Health, Safety & Environment Manager - M/F/X

Job Description

Job Description:

Location: Aimargues

Segment: Royal Canin

Type of contract: Permanent

As the HSE Manager for our flagship manufacturing site of around 250 associates, you will be the guardian of safety, health, and environmental excellence. You’ll lead a small but high-impact team, set the site’s HSE vision, and ensure our people, pets, and planet are always protected. Through your expertise and leadership, you’ll drive a strong safety culture, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across operations.

What are we looking for?

• You have 7 to 10 years of HSE experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment within the food, agro-industrial, or FMCG sector.

• You hold at least a bachelor’s degree (Bac+3) in a relevant field.

• You bring a well-rounded set of functional capabilities — from developing and deploying safety and environmental strategies, to driving TPM initiatives, auditing compliance, and continuously improving processes and behaviors across the site.

• You demonstrate strong leadership skills, able to set a vision, motivate others, influence without formal authority, and operate with high autonomy.

• You thrive in a complex, fast-paced manufacturing environment where collaboration with multiple stakeholders and external partners is key to success.

• You are confident in challenging decisions and standing your ground when safety or compliance are at stake.

• You are fluent in both French and English.

What will be your key responsibilities?

Shape and deliver the site's HSE strategy

• Define and deploy HSE priorities in collaboration with site leadership and employee representatives.

• Leverage best practices and benchmark insights to continuously improve safety, health, and environmental standards.

• Address complex challenges with a pragmatic and innovative mindset, turning issues into opportunities for improvement.

• Lead and implement key site policies such as the Pet Safety Policy and the Transportation Safety & Sustainability Policy, ensuring both people and environment are protected.

Coordinate and develop the HSE function

• Apply deep HSE expertise while collaborating effectively with other functions (engineering, production, facilities, etc.).

• Act as a trusted advisor, influencing stakeholders across the site on HSE policies, standards, and behaviors.

• Lead a small team of HSE professionals and support their growth and capability building.

• Mentor colleagues and contribute to the broader HSE community through best practice sharing and continuous learning.

• Ensure all on-site service providers and contractors comply with the company’s HSE requirements.

• Act as the main point of contact for local authorities on all matters related to health, safety, and environment.

• Operate autonomously, demonstrating strong ownership and accountability.

Lead the security program

• Design, implement, and maintain robust security programs aligned with industry standards (e.g., TAPA) and company policies.

• Promote a strong culture of security awareness among associates and stakeholders.

• Optimize the site’s security systems, layouts, and access controls to ensure effective protection and monitoring.

• Ensure emergency and crisis response plans are up to date, tested, and embedded in daily operations.

• Collaborate closely with external partners (security providers, authorities) and internal stakeholders (e.g., regional security team).

• Maintain a structured approach to security governance and perform regular audits to identify risks and drive improvements.

• Develop and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess security program effectiveness and enable continuous improvement.

What can you expect from Mars?

• At Mars, we believe in a relationship of mutual trust, dignity and respect between our company and Associates that is more meaningful than the standard employer/employee relationship.

• As Associates, we can expect to be respected, supported and valued as individuals, to be treated fairly and equitably.

• You will work in a multicultural environment (more than 40 nationalities) and where your dog will be welcomed by more than 100 other Associates’ dogs at the office!

• You will work in a unique campus, which gathers more than 800 Associates working for: the international HQ, the French subsidiary, two laboratories, a kennel and a cattery with more than 200 cats & dogs, and finally the most important factory of the Royal Canin group

• Since 2015, no waste to landfill is made by the 16 Royal Canin factories in the world

• All Royal Canin products manufactured in Europe are ISO 14001 certified from design to factory gate

• You will evolve in the heart of an innovative production plant that will challenge you, on a daily basis