HSE Team Leader

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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Roles and responsibilities:

- Maintains a high level of knowledge and expertise in Health, Safety and Environment matters in order to provide the Reginal HSEQ Manager and the site with appropriate advice and support.

- Responsible for maintaining and facilitating continuous improvement in all aspects of the site’s HSE management systems and standards, in line with the group’s systems and policies.

- Provides managers and employees with information on legislative and Corporate compliance, advises on ways of meeting statutory requirements and Corporate HSE Policies and national codes of practice.

- Responsible for the investigation and review of significant accidents, incidents, complaints and pollution events, and the identification of solutions to prevent recurrence. Drives close out of issues and non-conformances.

- Supports the Crisis Incident Management (CIM) process for HSE issues by carrying out formal risk assessments and reports into the site’s Green Team.

- Takes an active part in the site HSE committee.

- Drives the HSE agenda for the site; addresses issues and determines the site requirements for improvements.

- Approves SOPs relating to HSE where required.

- Provides and advises on appropriate site HSE training as required.

- Audits, monitors and reviews the implementation of Health and Safety policies, working practices, safety procedures and standards for all respective operations as directed by the Compliance Manager and Central Compliance team.

- Co-ordinates all site audits through the Central Audit Team and accompanies auditors on site.

- Collates data and information and reports on site’s HSE performance.

- Drives risk assessment processes to continuously improve site’s health and safety performance.

- Represents the site for regulatory health, safety & environmental authorities.

- Proactively manages the site’s Accident & Incident Reporting Systems, making recommendations for future improvements to prevent recurrence where necessary.

- Interface with regulatory authorities and insurers on key matters such as fire risk assessment and certification, environmental management, emergency planning and safety improvement plans.

- Maintain close liaison with Occupational Health (HSE) and Human Resources (HR) to ensure H & S provisions are met and understood.

- Work on implementing of ISO 45001and 14001 in the site.

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

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We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.