The Role

This is a newly created role within our Health and Safety team, offering a genuine opportunity to shape and influence how health, safety, and environmental best practices are embedded across our outdoor farming operations.

As HSE Advisor, you will work closely with farm managers and teams across multiple sites, supporting the development of a strong, proactive safety culture. This is a hands on, site based role where you will gain a real understanding of day to day farming activities and help implement practical, risk based solutions that improve safety and performance.

You will play a key role in driving behavioural change, reducing risk, and raising standards across a business committed to continuous improvement.

The Ideal Candidate

Key Behavioural Competencies:

• Practical and people focused approach to health and safety
• Strong communication and influencing skills
• Ability to build trusted relationships with operational teams
• Proactive and hands on mindset
• Comfortable working independently across multiple sites

Preferred Experience:

• Experience within agriculture, farming, or a similar outdoor environment
• Understanding of risk based, pragmatic safety practices
• Experience supporting behavioural safety or culture change initiatives

Company Information

Sofina Foods isn't just a food company - It's a place to build your future.

With a team of over 13,000 people across 40 sites in Canada and Europe, we're passionate about delivering quality meats and seafood products to consumers around the world.
Join a company where innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction drive everything we do. At Sofina, you'll grow your skills, make a real impact, and work with responsibly sourced products from more than 50 protein sources across five continents.

Our vision is bold: to be the most successful food company in the world. If you're looking for a rewarding career in the food industry, there's a place for you at Sofina Foods.

Why Sofina Foods?

• Competitive Salary
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Online Benefits Hub
• Career Development Opportunities
• A newly created role with real scope to influence and improve ways of working
• Opportunity to be part of a business committed to strengthening its safety culture
• A visible, site based role working closely with farming teams
• The chance to contribute to long term cultural and behavioural change
• Support from an experienced and collaborative H&S team

Equal Opportunities

Sofina Foods is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences - regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support farm managers and teams to meet health, safety, and environmental standards across all sites
• Promote a positive and practical safety culture during a period of change
• Carry out regular farm inspections, audits, and site visits to identify risks and improvement opportunities
• Travel regularly across farm sites in Elgin, the Highlands, and the Fife and Dundee area
• Review and support the development of risk assessments, safe systems of work, and COSHH assessments
• Provide clear and practical H&S advice tailored to farming activities
• Investigate accidents, incidents, and near misses, ensuring corrective actions are implemented
• Deliver inductions, toolbox talks, and safety briefings to farm teams
• Support environmental compliance, including waste management and environmental controls
• Maintain accurate HSE records, reports, and KPI data to support continuous improvement

Summary

To support and enhance health, safety, and environmental standards across our farming operations, helping to build a positive safety culture and drive continuous improvement in a practical, operational environment.