Brian Pyle

I am a highly motivated individual, educated to master’s degree level, who wishes to develop and take on new tasks, always wanting to learn and succeed. I try to lead by example and consider man-management to be strength. I have broad experience of Health, Safety and Environment in Manufacturing, Packaging, Warehouse, HACCP, BRCGS, and fast-moving working environments.

I have experience of working within HR and production. I also have multi-site experience at Faerch, Crown and AEI Cables. I am a strong believer in the ‘hands on’ application of health and safety and transformational leadership.

I have proven success through employee engagement and effective man management, resulting in significant improvements within safety, and cultural performances.

HSE Manager - Valeo Foods - Gateshead

(2025-08)

Based at Gateshead site covering 3 factory units. Deploying the Valeo Snackfoods Health and Safety strategy, delivering on agreed key performance indicators and objectives at the site. Work closely with clusters to ensure compliance to all Health and Safety legal requirements, and implementation of best practice solutions. Building strong internal relationships with stakeholders across the business. Delivering the safety strategy for VSF in a range of areas, including culture, leadership and enabling systems that cover our employees, contractors and visitors.

Ensuring

The safety strategy is clearly defined and communicated to the business in the form of a road map

• ESG lead for Gateshead sites. Leading projects to consider energy savings and CO2 reduction.
• Leading projects on health, wellbeing and environmental improvements
• Weekly and Monthly review of EHS performance (including budget) with the Senior Leadership
• Involvement and leading of continuous improvement projects or focus groups
• Supporting external audits, Supporting and conducting internal audits
• Accountable for ensuring compliance with all site systems and maintain a safe working environment.
• Ensuring all accidents and serious incidents are investigated with learnings shared.
• Accountable for ensuring all works are completed safely and contractors and visitors are managed appropriately.
• Carry out and validate risk assessments.
• Work collaboratively with various management teams to promote and implement EHS practices.
• Work with the HR department to ensure adequate Occupational Health provisions are in place.
• Work with the Learning and Development Department to ensure compliance and an appropriate level of EHS training I s provided, recorded and adhered to;
• Support and develop a ‘safety culture’ ensuring compliance with changes to work practice and safe systems of work.
• Accountable for ensuring that a full behavioural system is in place across the KFL sites with positive challenge and feedback from all levels of the organisation.
• Behavioural conversations, including near misses, hazards and unsafe acts are promoted as a way of life and are recorded with the safety forums analysing the results and driving improvements.
• Ensuring a safety forum exists at all sites with clear objectives, structured meetings and up to date actions.
• Carrying out Mental Health training on UK sites from awareness to MHFA levels under NUCO standards.
• Manage site HSE budget
• Upkeep of ISO14001 standard

HSE and Compliance Co-Ordinator - Faerch - Durham

(2024-07 - 2025-08)

Job Title reflects added responsibilities from HSE Co-Ordinator role.

• Support and engage staff in producing suitable and sufficient risk assessments covering all site activities.
• Develop and contribute to HSE action plans, strategies and targets to drive continuous improvement
• Assessing process equipment and machinery to ensure they are in a safe, working order and compliant with all relevant standards and legislation.
• Supporting Engineering function to coordinate and provide technical support on site compliance obligations inclusive of FIRE, LOLER, LEV and Legionella.
• Manage sites MHE inclusive of FLT, warehouse.
• Develop, manage and support a robust contractor control process on site including approval, monitoring, auditing and permit to works systems.
• Leading Role in successful first stage application of ISO14001 for sites at Sutton and Poole
• Completion of successful two year project (14001 objective) to eliminate annual plastic purge waste to landfill and introduce external reuse into the sites waste map plan, incorporating external carrier audits. Annual average saving of 240,000kgs.
• Managed two year environmental projects returning improvements of General and FEL waste of approx. 30%
• Introduction / upgrade of sites LOTO procedures

HSE Co-Ordinator - Faerch - Durham

(2022-07 - 2024-08)

Initially covered the site in the absence of QSHE manager. Following his return, I assist with the management of SHE on site. Departmental responsibilities ranged from thermoforming machines, extrusion lines, Warehousing, Goods In (inc. racking management) and environmental aspects inclusive of waste, and energy management. Worked under BRCGS standards in relation to product safety.

