Company Overview
The Bart Ingredients company has been sourcing and supplying herbs & spices for over 60 years. What began as a husband-and-wife team selling spice racks locally has grown to an organisation with over 200 employees distributing products across the UK. Today the business is privately owned by the Fuchs Gruppe family - the world’s largest privately owned herbs & spices business.
Our purpose is simple - ‘To bring the joy of food to life’ and to do it in the most sustainable way. The success of the business is routed in our people who make the business what it is with shared passion for achieving the best and cultivating the family culture we are proud of.
The Role
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Occupational Health & Safety and Facilities Assistant to work in our facility in Severn Beach.
This role is responsible for supporting the safe and effective operation of food production facilities through coordination of health and safety standards, reporting and compliance activities. The role ensures a well-maintained environment supports operational compliance objectives by promoting continuous improvement and facilitating collaboration across teams.
The role adds value by supporting operational activities, applying procedures to operational requirements, and providing essential advice to maintain high standards of quality, efficiency, and regulatory adherence within the business.
Key responsibilities:
- Support compliance with occupational health & safety legislation and company policies to maintain safe production sites.
- Manage and maintain risk assessments, SOPs, safe systems of work, and compliance records to meet audit and legal requirements.
- Promote occupational health & safety awareness via engagement, toolbox talks and training support to promote safe working practices.
- Record, investigate, and follow up accidents, incidents, near misses, and unsafe practices to prevent recurrence and escalate findings where required.
- Conduct hazard identification, occupational health & safety inspections, and warehouse/factory walkthroughs to support timely corrective actions.
- Coordinate occupational health & safety documentation, permits, logs, and reporting to deliver accurate, on-time information.
- Liaise with contractors, service providers, and external specialists, supporting contractor oversight and compliant completion of works.
- Support facilities management and compliance; respond to issues and callouts to maintain operational continuity.
- Support operational continuity across both sites, travelling occasionally, and escalate atypical issues under established procedures.
- Assist with employee occupational health & safety guidance, support with training and operational compliance activities to ensure best practice.
Person specification/skills:
- IOSH Managing Safely qualification required.
- Demonstrable experience of supporting occupational health and safety compliance in production or facilities settings, maintaining risk assessments, SOPs and compliance records.
- Demonstrable experience of conducting inspections, recording and investigating accidents, incidents and near misses, and driving corrective actions.
- Demonstrable experience of coordinating with contractors and maintenance teams to oversee facilities works and ensure safe, compliant completion.
- Understanding of Health & Safety legislation and company policies for within manufacturing or operational environments, including compliance duties.
- Developed skill in maintaining and updating occupational health and safety documentation, risk assessments and compliance records accurately.
- Developed skill in carrying out site inspections, identifying hazards, and supporting incident investigation to support corrective actions.
- Developed skill in coordinating contractors and communicating requirements across teams to ensure compliant completion of works.
- Understanding of risk assessments, SOPs and safe systems of work, plus compliance record‑keeping for audits.
- Awareness of hazard identification, incident/near‑miss reporting and basic contractor coordination and facilities compliance activities.
Hours and location of work:
The hours for this role are 37.5 hours per week Monday – Friday at Severn Beach with a salary of up to £32,000 dependant on experience. Some occasional travel to our Newbury site will be a requirement of this role.
What we offer:
Bart believe our people are our most important asset and offer the following benefits in addition to your salary:
· Pension scheme:
o Salary sacrifice scheme with company contribution of 4%
· Extra leave:
o Holiday purchase scheme – up to an additional 5 days each year
o Enhanced bereavement and pregnancy loss leave
o Enhanced maternity and paternity leave after 12 months service
· Life assurance:
o 2 x annual salary after 3 months service
· Wellbeing:
o Access to GP24 service - a remote GP & second opinion medical service
o Access to onsite Mental Health First Aiders
o Grocery Aid access - Offering emotional, financial, practical advice and support on a wide range of topics for all grocery colleagues and their immediate families
· Discounts:
o Money off in stores, holidays and days out discount platform
o Cycle to work scheme
· Others:
o Long Service Awards
o Social events
The hours for this role are 37.5 hours per week Monday – Friday with a salary of up to £39,977 dependant on experience. Some occasional travel to our Newbury site will be a requirement of this role.
This role is applicable to work at home for up to 2 days per week after a probation period.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Bart Ingredients we are committed to promoting equal opportunities and fostering a rich diversity within our workplace where all individuals are valued, treated with fairness, dignity and respect.
As an equal opportunities employer, we recruit on a fair and equal basis, welcoming applications from candidates regardless of age, ethnicity, gender identity or reassignment, disability, pregnancy & maternity status, sexual orientation, religion or belief or marriage/civil partnership status.
In line with the Ban the Box initiative, we do not ask you about any unspent criminal convictions during the recruitment process.
Bart Ingredients is a proud Disability Confident Employer, and we guarantee an interview for candidates who declare a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the role.
We recognise that people are different and can work in different ways. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process or for applying in a different format, please contact our HR team and they will be happy to help. [email protected] - 0117 9773474
Pay: Up to £32,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
Work Location: In person
