Head of Health, Safety & Environment

Head of Health, Safety & Environment

Location: Multi-site travel across the UK

Working Hours: Monday - Friday, Core Hours

Salary: Highly Competitive + Benefits

About Us

Join 2 Sisters Food Group, one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover exceeding £3 billion and approximately 13,000 employees across 16 sites. We have a strong presence in poultry, chilled, and bakery food categories. We are committed to delivering high-quality products to the British public and our retail and food service customers, including major retailers like Aldi, Asda, Co-op, KFC, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco, and Waitrose.

About the Role

We are recruiting a Head of Health, Safety & Environment for Boparan Manufacturing Group (BMG), home to leading brands including Bernard Matthews, Elkes Biscuits, and Roberts Bakeries.

Acting as the functional lead across 9 sites, you will support site HSE teams and senior leadership in driving continuous improvement. The role is focused on enhancing safety culture, reducing risk, and ensuring strong environmental performance across the group.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the delivery of Health, Safety & Environmental strategy across multiple sites
• Drive improvements to reduce accidents, incidents, and property risks
• Provide functional leadership to site-based HSE teams (indirect reports)
• Support sites with compliance, audits, and implementation of improvement plans
• Enhance environmental performance, including pollution prevention and regulatory compliance

About You

You are an experienced HSE leader with a strong track record in multi-site environments. You are confident operating at senior leadership level, while also engaging effectively with site teams.

You bring a proactive, solutions-focused approach and are passionate about driving a positive safety culture and managing risk. You are comfortable influencing without direct authority and can build strong relationships across a complex stakeholder landscape.

Key Skills & Experience

• NEBOSH Diploma
• Relevant environmental qualification (e.g. IEMA Certificate or higher)
• Minimum 3 years' experience in a multi-site HSE role
• Proven experience managing teams, including indirect reports
• Strong experience in risk management, compliance, and influencing senior stakeholders

Benefits

• 33 days annual leave inclusive of the annual
• Company pension scheme with Legal & General or NEST pension
• Death in service benefit (optional, linked to pension membership)
• Company sick pay (after qualifying period)
• Refer a friend scheme
• Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme and Grocery Aid (confidential support 365 days a year)
• Boparan Restaurant Group Discount - 50% discount for friends and family

Why Join Us?

As one of the UK's largest food manufacturers, we offer unparalleled opportunities for career progression, personal growth, and skill development. We prioritise internal promotions, ensuring you can build a rewarding career with us.

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