Join us as a Head of HSE at Bettys and Taylors Group - Our family business is home to three iconic Yorkshire brands - Yorkshire Tea, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate.

Are you a senior HSE leader ready to make a meaningful impact in a purpose-driven organisation? We're looking for a Head of HSE to join our HSE team at Bettys & Taylors Group.

This is a critical senior role, reporting to the Governance, Risk and Compliance Director, with responsibility for setting the group-wide HSE strategy, providing independent assurance, and shaping a positive, proactive safety culture across manufacturing, retail, logistics and office environments.

The role will offer hybrid working based from Harrogate (HG2 7LD). Please note that this position is not suitable for fully remote applicants, as regular on-site collaboration in Harrogate is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading HSE across a complex, multi-site organisation, driving a proactive, proportionate and commercially balanced approach to risk management
• Defining and owning the enterprise-wide HSE strategy and multi-year roadmap aligned to business growth and change programmes
• Acting as principal HSE advisor to the Executive team, providing independent and objective assurance on HSE risks and performance
• Integrating HSE into the enterprise risk framework and aligning HSE obligations with brand and reputational risk
• Developing, embedding and continuously improving HSE policies, frameworks and management systems
• Leading environmental compliance and performance, working closely with sustainability and ESG stakeholders
• Owning serious incident investigation and reporting, including RIDDOR-reportable events
• Engaging with regulators, insurers and external advisors on all HSE-related matters
• Reviewing and analysing leading and lagging indicators, presenting insight and recommendations to senior leaders
• Leading HSE transformation activity, championing continuous improvement, innovation, and data-led insight
• Owning the HSE budget and overseeing cost-of-risk management, including insurance and claims trends
• Building a strong safety culture through visible leadership, clear communication and effective stakeholder engagement

What You Bring

You will be a confident, credible and values-led HSE professional, comfortable operating at senior level and influencing across a diverse organisation.

• Extensive, demonstrable experience and in-depth working knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental legislation, compliance and best practice.
• Proven experience operating within complex environments such as manufacturing, food production, catering and/or retail.
• Highly developed leadership, communication and influencing skills, with a strong track record of driving positive cultural change.
• Leads by example, actively promotes company values and constructively challenges behaviours that may undermine a safe and inclusive working environment.
• Champions a "one business" mindset, fostering strong collaboration and partnership working across functions and sites.
• Strong knowledge of relevant industry-specific standards and regulations, including food manufacturing, fire safety and machinery regulations.
• Experienced in working within governance frameworks, policies and procedures, while applying pragmatic judgement to adapt approaches in support of evolving business needs.
• Proven experience in the design and delivery of effective HSE training and awareness programmes.
• Experience of working with Occupational Health and internal auditing.
• Confident user of data and systems, with intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• NEBOSH diploma or equivalent.
• IOSH membership working towards or has Chartered status.
• Champions community, charity and environmental initiatives.
• Require full driving licence to be able to visit our sites across Yorkshire.

What we offer you

As a minimum, all our employees receive free meals, drinks and snacks while at work, a discretionary quarterly profit-share bonus, holiday allowance with the option to buy and (in some cases) sell additional days, company-wide employee discounts, access to our health cash plan, wellbeing support, company funded counselling, and enrolment in the company pension.

We also offer a range of development opportunities no matter your role and ambitions. We encourage everyone to explore what makes them the best version of themselves, and we do this through external training programmes, apprenticeships and internal 1:1 coaching schemes.

Great People, Great Culture

We are Bettys & Taylors Group. Our family business is home to three iconic Yorkshire brands - Yorkshire Tea, Bettys, and Taylors of Harrogate. Together we share a passion for quality, service and doing things properly. We are driven by our purpose and our values, and we believe our people are what set us apart. We welcome applications from all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences and we are committed to offering an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

Click here to learn more about life at Bettys & Taylors Group. To apply for this role you will be required to submit a CV and cover letter.

The closing date for this vacancy is 12th May 2026. To ensure we find the right candidate, we may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications. Don't miss your chance-apply today!

If you apply and are successful in your application, 1st stage interviews will take place week commencing 18th May 2026, with 2nd interviews week commencing 1st June 2026.