Senior HSEQ Manager

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Vinarchy - Redefining wine. 

Established in 2025 following the merger of Accolade Wines and Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Vinarchy brings the best of these historic wine businesses into an exciting future, as one, new, exceptional global wine company.

Managing the entire wine supply chain - from grape to glass - Vinarchy produces wine in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, South Africa, Chile and the United States, with employees in almost every continent around the world. 

Vinarchy’s diversified portfolio includes our global pillars Jacob’s Creek, Hardys, and Campo Viejo, alongside growth drivers - Grant Burge Wines, Stoneleigh, Jam Shed, Brancott Estate, Mud House, St Hugo, St Hallett and Petaluma - that are accelerating the category globally.

Role Details

Reporting to the Head of HSEQ West, the Senior HSEQ Manager is responsible for leading the Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) agenda across the UK and South African (SA) business, ensuring the highest standards of product quality, food safety, workplace safety, environmental performance, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence.

The role is accountable for protecting the organisation's reputation and maintaining stakeholder confidence through robust HSEQ governance, certification management, audit excellence, risk management, compliance assurance, and effective issue resolution. The position partners closely with operational, commercial, supply chain, and corporate leaders to drive continuous improvement and embed a proactive culture of safety, quality, and compliance.

Your Key Accountabilities

HSEQ Leadership & Governance

• Lead the execution of HSEQ strategies, objectives, and improvement programmes in alignment with regional and global priorities.
• Provide HSEQ leadership and governance across manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and third-party operations.
• Drive a culture of accountability, risk management, compliance, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and develop the UK and South Africa HSEQ team, ensuring strong capability, engagement, and performance.
• Partner with operational and functional leaders to strengthen HSEQ ownership, leadership capability, and accountability.
• Champion a culture of safety, quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across the organisation.

Food Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Maintain and continuously improve Quality, Food Safety, Health & Safety, and Environmental Management Systems.
• Ensure compliance with customer, regulatory, certification, and company standards.
• Lead product withdrawal, recall, crisis management, incident response activities, and CAPA programmes where required.
• Lead implementation and continuous improvement of health, safety, and environmental programmes across the UK.
• Drive proactive risk identification, hazard management, and incident prevention initiatives.
• Support delivery of sustainability objectives, environmental improvement initiatives, and HSEQ training and competency development programmes.

Other Accountabilities Include

Management Systems & Certification

• Act as the business owner for BRCGS Food Safety certification and other applicable management system certifications.
• Maintain compliance with BRCGS, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and other applicable standards.
• Lead certification, surveillance, recertification, customer, regulatory, and retailer audit programmes.

Continuous Improvement & Performance Management

• Establish and monitor HSEQ performance metrics, targets, and reporting frameworks.
• Analyse trends and identify opportunities to improve safety, quality, compliance, and operational performance.
• Lead improvement initiatives that strengthen compliance, operational effectiveness, and business performance, including digitalisation, standardisation, and simplification of HSEQ systems and processes.

Your Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Degree qualification in Food Science, Quality, Engineering, Environmental Science, Occupational Health & Safety, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 7-10 years' experience in HSEQ, Quality, Food Safety, Technical, or HSE leadership roles within FMCG, food, beverage, manufacturing, or similarly regulated industries.
• Proven experience managing BRCGS-certified manufacturing facilities and quality systems.
• Extensive experience leading customer, retailer, certification, regulatory, and internal audits.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP principles, risk management frameworks, and food safety systems.
• Strong understanding of UK food safety, health and safety, and environmental legislation.
• Demonstrated experience leading incident investigations, CAPA programmes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing technical or HSEQ teams.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills.

Desirable

• BRCGS Lead Auditor qualification.
• Lead Auditor qualification in ISO standards.
• NEBOSH General Certificate, Diploma, or equivalent.
• Experience implementing and maintaining ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 management systems.
• Experience managing outsourced manufacturing and co-packer relationships.
• Experience within wine, beverage, food manufacturing, or FMCG industries.
• Membership of IOSH, IEMA, CQI, IFST, or equivalent professional body.

Why Join Us?

• Annual wine allowance and access to unique wine specials  
• Flexible working (Up to 2 days working from home)  
• Paid Parental Leave 
• Start your weekend early with our Fast Friday finishes!
• Modern office located Bristol's city centre
• Go Beyond Day - make a difference in your local community
• Access to an extensive online learning library
• Private Health Insurance Discounts & Annual Flu Vaccination Program
• Employee Assistance Program & Various exclusive employee discounts

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Our Company Values

• Grow Together
• Integrity In Every Drop
• Own Your Impact
• Simplify To Amplify