Mercia (Typically once a month)
Key Responsibilities
Champion a strong safety and environmental culture where employees are engaged, accountable, and actively involved
Build trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation to coach and influence safe behaviours
Support the leadership team in developing and delivering the annual HSER improvement plan
Deliver HSER training and develop organisational competence in roles and responsibilities
Monitor, analyse, and report HSER performance metrics to drive informed decision-making
Act as Management Representative for HSER systems, ensuring effectiveness and compliance
Manage internal and external audit programmes and coordinate improvement actions
Lead technical risk assessments including PUWER and COSHH compliance
Serve as the primary HSER contact for external stakeholders, including regulators and insurers
We are looking for a confident HSER professional with strong leadership capability, a strategic mindset, and the ability to influence positive change. You will be passionate about developing a culture where safety and environmental responsibility are embedded in everything we do.
What we would like our candidate to have
Experienced in delivering a Health & Safety culture across a large business
Excellent persuasion skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels
Leadership characteristics, and the ability to drive change in challenging environment
An understanding of ISO standards, eg: 14001 / ISO 5001 / ISO 45001
Experience providing hands on training
Experience in Management Systems
Excellent presentation skills
Strong numerical & verbal skills, and experience in handing information
Fully IT literate
The ability to travel to other sites when needed
What we can offer you
Competitive salary
Qualifying Sick Pay scheme
Pension scheme & Life insurance
Share Save scheme
Income Protection
25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
Employee Assistance Programme
Virtual GP, Occupational Health & free Flu vaccine
Cycle to Work and shopping discounts
We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!
Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.”
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