Health, Safety & Environmental Manager

Ready to take full ownership of health safety and environmental excellence as we scale at pace

Protein Works is hiring a Health Safety & Environmental Manager to manage our site here in Speke Liverpool. Weve sold over 500 million shakes and built one of the fastest-growing food and beverage brands in the UK and none of that happens without a site thats genuinely safe genuinely compliant and getting better every single this role youll take real ownership of what health safety and environmental compliance means here building a culture our people can feel every day not one that just exists on paper.

Were growing fast and growth brings real risk with it. This role is what makes sure that as we scale and move at pace weve got a site and environment thats genuinely putting health and safety first. Youll need sharp judgement to know what to tackle first and the drive to see it through backed by a business thats serious about getting this right.

Heres the scale of what youd be taking on: PW Campus is a 100000 square foot site home to production fulfilment research and our offices all under one roof running 24 hours a day five days a week with around 170 employees. Its a big operation and its only getting bigger. This isnt a role where you write the report and hand it over. Youll spot the gap judge what needs sorting first and get stuck in to make it happen working directly alongside the wider operations team.

What Youll Do

• Take full end-to-end ownership of health safety and environmental compliance across the site acting as the driving force behind resolving issues.
• Lead and carry out risk assessments method statements and COSHH assessments then translate them into controls that genuinely work on the floor.
• Own the health & safety action log end to end using sharp judgement to prioritise what matters most and driving every item through to genuine closure from accidents and near-misses to the fixes nobodys got to yet.
• Design and deliver hands-on training from inductions to toolbox talks building a safety culture through coaching not just paperwork.
• Manage environmental compliance including permits waste and emissions making sure what happens on the ground matches whats on paper.
• Act as the main point of contact for the HSE the Environment Agency and external auditors representing a site youve helped build.

Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience in an operations warehouse or food production site is essential so you understand the environment youll be working in from day one.
• NEBOSH General Certificate (or Diploma or working towards) and IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent.
• A track record of not just spotting health & safety gaps but resolving them directly practically and without waiting to be asked.
• Confident and self-starting with strong stakeholder skills that let you influence and support operational teams.
• Pragmatic and well organised able to prioritise a busy workload sensibly and keep driving improvement in a fast-moving site.

Benefits

• Exclusive staff discounts
• Private healthcare
• Birthday day off
• Pension scheme
• Unique bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to retail discounts
• Staff socials and events
• State of the art PW Campus
• WFH on Fridays
• Refreshments on-site

About Protein Works

Protein Works is a multi-award-winning go-to lifestyle nutrition brand for health-conscious mainstream consumers. Their HQ PW Campus is based in the North West and the business as of June 2026 is part of the Lactalis Group the worlds leading dairy company. Their mission is simple: to help people live healthier lives through the power of nutrition.

Protein Works stands as one of the UKs fastest-growing food and beverage brands and has earned a reputation for creating premium products at affordable prices including: protein shakes complete meal shakes wellness supplements and high-protein snacks. All of our products are crafted to deliver unmatched taste and quality. Protein Works has sold over 500 million shakes worldwide and continues to expand rapidly across the UK and Europe. Powering own growth is a world-class team spanning across product development technology business intelligence manufacturing logistics marketing and more. Together were proud to deliver exceptional value and an unrivalled experience to our more than 2.5 million customers globally.

Required Experience:

Manager