SHE Advisor

SHE Advisor

£40,000 per annum. Works Monday to Friday, reporting to the Safety, Health and Environmental Manager.

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.

• 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 implementation and effectiveness of risk controls developed by operational teams and support investigation of accidents, near‑misses and environmental incidents.
• Prepare 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.
• Support implementation and continual improvement of the Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) and Energy Management System (ISO 50001).
• Identify opportunities to improve environmental performance and energy efficiency; monitor and report energy performance indicators and environmental metrics.
• Ensure compliance with environmental permits and legislation; monitor effluent discharges, waste management, emissions and resource use.
• Coach and support managers and supervisors on SHE responsibilities, risk management, safe systems of work and environmental compliance.
• Promote a positive safety and environmental culture across the site; support safety campaigns, behavioural safety initiatives and workforce engagement programmes.
• Support delivery of SHE training, inductions and awareness sessions.

• 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 or FMCG environment – preferred.

• 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.