EHS Leader

Parker Hannifin; Coventry; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Funded professional body membership

Pension scheme

Employee health & wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking an on-site Health, Safety & Environment Lead for our Coventry site. You will champion a world-class safety culture within a high‑performance manufacturing environment, driving the development, implementation and ongoing improvement of EHS standards while ensuring compliance with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.

You will lead risk assessments, training, and reporting while aligning with our continuous improvement ethos and ensuring engagement across all levels of the business.

Qualifications

• On-site safety leadership experience in manufacturing.
• Knowledge of ISO14001 and ISO45001 requirements.
• Experience implementing EHS systems and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of EHS standards at the Coventry site.
• Ensure legal, safety and environmental compliance across the site.
• Embed best practice and drive proactive risk management and training.

Skills

EHS leadership

NEBOSH knowledge

ISO 14001/45001 experience

Lean / problem solving (A3s)

Contractor management

MS Office / EHS systems (Gensuite)

Education

NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent

Environmental qualification (IEMA/IOSH)

Tools

Gensuite

Job description

Position Overview

Ready to lead safety in a high-performance aerospace environment?

Responsibilities

We’re looking for an inspiring Health, Safety & Environment Lead with a background in manufacturing to champion a world‑class safety culture at our CVD Coventry site in Holbrooks. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in a business where safety, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement are at the heart of everything we do.

In this key lead role, you’ll drive the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of our safety and environmental standards, ensuring our people, operations, and workplace remain safe, compliant, and future‑ready.

You’ll take the lead in embedding best practice across the site, supporting teams to think proactively, act responsibly, and continually raise the bar. You’ll also ensure all company, country, legal, safety, and environmental requirements are met, while maintaining key certifications such as ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide clear direction, communication and leadership in the BU’s management of EHS systems, policies and procedures. Ensure adherence, continual improvement and involvement at all levels within the Safety Management System and PLS toolbox.
• Ensure employee engagement through the promotion and achievement of safe and healthy conditions, along with effective communications and the provision of high‑quality training
• Implement assessment and review processes to identify and manage health and safety risks to employees, customers, partners and any other people who could be affected by our activities
• Arrange for the effective planning, organisation, control, monitoring and review of preventive and protective measures
• Ensure the organisation has access to competent health and safety advice
• Ensure that employees are consulted about their risks at work and current preventive and protective measures
• Ensure timely reporting of all EHS targets and standards including lost Parker recordable incidents, recordable accidents, near misses, corporate assessments, compliance and other non-conformances and ensure their effective investigation and closure.
• Responsible for creating, developing and maintaining clear and effective EHS systems and procedures to recognised standards such as ISO14001 and ISO45001 which meet company, country and European legal and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Leads and manages an EHS program for change which includes new processes, equipment, materials and people.

Essential skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for this position

• Commitment to working on‑site 5 days each week, Monday – Friday
• Building Project or CDM experience
• Qualified to NEBOSH Certificate, Diploma level or international equivalent in relevant country
• Environmental qualification preferably IEMA or IOSH or international equivalent
• Experience of implementing, maintaining and improving ISO 14001 and ISO145001 (or country equivalent) management systems
• Able to demonstrate significant knowledge of EHS directives, systems & legal requirements
• Engineering qualification or proven background of contributing to safety improvements in an engineering/manufacturing environment
• Experience of implementing EHS systems and procedures including near miss, risk and ergonomic assessments, etc
• Experience of risk and change management i.e. devising EHS new systems, advising on contractor management for equipment transfers etc
• Computer literate, proficient in MS Office and EHS management systems (Gensuite would be an advantage)
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of Lean or other problem-solving tools and techniques (A3s).

What We Offer

Parker Meggitt is proud to offer a competitive total rewards framework designed with our colleagues' health, wealth, and well-being in mind to help our employees balance a successful career. Our competitive package will include:

• Funded membership of a professional body
• Focused career development planning with opportunities to progress
• Pension scheme with up to 10% matching company contribution
• Income protection scheme
• Life Assurance x4 basic salary
• Share buying scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy and sell up to 5 days
• Service‑related holiday (3 years = 1 day and increase up to max 5 days)
• Cash Plan or Private Medical Cover
• Employee Assistance Program for Health & Wellbeing
• Free on‑site car parking
• Employee Referral Scheme
• An on‑site restaurant and Starbucks offering subsidised food
• Employee Perks – offering our employees discounts on a huge variety of goods and services

EMEA Business Descr

Parker Hannifin EMEA Sàrl (“PHEMEA”), based in Etoy, Switzerland, is the Principal Operating Company for Parker in the EMEA region. It is supported by a network of Parker Manufacturing Divisions and Sales Company Entities. The Aerospace Group EMEA is a strategic business Group within PHEMEA. Hydraulic Systems Division EMEA (HSDE) is a key service provider to PHEMEA.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on grounds of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability in relation to recruitment and employment.