Health and Safety Lead

Health & Safety Lead – Bornem Plant

📍 Location: Bornem, Belgium

🕒 Type: Full-time, Permanent

Are you an influential Health & Safety professional with the drive to build a truly proactive, zero-harm culture in a fast-paced manufacturing environment? Do you thrive on leading from the front, shaping behaviours, and embedding best-in-class safety standards across operations?

We’re looking for a Dutch and English-speaking Health & Safety Lead to take ownership of safety performance at our Bornem Manufacturing Plant. In this high-impact role, you’ll partner closely with plant leadership, champion our Zero Harm philosophy, and ensure full compliance with regulatory and internal standards.

This is an opportunity to step into a visible leadership role where your expertise will directly influence culture, performance, and continuous improvement across a dynamic production environment.

🎯 What We’re Looking For

Experience & Capability

• Proven experience in a Health & Safety leadership role within manufacturing, FMCG, or industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of local HSE legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• IOSH/NEBOSH qualification or Belgian Preventieadviseur Level 1, 2, or 3 certification (or equivalent)
• Experience managing HSE systems, audits, and compliance processes.
• Demonstrated ability to use data and insights to drive safety improvements and corrective actions.
• Experience leading incident investigations and implementing preventative measures.

Leadership Behaviours

• Fluent in Dutch and English, with the ability to influence and communicate effectively across all levels.
• Strong communicator with the confidence to influence stakeholders.
• Passionate about building a proactive, behaviour-led safety culture.
• Resilient and adaptable, able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on leader who can coach, challenge, and engage teams effectively.
• Continuous improvement mindset, always seeking better ways to enhance safety performance.

🔑 Key Responsibilities May Include

• Lead and maintain HSE management systems, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards.
• Act as a trusted advisor to plant leadership on all Health & Safety matters, including regulatory updates and risk mitigation.
• Drive alignment with Absolute Safety First Rules and embed Zero Harm principles across all site activities.
• Oversee emergency preparedness and day-to-day HSE operations, ensuring readiness and operational compliance.
• Promote a proactive safety culture through initiatives such as Learning Teams and Safety Differently practices.
• Lead incident investigations, identify root causes, and share learnings to drive continuous improvement across the network.
• Monitor workforce training, competency development, and skills matrices to ensure capability and compliance.
• Champion wellbeing initiatives, including safety campaigns and occupational health programmes.
• Analyse HSE performance data, identifying trends and implementing targeted improvements.

🌍 Why Join Us?

• Take ownership of a critical safety leadership role within a dynamic manufacturing environment.
• Influence culture, behaviour, and performance at site leadership level.
• Be part of an organisation committed to Zero Harm and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to drive meaningful, measurable impact across safety and wellbeing.

💼 What’s in It for You?

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Career development opportunities within a global organisation
• A collaborative, safety-first culture
• Exposure to modern safety practices and cross-functional leadership