Food, Health & Safety Manager

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WSH Group seeks an experienced Food, Health & Safety Manager to support operations in London, combining remote coordination with site visits. You will champion a proactive safety culture, act as the main contact for health and safety, drive policy implementation, lead investigations into accidents and allergen incidents, analyse safety data to spot trends and drive corrective actions, and coach managers and teams on site. Essential qualifications include NEBOSH General Certificate and Food Safety Level 4, with strong knowledge of food safety, allergen management and legislation; hospitality or contract catering experience is preferred. To apply, tailor your CV to highlight stakeholder influence, multi-site delivery and safety improvements, and demonstrate comfort with digital safety systems.

Company Description

Food, Health & Safety Manager

Remote, with regular travel across London 

Up to £55k

Benefits:

• 33 Days holiday inclusive of bank holidays.
• Birthday additional holiday.
• 3 days volunteering days.
• 3 days grandparent leave.
• 24 weeks of enhanced maternity leave.
• Secondary carer leave.
• Wedding/commitment day leave.
• Bespoke development training.
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available via Perk Box, from high street shops to holidays & cinemas.
• Wellbeing hub.
• Access to employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to work scheme

We are looking for an experienced Food, Health & Safety Manager to support our operations across London and the surrounding regions.

This is a varied role where you'll work closely with site teams and managers to drive high standards of food safety, health and safety, and compliance. You'll support locations to manage risk effectively, investigate incidents, improve performance and embed a positive safety culture that enables teams to deliver exceptional hospitality.

We're interested in hearing from candidates with a background in Environmental Health or experience in Food, Health & Safety within the hospitality sector. If you enjoy working with operational teams, driving standards and making a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Description

More about the role:

• Champion a positive, proactive Food, Health & Safety culture, providing expert guidance, coaching, and mentoring to managers, chefs and operational teams.
• Acting as the main point of contact for health, safety and food safety matters
• Drive consistent implementation of Food, Health & Safety policies, procedures, training, and safety initiatives across all locations.
• Lead and support investigations into accidents, allergen incidents, and alleged food poisoning cases, identifying root causes and ensuring robust corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
• Analyse and report on safety performance data, identifying trends, assessing performance, and working with teams to reduce recurrences, escalating emerging risks.
• Conduct regular site visits, offering constructive feedback, identifying emerging risks, and promoting best practice.
• Ensure timely closure of accident, audit and EHO action plans across all locations.
• Support new mobilisations to ensure safety processes are embedded from day one.
• Manage the digital safety management system, ensuring it is fully embedded into location processes and that teams are appropriately trained and confident in its use.
• Monitor system usage to ensure safety performance is accurately captured, reported, and that prompt action is taken to address non-compliance or identified risks.
• Maintain and develop engaging Food, Health & Safety training programmes for all team members and ensure completion of mandatory training.
• Prepare high-quality presentations and confidently present at internal and external meetings.
• Collaborate with the wider Food, Health & Safety team to ensure alignment with wider group standards and initiatives

Qualifications

Essential

• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent).
• Food Safety Level 4 (or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of food safety, allergen management and health & safety legislation.
• Experience conducting investigations, audits, and delivering coaching.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the confidence to challenge and guide senior stakeholders.
• Experience within hospitality, contract catering or local authority.

Desirable

• BSc or MSc in Environmental Health (or equivalent)
• Membership of IOSH, CIEH or IIRSM
• Experience supporting multi‑site operations.

Additional Information

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that’s an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.

Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team’s careers. ‘Better’ is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.

Join us, and be part of the food revolution!

BaxterStorey Values:

ALWAYS VISIONARY

We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.

WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE

We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.

CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE

We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.

FOREVER CONSCIOUS

We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.

Interested? Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we’d like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.

BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to ‘set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality’.

Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.