Health, Safety

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