Description
A cut above your regular fries
Job Title:
SHE Advisor (Days Monday - Friday)
£40,000 per annum
Overall Role Purpose
Provide support to the operational team by delivering competent SHE guidance, ensuring legal and company compliance, driving continuous improvement, and promoting a positive safety culture across all activities. Acting as a trusted advisor, the position helps reduce risk, prevent incidents, and strengthen the organisation’s overall SHE performance by supporting the SHE Manager.
Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities
SHE Governance & Assurance
- Provide independent assurance that site activities comply with SHE policies, legal requirements, and environmental permit conditions.
- Conduct SHE audits, inspections, and compliance reviews across operational areas.
- Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of risk controls developed by operational teams.
- Support operational teams in the investigation of accidents, near misses, and environmental incidents
- Support preparation for regulatory inspections, customer audits, and certification audits.
- Maintain SHE management system documentation and records.
- Track corrective actions to ensure effective closure and organisational learning.
Environmental & Energy Management Systems
- Support the implementation and continual improvement of the site Environmental Management System in accordance with ISO 14001 and the site Energy Management System in accordance with ISO 50001.
- Assist in identifying opportunities to improve environmental performance and energy efficiency.
- Support monitoring and reporting of energy performance indicators (EnPIs) and environmental metrics.
- Support compliance with the site environmental permit and relevant environmental legislation.
- Monitor environmental performance including effluent discharges, waste management, emissions, and resource use.
- Support the investigation and management of environmental incidents or permit deviations.
Coaching & Operational Support
- Coach and support managers and supervisors in fulfilling their SHE responsibilities.
- Provide guidance on risk management, safe systems of work, and environmental compliance.
- Challenge unsafe practices and support operational teams to identify practical solutions.
- provide recommendations for improvement.
Engagement & Culture
- Promote a positive safety and environmental culture across the site.
- Support safety campaigns, behavioural safety initiatives, and workforce engagement programmes.
- Participate in site safety committees and improvement projects.
- Support the delivery of SHE training, inductions, and awareness sessions.
Role Factors
Key attributes
- Strong communication, coaching, and influencing skills.
- Ability to support operational ownership of SHE
- Good understanding of risk management and compliance within manufacturing environments.
- Ability to analyse and interpret SHE, environmental, and energy performance data.
- Practical and solutions-focused approach.
Qualifications and experience
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) – essential
- Experience supporting ISO 14001 – desirable
- Experience supporting ISO 50001 or energy management initiatives – desirable
- IOSH membership or working towards – desirable
- Environmental qualification (e.g. IEMA or NEBOSH Environmental) – desirable
- Experience in manufacturing / food processing / FMCG environment preferred
COMPANY VALUES
Integrity
We do the right thing every time, even when no one is looking
Inclusion
We embrace differences and make it safe to be ourselves because we all count
Empowerment
We think like leaders and act like owners
Teamwork
see the bigger picture and become stronger by putting our heads together
Drive for results
We challenge ourselves and each other to find better ways to do things, rising the bar for what’s possible