H&S Safety and Compliance Manager, GOGBL

Diageo; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description :

H&S and Compliance Manager, GOGBL

Guinness Open Gate Brewery London

Location: Covent Garden, London

Full time: Full time

Closing Date: April 18, 2025

About Us

The Guinness Open Gate Brewery London is a new Guinness neighbourhood in London that will inspire the best in brewing, food, retail and culture. Consisting of 52,000 square feet of heritage buildings and central courtyard in the historic brewing quarter in Covent Garden, GOGBL will become a key growth driver for Guinness, placing the brand in culture, driving relevancy and brand saliency amongst a new generation of drinkers. GB is the biggest Guinness market globally and Guinness is enjoying a period of exceptional growth and cultural magnetism, with the brand growing by around 50% since 2019 to the biggest it has ever been in value, volume and market share in the brand’s 264-year history.

Beer will be produced at a 10hl on site brewery, a world-leading brewing facility which will produce innovation and limited-edition liquids to be served across the GOGBL site. The brewery will form part of a grain to glass immersive visitor experience in 1 Mercer Walk, which will also house dedicated space to build Diageo’s southern hub for the Learning 4 Life programme, training hundreds of people per year in hospitality skills.

We believe that the power of community is now more important than ever. At GOGBL we will create opportunities for local jobseekers, give our brewery waste products a second life in the community, and share GOGBL spaces with local community groups. The site is scheduled to open in December 2025.

Location

Key elements of the site include:

• Iconic Guinness Gates as main entrance to the experience, offering huge cultural impact in the heart of London.
• Restaurants/Taproom/bars – world class food and beer produced and served on site.
• Central all weather historic courtyard with world class bar experience.
• Retail spaces, one of which will stock items produced through exciting short-term brand collaborations.
• Bespoke 5th floor glass box rooftop eating and drinking experience creating brand new rooftop view of London.
• Brewery and beer experience/tasting tours.
• Cultural events space designed and fitted out with technology to enable world class meeting and conference experiences.

About the Role

This truly is the dream job for a competent professional looking to join an inspirational team to harness their passion for experiences in a safe and compliant world class visitor attraction.

You will lead the GOGBL compliance agenda with support from Diageo Global Governance Functions and will be responsible for embedding Diageo’s Health & safety, sustainability and environmental policies and risk management standards into day-to-day operations – including brewing, consumer experience and F&B. Your focus on compliance will be on both Diageo’s internal standards, and local legislative and regulatory requirements.

The role holder will assist the Managing Director GOGBL with all safety and compliance functions including; developing management systems, reviewing safe systems of work, managing contractors, reporting and investigating incidents, attending site-based compliance meetings, providing compliance coaching, mentoring and training, implementing and monitoring compliance checks and reporting key performance indicators for health, safety, environment and sustainability to the Leadership team.

This role will require weekend, evening and on-call work.

About you:

This is the perfect position for someone with experience in a compliance function within hospitality, food & beverage, retail, spirits/wine and/or a relevant customer-facing industry. You’ll be an inspirational leader who empowers others to work together with a positive and enthusiastic approach and the drive to develop, support, train and encourage your team to strive for the best and ensure that you are all set up for success.

You will have a strong understanding of legislation and experience in leading and driving a risk compliance agenda. You will advocate good governance to ensure that all health, safety, sustainability and environment targets are met by driving site compliance with local legislation and Diageo Global Risk Management Standards.

You will have a proven track record of working at pace, handling multiple priorities and be results driven with an attention to detail. You will be able to monitor and manage and develop and implement compliant processes and procedures. Along with this, you will be able to harness your expert knowledge of compliance operations to support and advise front of house teams and have strong stakeholder management skills as you work collaboratively with Diageo teams and third party contractors.

Working with Us

Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our people work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location. Please talk to us about what flexibility means to you and don’t let anything stop you from applying.

• We offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including: Contemporary work life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Annual merit increases (performance based)
• Annual bonus (performance based)
• Subsidized gym membership
• Contributory pension scheme
• Share options

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and listened to, is a crucial part of this.

We believe the most diverse and inclusive culture makes for a better business and a better world.

We know that for our business to thrive and for Diageo to realise its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

Around the world we have a number of inclusive Business and Employee Resource Groups known as BRGs and ERGs. These influential groups, made up of our people, represent various viewpoints, experiences and communities who generate thought-provoking work to enhance our business and workplace, creating a sense of belonging and opportunities for all.

Join us, and you'll be part of an organisation that embraces diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of — and help build — an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more. And you'll help us champion inclusion and diversity across our entire business: with our employees, our suppliers, across our brands, and within the communities in which we operate.

Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

1HQ

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-04-10