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HSE Advisor - Icon 2

Canteen staff at the company canteen cash register

Job Category

Health & Safety

Division

Central Services

Location

UK, Manchester

Job Type

Full-time

About THG 

We’re a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We’re home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity.  

We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realise our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry.

Location: Icon 2, WA15 0AF

About Central Functions

Central Functions is formed of the teams and people that serve the entire business. These people are integral to the smooth running of the business; ensuring everyone is paid on time, that materials are sourced and arrive promptly, that we meet our legal obligations and that our health, safety, and security is safeguarded. 

About Health, Safety & Environment and the Role

The Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) team ensure that we operate safe working environments for all THG employees and visitors. The team provide on-site support to ensure risks are managed in a timely fashion, as well as completing audits and checks to so the business meets all health & safety related legislative requirements. The team are also responsible for achieving and maintaining legal environmental compliance to safeguard the business from financial and reputational damage.

Responsibilities:

  • Support the development of location HSE strategies, programmes and plans.
  • Pro-actively monitor and challenge standards to promote continual improvement.
  • Provide guidance to the THG project team, and contractors, to implement effective safety methodologies on site
  • Performing regular Health, Safety & Environment audits;
  • Relaying findings back to the local management teams.
  • Implement immediate corrective actions and overseeing all further preventative and corrective actions to eliminate root causes.
  • Advise and support all colleagues of their statutory duties within their areas of responsibility.
  • Assist in the development of the company HSE Management system.
  • Involvement in contractor vetting and other contractor management processes.
  • Review and approval of contractor’s risk assessments and method statements.
  • Reporting all HSE hazards, issues or near misses to HSE Manager and local management teams.
  • Assist in the development & implementation of HSE policies and procedures.
  • Assist with accident / incident investigation, root cause analysis and reporting for corrective actions.
  • Raising HSE purchase orders.
  • Support Experience locations in achieving the highest standards of food safety hygiene
  • Undertaking new risk assessments and reviewing current risk assessments
  • Conducting and reviewing COSHH assessments.
  • Assisting in the fire risk assessment process.
  • Supporting with environmental matters such as Environmental Impact Assessments and investigations, ensuring compliance with environmental legislative requirements.

Requirements:

  • NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent as a minimum
  • Experience in working within a manufacturing or distribution environment
  • Good communication skills and the ability to influence change.
  • Experience of supporting a Health and Safety function.
  • Good working knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental Regulations.
  • Keen problem solver
  • Adaptable
  • Good IT skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Benefits:

Career Development

  • Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
  • Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
  • Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
  • Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
  • Buy back up to 3 days each year.
  • Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

  • Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
  • Access our in-house CBT therapist.
  • Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
  • State-of-the-art on-site gym.
  • Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

  • Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
  • Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
  • Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
  • On-site staff shop.
  • Access to on-site barber.
  • Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
  • Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.

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