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SHE Cluster Lead

Salary: Competitive salary

Benefits: Company share save scheme, Competitive matched pension contribution, Life insurance up to 4x salary

Location: Flexible across the Pizza Bakery and Desserts Sector, supporting our sites at Aston (CW5 8DL), Barton-upon-Humber (DN18 5RT), Crewe (CW1 6UA) and Leeds ( Midland Rd, LS10 2RJ)

Regular travel between sites will be required as part of this role.

Ways of Working: Site based

Hours of work: Monday - Friday / 08:30 - 17:00

Contract Type: Permanent

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 every day 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 Aston, is a vibrant facility producing chilled speciality breads, including sliced baguettes, flatbreads, and dough balls. The site employs around 270 people and delivers high-quality products to a dedicated customer base.

Our site in Barton-upon-Humber, near the Humber Bridge, specialises in producing high-volume chilled speciality baguettes and employs over 165 people.

Our site in Crewe produces chilled speciality breads, including sliced baguettes, hand-crafted flatbreads, and dough balls. The site employs over 280 people in the factory operating at a high standard of quality and volume.

Our Leeds site produces over 40% of all frozen Yorkshire puddings sold in the UK, making us one of the country's largest suppliers. We proudly supply major retailers including Asda, Morrisons, and Tesco, helping to bring this traditional favourite to households across the nation.

What you'll be doing

As SHE Cluster Lead, you will provide leadership across a defined cluster of manufacturing sites, ensuring the effective deployment of the Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) strategy and standards.

Working closely with site leadership teams, SHE professionals, and the Centre of Excellence (CoE), you will drive a proactive SHE culture, deliver continuous improvement initiatives, and ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and Group standards.

This is a highly visible leadership role where you'll influence operational performance, develop SHE capability across multiple sites, and champion best practice sharing throughout the cluster.

Role Accountabilities

• Lead the delivery of the SHE Pillar across your cluster, ensuring alignment with Group and sector SHE strategies.
• Partner with site leadership teams to develop and implement robust SHE improvement plans.
• Drive the consistent implementation of SHE standards and governance across all sites.
• Monitor legislative changes and provide expert guidance to ensure compliance and best practice.
• Lead critical risk programmes and continuous improvement initiatives across the cluster.
• Oversee incident investigations, ensuring robust root cause analysis, corrective actions and learning opportunities are embedded.
• Conduct governance reviews and audits, ensuring actions are completed in a timely manner.
• Promote cross-site collaboration and sharing of best practices.
• Act as the key liaison between sites and the SHE Centre of Excellence.
• Coach mentor and develop Site SHE Managers and Advisors, building capability and succession plans.

• Drive a high engagement SHE culture where colleagues take ownership for safety, health and environmental performance.
• Support the implementation of security and compliance requirements across all cluster sites.

What we're looking for

• Candidates must hold a NEBOSH Level 6 Diploma (or equivalent qualification) to be considered for this position.
• Practitioner Member of IEMA (PIEMA) or working towards environmental qualifications.
• Significant Health, Safety and Environmental leadership experience within manufacturing, FMCG, food production or a similarly fast-paced environment.
• Proven experience leading multi-site SHE programmes and critical risk initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of health, safety, environmental and occupational health legislation.
• Excellent coaching, mentoring and people leadership skills.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience working with regulators, auditors and enforcement bodies.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret SHE performance data and identify trends.

• Experience developing and embedding high engagement SHE cultures.

• Ability to balance strategic leadership with operational delivery across multiple sites.

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

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

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