Health and Safety Manager

Overview

Health and Safety Manager – Norwich – Kettle Chips Factory. Do you have the expertise and drive to build safer, smarter, and more sustainable workplaces?

At our iconic Kettle Chips site, we’re looking for a proactive Health & Safety Manager to elevate our standards and champion a culture of safety across the factory.

• Lead and deliver the Valeo Foods Health & Safety strategy, ensuring all KPIs and objectives are achieved.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure full legal compliance and embed best-practice solutions across site operations.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships that encourage collaboration, shared ownership, and accountability.
• Investigate accidents and major incidents, identifying root causes and sharing learning to prevent recurrence.
• Oversee safe working practices for employees, contractors, and visitors, ensuring operational excellence.
• Conduct, review, and validate risk assessments, ensuring effective controls are in place and maintained.
• Manage first aid provision, PPE processes, and occupational health support to protect and support our people.
• Work with HR and L&D teams to deliver impactful EHS training and keep compliance records up to date.
• Champion a safety-first culture, continuously improving systems in line with evolving standards and regulations.

• Hold the NEBOSH Diploma as a minimum qualification
• IOSH, COSHH, DSEAR, PUWER, COMAH regulation awareness
• Proven experience as a Health and Safety Manager in a manufacturing (Ideally FMCG) or industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and best practice.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to influence at all levels

• Join a team where your impact really matters.
• We
  
  Offer:
  
  Competitive pay, real opportunities to grow your career, up to 10% matched pension, death-in-service protection, cycle-to-work scheme, retail & staff discounts, wellbeing and lifestyle perks.
• Why Valeo Foods? Health and safety is central to everything we do. Step into a role where you help protect our people, shape a positive site culture, and drive standards that keep our Norwich site performing at its best.

Health and safety is central to everything we do. Step into a role where you help protect our people, shape a positive site culture, and drive standards that keep our Norwich site performing at its best.

• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Manufacturing
• Industries:
  Food Production