Regional Health & Safety Manager - Distilling & Maturation

Regional Health & Safety Manager - Distillation & Maturation

Your Manager: Health & Safety Director

Team: Health & Safety

Location: Miltonduff, Elgin

Be part of something big

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world's top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine's, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouet champagnes.

Here in the UK

In the UK, Pernod Ricard is made up of 4 businesses:

• Chivas Brothers, the largest brand company in the Group, responsible for the production and management of our award-winning Scotch whisky portfolio
• Pernod Ricard UK, which markets, sells and distributes our products in the UK market
• Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail, the global and EMEA home of the group's duty free, air travel and cruises business.
• The Absolut Group, the brand owner of our global white spirits portfolio, whose Gin brand unit and Business Acceleration team sit in London.

We are an organisation of 2,000 employees in the UK, headquartered in London, in a brand-new office designed with sustainability, 'conviviality' and collaboration in mind. We also have offices in Scotland and various distilleries and production sites across the UK from Plymouth to London to Speyside.

Your new team

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. At Chivas Brothers, our 1,600-strong team across 27 sites is committed to upholding the heritage of Scotch and ensuring its sustainable future, as well as opening it up to new audiences across the globe.

The scope of Operations stretches from Procurement through conversion (distillation and maturation) and manufacturing (or bottling) to all the downstream Supply Chain activities until the final product is delivered. In addition, Operations play a very active role in Innovation, Talent Development and Operational Risk Management.

The Health & Safety (H&S) team at Pernod Ricard are a team of 12 supporting our sites across the UK, including multiple distillation and maturation sites in Northern Scotland, our offices in London and Glasgow and our largest site in Dumbarton, where the Bottling and Distribution of our products is carried out. The team focus on driving a culture of proactive health and safety, empowering our people and embedding continual improvement into daily operations.

Your unique contribution

As a key member of our Distillation & Maturation Leadership Team this position will develop and implement a Distillation & Maturation Health and Safety Roadmap to drive improvements in our safety performance and ensure all necessary compliance through the management of a team of Health and Safety professionals and the engagement of all employees across our Distillation & Maturation operations.

You will have six main areas of responsibility:

Strategic Partnering & Engagement:

• Being a trusted partner to site leaders, working shoulder-to-shoulder to build environments where safety is second nature and people feel empowered to speak up, step in, and shape solutions.
• Helping shape a culture where health and safety is seen as a tool for success, not a barrier to progress - enabling good work, rather than getting in the way of it.
• Scanning the horizon - keeping us ahead of regulatory change, emerging risks and evolving best practices - and helping us lead, not just follow.

People Leadership:

• You'll lead and support the safety advisors in your region - helping them grow in confidence, develop their skills, and stay connected to the purpose behind the work.
• It's about building a team that feels trusted, supported, and proud of the difference they make.

Cultural Maturity:

• Breathing life into our health and safety framework - building on the solid foundations already in place, and shaping a roadmap that's simple, human, and focused on what really matters.
• Creating a culture of shared ownership, where safety isn't something 'we do to people', but something that lives in every role, every decision, and every conversation.

Standards & Systems:

• Supporting high-hazard risk and COMAH compliance - not just through documentation, but through real conversations, real checks, and real leadership.
• Oversee the operational development and deployment of our management system and software platforms to ensure an industry leading approach.
• You'll play a key role in how we manage and work with contractors - setting clear expectations, building strong relationships, and making sure safety isn't just handed over, but truly shared.

Change Management:

• Driving proactive engagement in site changes and developments, ensuring health and safety thinking is embedded early - from automation to site reshaping.

Training & Development:

• Helping our teams move from lagging indicators to learning insights, using data and real-world experience to guide improvements and build foresight.
• Building capability at every level, coaching others to think critically about risk, care deeply about their teams, and feel proud of the role they play in keeping each other safe.
• Championing learning over blame, leading investigations that focus on understanding, improvement and trust.

Who you'll be working with

Internally, you'll collaborate across functions - connecting with operations, HR, engineering, building management, security and more - to make safety part of how we plan, build and deliver the future of our business. You will also collaborate with colleagues across the Pernod Ricard group, particularly at HQ.

Externally, you will collaborate with the Health and Safety Executive, as well as other external regulatory bodies, trade associations, emergency services, local authorities, professional bodies and our vendors/ suppliers/contractors. You will be the face of Pernod Ricard and ensure delivery of a best-in-class Health & Safety service for the business.

Your blend of talent

This position could be right for you if you:

• Bring genuine care for people and a belief that safety is about enabling good work.
• Have Professional Health and Safety qualifications (i.e. NEBOSH) and have experience in developing and implementing health and safety management systems, policies, and procedures.
• Have proven experience in a similar health and safety role with responsibility across multiple sites, working independently to manage competing priorities and build and develop a high performing team.
• Are a natural relationship builder - able to influence and inspire people at all levels through excellent communication, coaching and facilitation skills. You don't just enforce rules; you ask the right questions, listen deeply, and bring people with you.
• Have experience in incident analysis and risk assessment methodologies and are familiar with human factors and Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) principles.

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, income protection and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Our lifestyle benefits include 25 days' annual holiday (increasing with length of service up to 27) plus 11 public holidays, your employee pension, share incentive plan, share ownership plan, life assurance and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop, our reward & recognition scheme and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It's our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We're committed to conviviality, and with this, you'll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You'll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on sustainability and responsibility.

We're committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as 'Createurs de Convivialite'.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture - an environment where we can truly be ourselves.

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As 'Createurs de convivialite', we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking.

Closing Date for Applications:

9th January 2026

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