Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Our site in Newark, Nottinghamshire, specialises in producing a range of chilled desserts, including trifles, cream cakes, and choux pastries. The site employs over 1,800 people and operates in a fast-paced, high-volume production environment.

Colleagues whose roles are at risk of redundancy and who meet essential role criteria will be given priority consideration for this role. 

Colleagues in central/support functions whose roles are at risk of redundancy and who accept a new role can continue working from their current location, in accordance with our location guidance, where feasible. The exception to this would be if a colleague accepts a role that requires in-person attendance at a specific location e.g. a Finance colleague who accepts an operationally focussed Finance role. All other successful applicants will be expected to attend work at locations where roles are based. Location expectations and any associated working arrangements will be discussed and confirmed as part of the interview and offer process

What you’ll be doing

As Head of Safety, Health and Environment you will  report into the HSE Director and provide technical expertise, support and coaching, driving an agenda of continuous improvement to ensure Greencore is legally compliant, provides a safe and healthy working environment for colleagues and supports Greencore to be a sustainable business. This role will be Head of SHE within our Pizza, Bakery and Desserts division.

• Direct, coach and lead site and functional Safety, Health and Environment teams to ensure effective and consistent implementation of relevant health and safety, and environmental policies and procedures, to enable compliance and continuous improvement
• Provide leadership direction to site functional leads on the implementation of controls to mitigate risks arising from new and changing health and safety and environmental legislation
• Through internal stakeholder engagement, provide direction and champion programmes that develop the health and safety and environmental brand, culture and behaviours that underpin the overall Greencore Health and Safety and Environment strategy
• Implement and maintain performance management processes that provide insight, governance, data and key performance indicators to drive improvements and effective risk management
• Provide technical advice and guidance to make informed decisions on employers insurance claims with regards to liability, causation, and quantum
• Provide direction and coaching to develop the health and safety and environmental capability and grow functional capability and expertise within the SHE team, to maximise performance and potential
• Establish effective relationships with external regulatory bodies, providing support and guidance as required
• Supporting teams at all stages of capital projects to ensure relevant standards and appropriate risk reduction is addressed
• Co-ordinate compliance with the property damage and business interruption insurance policy with regard to notification of management of projects, material change of risk and change management
• Contribute to the functional SHE risk register and assurances, governance and reduction of risk initiatives needed for a plc
• Developing, implementing and maintaining the Group Health, Safety and Environmental Management System
• Actively sponsor and commit the necessary resource and focus required to deliver our inclusion and diversity commitments, goals and targets and be a role model for inclusive leadership behaviours
• Actively sponsor and commit the necessary resource and focus required to support delivery of our sustainability commitments, goals and targets
• Actively manage organisational risk related to both Cyber Security and data, by committing the necessary focus, resource and investing in the skills and experience required to ensure compliance to relevant policies and legislation, along with taking ownership for personal and commercial data processed throughout the group

What we’re looking for

We’re not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

• Professional qualification (preferably to degree level) in health and safety management
• Holds a relevant professional qualification in environmental management
• Proven experience in health, safety and environmental management, ideally gained in a manufacturing environment at a senior level
• Successful track record of implementing culture change
• Chartered member of IOSH (CMIOSH) or completing IPD to gain Chartered Status
• Demonstrable experience of continual technical development including current Health, Safety and Environmental legislation
• Good communication skills and ability to interact and influence a wide range of stakeholders

These may be trained or developed. These do not all need to be in place at recruitment.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies
• Spousal PMI
• Car allowance
• Bonus

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.