SHE Advisor

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.

Here in Consett, we have a team of around 280 colleagues. We produce a range of chilled ready meals for some of the UK's leading retailers, including Co-op, Sainsbury's and Weight Watchers.

At Greencore we actively encourage our colleagues to apply for our vacancies, whether as a lateral move to broaden experience or the next step up to progress your career and development. We also welcome applications from external candidates who are eager to grow their career with us.

What you'll be doing

As Safety, Health & Environment Advisor , you will provide professional guidance and hands on support to all functions within a location on operational Health, Safety and Environment activities ensuring improvement of health and safety systems and culture, developing local procedures and maintaining standards that align to business policy and standards.

Develop and maintain the Health, Safety and Environment systems and SHEMS plans to ensure the adherence to all relevant health, safety and environment legislation and agreed internal standards
Planning and assistance to ensure of all sites risk assessments and safe systems of work and completed, educated and contain the correct information to ensure adherence to site and business policy
Maintain the sites management systems and processes including suitable and sufficient investigation of accidents as required to identify solutions and remedial actions along with management of the incident recording system to meet with statutory requirements, ensuring the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences to meet statutory obligations
Work closely with the HSE Manager to ensure consistency of standards across their site, working with local teams to proactively engage support to develop culture and ensure responsibilities and accountabilities understood and applied
Support the recording and successful management of all emergency evacuation exercises, ensuring procedures are followed and practiced, adhering with agreed group and insurance standards
Assist with the management of all stakeholder relationships (EA, HSE, Customers, Local community) to ensure that there are no compliance issues
Ensure the delivery of Health, Safety and Environmental training to meet the location's learning and development plans and to support the Greencore Way principle of keeping people healthy and safe, working with the compliance training team to ensure all training needs and identified, suitable and conducted
Ensure correct operation and data recorded of effluent treatment plants, data and environmental aspects and impacts with the engineering and operational teams
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.

Desired: NEBOSH qualification
Previous experience and exposure to operational Health, Safety and Environment is essential
Up to date knowledge and practice of Health, Safety and Environment legislation
Experience engaging, communicating and working closely with colleagues and leadersIf 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 policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career