Health and Safety Manager South

• Location: Multi Site based- South of England

• £Competive Salary + Bonus

• Flexible Benefits fund of £1,300 to utilise across an array of benefits

• 40 Hours / 5day over 7days

Job Introduction

Sodexo Live! is looking for an experienced Health & Safety Manager to support four distinctive venues across the South: Millwall Football Club, Kent County Cricket Club, The Wallace Collection and the Royal Academy of Arts.

This is an exciting regional opportunity to shape a positive safety culture across a diverse portfolio spanning sport, hospitality, events, art and heritage. Working closely with site leadership teams, you will provide trusted guidance across health and safety, food safety, fire safety, risk management, employee wellbeing and business continuity.

You will spend time across each venue, building strong relationships, identifying opportunities for improvement and helping teams turn safety standards into effective everyday practices. From leading incident investigations and supporting audits to using performance data to reduce risk, you will play an influential role in strengthening our Zero Harm Mindset and ensuring our people, clients and guests are protected.

If you are a confident HSEQ professional who enjoys working across multiple locations, influencing at every level and making a visible difference within fast-paced, customer-focused environments, we would love to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

• Provide expert guidance on health and safety, food safety, fire safety, employee wellbeing and HSEQ best practice.
• Support multiple venues in implementing Sodexo’s Safety Management System, policies and procedures.
• Carry out regular site visits, safety reviews and audits, providing practical feedback and clear improvement actions.
• Lead investigations into accidents, incidents, complaints and regulatory interventions, identifying root causes and recommending corrective action.
• Help sites identify, assess, record and effectively manage operational risks.
• Support the development, implementation and testing of site-level business continuity plans.
• Monitor HSEQ performance, audit schedules and action plans to ensure issues are resolved within agreed timescales.
• Engage and influence teams at all levels to strengthen the Zero Harm Mindset and continually improve safety performance.

For a full list of responsibilities please view the attached job description

What You Bring:

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate or an equivalent qualification.
• Level 4 Food Safety qualification.

Skills and experience

• Previous experience in a health and safety role, ideally within a multi-site organisation.
• Strong knowledge of HSEQ legislation, standards and best practice.
• Experience in risk assessment, risk management and business continuity planning.
• Experience managing and investigating accidents and incidents.
• Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to influence, engage and motivate managers and cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making and change-management skills.
• Confidence in developing innovative solutions and driving continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with safety management systems and relevant software.
• A genuine passion for the hospitality industry.

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo Live! is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.

• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.

• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.

• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.

• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.

• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan

• A Death-in-Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo

• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.

• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.

• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.

• Flexible and dynamic work environment

• Competitive compensation

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today!

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture. The rewards and Benefits guide is attached