Interim QEHS Director

Project overview

Step into a high-impact Interim QEHS Director role where you can drive change, strengthen quality and compliance, and help create a prevention-driven Zero Harm culture across a multi-site FMCG environment. If your skills involve solving complex operational challenges, influencing stakeholders, and raising standards through practical leadership, the Interim QEHS Director position is a fantastic opportunity to make an immediate difference at this FMCG facility.

Responsibilities

What You Will Bring:

This Interim QEHS Director role supports the business purpose of delivering exceptional consumer experiences through robust governance, protecting consumers and brands, and advancing a prevention-driven culture. You will help strengthen standards deployment across owned sites and co-packers, aligning QEHS strategy with business needs while improving quality, safety, and environmental performance through measurable outcomes and continuous improvement.

• Lead end-to-end Quality, Food Safety, and Technical governance across GB&I, ensuring strong compliance with relevant standards and best practice.
• Own QEHS management systems and certification readiness (including ISO-style governance, FSSC/AIB-aligned expectations) with a clear audit-ready mindset.
• Deploy Protect the Castle initiatives, including food defence, vulnerability assessments, fraud prevention, and secure product integrity practices.
• Guarantee robust traceability from raw materials through to finished goods, enabling rapid response to quality and safety issues.
• Lead incident management, including escalation, root cause analysis, containment, CAPA, and continuous improvement delivery.
• Drive the Zero Harm programme through visible leadership, coaching, and behaviour-based safety adoption with site teams and co-packers.
• Senior leadership experience in complex, multi-site FMCG operations, with proven QEHS governance and technical leadership.
• Strong expertise in Product Quality and Food Safety management systems, audits, and traceability, ideally within beverage or bottling settings.
• Demonstrated capability in incident and crisis management, with confident decision-making under time-critical pressure.
• Evidence of delivering behavioural-based safety programmes and leading cultural transformation aligned to Zero Harm principles.
• Knowledge of environmental management and relevant legal compliance (waste, wastewater, emissions, and resource efficiency), plus strong stakeholder influence skills.

Project details

The Interim QEHS Director role is based in Glocestershire (GB&I), with travel across Great Britain and Ireland to support co-packers, suppliers, and related operational partners.

Interested?:

If this Interim QEHS Director role sounds like the kind of mission where leadership, accountability, and real operational impact matter, apply now and take the next step in your QEHS leadership journey.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.

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• Start: flexible
• Location: Coleford, Gloucestershire, UK, GB
• Languages: English