Senior Safety Specialist

The Role

As a Senior Safety Specialist, you will be the key expert in health, safety and environment at our production site in Joure. You will ensure compliance with all relevant regulations while actively strengthening a safety culture focused on awareness, responsibility and continuous improvement.

In this versatile role, you work closely with a broad range of stakeholders including site management, municipal authorities, water authorities and internal teams. You will develop and implement safety policies, conduct risk assessments, advise on improvements, lead safety programmes and support incident analysis. You will also contribute to sustainability initiatives within the factory.

Reporting directly to the Manufacturing Excellence Manager, your role will involve close collaboration with other safety professionals and cross-functional teams to maintain a safe and healthy working environment.

This position is open to candidates both in The Netherlands and across Europe who already have proven Health & Safety experience. We offer relocation support where required and sponsorship or employer reimbursement for the HVK certification.

This role provides the right candidate with the opportunity to grow into a new specialist area, make a meaningful impact and contribute to an inclusive, innovative, global FMCG organisation supported by 25,000 colleagues worldwide.

Principle Accountabilities

• Develop, implement and maintain health, safety and environmental policies, ensuring compliance with applicable legislation and regulations.
• Conduct risk assessments and inspections of facilities, equipment and processes to identify and mitigate hazards.
• Follow up on and analyse incidents, manage reporting systems, and recommend preventive and corrective actions.
• Train and guide employees and leaders in safety awareness, procedures and best practices.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including management, local authorities and water boards to ensure adherence to safety standards.
• Contribute to sustainability and environmental programmes aimed at reducing the site’s CO₂ footprint.

Skills and Experience Required

• Bachelor-level working and thinking capacity, complemented by a Higher Safety Expert (HVK) qualification.
• Proven professional experience in Health & Safety, ideally within a technical or manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of ISO 14001, ISO 45001, RI&E, RCA and other safety and analysis methodologies.
• Experience with relevant software and systems, such as Office 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint) and incident reporting tools.
• Strong communication and analytical skills, with the ability to influence and engage at different organisational levels.
• Fluency in English is required; Dutch is considered a strong plus but not mandatory.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at recruitment@impbrands.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

As a matter of policy, Imperial Tobacco or its subsidiaries never requests or requires payment as part of any recruitment process.