Senior Food Safety and H&S Manager

Food Safety and H&S Manager

London

Up to £60k

The Company

A leading, fast-growing food retail and hospitality business with a strong presence across the UK and Europe, alongside an expanding international grocery proposition. Known for high-quality, freshly prepared products and innovative thinking, the organisation is committed to delivering a best-in-class customer experience.

With ambitious growth plans and a focus on technology, innovation and people, the business continues to set the standard within its sector.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Food Safety and H&S Manager to lead all aspects of safety across a multi-site estate.

You will partner with teams across the business to design, implement and continuously improve a robust safety management system. The role plays a key part in ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation while embedding a positive, proactive safety culture.

Working closely with senior leadership, you will help protect the brand, support operational excellence, and ensure all environments are safe, clean and legally compliant.

Key Accountabilities

• Take overall accountability for Health & Safety, Food Safety and Fire Safety across the business
• Act as subject matter expert for safety standards, policies and procedures, driving continuous improvement
• Lead strategic safety programmes (e.g. First Aid, Fire Marshals), ensuring consistent compliance across all sites
• Deliver internal audits, site visits and compliance programmes, with clear action planning and follow-up
• Manage incident reporting, investigations and trend analysis, including statutory reporting (e.g. RIDDOR)
• Monitor changes in legislation and liaise with regulatory bodies and enforcement authorities
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Property, Customer Services and senior stakeholders, including board-level reporting

Person Profile

• Experience within a safety role in QSR, retail or hospitality environment
• Strong working knowledge of H&S, food safety and fire safety legislation
• Experience managing cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders at all levels
• Confident engaging with regulatory bodies and external authorities
• Highly organised, detail-oriented and proactive in approach
• NEBOSH National General Certificate (desirable)
• Level 4 Food Safety qualification (desirable)

REF: PR/013295

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