted, reviewed, and updated regularly; advise on control measures.
- Investigate accidents and near misses, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and reported under RIDDOR where required.
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory bodies, insurers, and enforcing authorities (e.g., HSE, Environment Agency, Thames Water and the Local Authority).
- Issue the agenda and take minutes regarding the Site EHS Committee and maintain emergency response plans, including regular drills.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant EHS legislation, codes of practice, and company policies.
Personality fit:
- Self-motivated and confident person
- Change agent who can engage and empower others and drive accountability/ ownership.
- Able to collaborate, influence, gain buy -in with strong communication skills
Essential qualifications and background:
- NEBOSH Certificate with experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience in directly coaching and mentoring a team and managing a complex and fast paced manufacturing site
- Knowledge and prior experience of CDM projects in a manufacturing environment
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office and EHS management software systems (e.g., Evotix).
- Ability to analyse complex data and provide actionable insights.
Interested£ Please contact Sophia at HSE Recruitment Network for more information or click to apply for immediate consideration.
Sophia.darwin@hserecruitment.co.uk