• Review of full site Risk Assessments. Developing action plan in relation to hierarchy of measures required.
• Developing Safety Observation Program to develop a working relationship from senior management to shop floor.
• Developing behavioral based ‘Safety Circle’ program, integrating all departments within site.
• Introduced ‘Star Conversation’ cards to develop, and improve site wide safety culture.
• Initiated Site Health and Safety Culture survey.
• Waste, and Energy management on site, including General and Hazardous waste, and Carrier control.
• Carrying out external ‘duty of care audits’ of environmental related customers
• Successful Preparation, and application of ISO14001 certification with no NCR’s. in Durham, Poole and Sutton sites
• Re-Development of safety committee
• Developed revised and updated training program for all FLT drivers on site
• Carried out PUWER assessments / Check lists on machine moves.
• Review, and manage site LEV systems
• Reintroduced Occupational Health including initial 3 year foundation plan.
• IOSHH Managing Safely Trainer, delivering the training for Staff at Durham, Poole and Sutton sites.
• Introduced IEMA environmental training plan for senior staff.
• Managing monitoring programs, including Noise, Air Monitoring and LEV systems.
• Managing upgrade project for LEV on site
• Managing in Goods In, and Transport Sections including Racking Inspections and pedestrian segregation.
• Upgrading of the sites manual handling assessments.
• Managed Racking Inspection program.
• Renewal of COSHH assessments, and introduction of Task Based COSHH assessments
• Assist Sutton and Poole sites when required

QSHE coordinator - Crown / Eviosys Promotional Packaging - Newcastle

(2020-09 - 2022-07)

Working within a fast paced HACCP environment ensuring the relevant management systems are in place and operational. Ensuring HACCP principles are identified and followed on site. Covering both Newcastle and Carlisle sites.

• Worked closely with IMVELO ltd to plan 14001 gap analysis for the UK sites and deliver environmental training to management, incorporating IEMA certified courses, and bespoke environmental management courses.
• Carrying out NUCO accredited Mental Health training at 3 levels: Awareness, MH First Aider and Supervisor level. Developing the company’s Mental Health Awareness / Wellbeing program for our Newcastle, Carlisle, Sutton, Wantage and Mansfield sites
• Re-introduction of Occupational health program.
• Managing both Newcastle and Carlisle sites COVID action plans and assessments.
• Introducing initial risk assessments, policies, SOP’s and procedures to the new site.
• Successfully audited to BS45001, BS14001 at both Newcastle and Carlisle sites.
• Work with Bureau Veritas to produce a gap analysis for BS45001
• Compiled and introduced training and introduction procedures to site.
• Carry out the PUWER assessments for Newcastle and Carlisle sites
• Compiled site COSHH register, and compilation of COSHH assessment files for each substance on site.
• Ensured mandatory assessment were carried out, including Noise, Air Monitory, Emissions testing, Fire and LEV. Producing a plan against actions raised.
• Introducing waste management to site including Carrier checks, waste stream map and cradle to grave review. Collecting data for Mass Balance Calculations, waste improvement schemes and EA permitting.
• Worked with local Environmental Health Agency to maintain best available techniques for sites A2 permit.
• Acting as the company’s Responsible Person for legionella on site
• Carryout audits and assessments to BRCGS food and packaging standards
• Carryout Hygiene GMP Audits
• Training Coordinator for Convergence system, and site employee program.
• Covered both the Newcastle and Carlisle sites, during which, both sites were successful in 14001 application
• Carry out Fork Lift Training for both B1, and B3 categories (Cat 1, ITSARR instructor)
• Assisted Management of Carlisle site asbestos program
• Key Achievements (to date): Successful 14001, 45001 audit for both sites
• Waste Program resulting in 27% improvement
• Solvent waste reduction / use improvement of approx. 19%
• Accident rates improvement of 15%
• Introduction of Mental Health / Wellbeing Awareness program me.

Health, Safety and Environmental Manager - Premier Tech Water and Environment - UK and Ireland

(2017-03 - 2020-08)

Initial project was to address improvement notices issued to the c

MSc

BA hons