Environmental Health & Safety Specialist

Vertiv; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist to enhance its commitment to safety and environmental management. The role involves coordinating EHS activities, ensuring compliance, and improving internal processes related to health, safety, and environmental standards. Candidates should have a NEBOSH Certificate and relevant experience in construction or electrical environments.

Qualifications

• 3 years’ experience in the field.
• Experience in Construction, Electrical, UPS, Thermal, or Generator is an advantage.
• User in managing the technical aspects of Health, Safety and Environmental compliance.

Responsibilities

• Implement and manage ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
• Conduct audits and manage EHS requirements.
• Ensure compliance with legislative and corporate requirements in H&S and Environmental areas.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Self-motivated

Education

NEBOSH Certificate

Professional EHS membership (IOSH)

CDM experience

Tools

MS Office

Smartsheets

Sharepoint

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Client:

Vertiv

Location:

United Kingdom

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

At Vertiv, we're on a mission to empower the people that will power the future. From a simple swipe to life-changing medicines, from push notifications to generative AI. We design, manufacture, and service the products and solutions that keep the world connected. With $ billion in revenue, a strong customer base and global reach spanning nearly 70 countries, we are uniquely positioned to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.

We are now on the lookout for an Environmental Health & Safety Specialist to join our dynamic team in Stonecross/ Sheffield/ Bedford! You will coordinate the activities related to the implementation and management of Health, Safety and environmental matters within Vertiv.

Direct responsibility:

• Implementation & management of ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
• Ability to work regularly with clients, attend site meetings and manage their EHS requirements from Vertiv.
• Completion of audits on engineers to company specific requirements, on various client’s sites throughout the UK.
• Work with our projects department to audit and advise on EHS requirements during construction works & CDM management on various sites.
• Ensure compliance with legislative requirements and corporate requirements in H&S and Environmental areas.
• Thorough investigation and reporting of accidents/near misses.
• Contribute to external accreditations.
• Develop and maintain internal audit schedule for EHS management system according to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.

Other Responsibilities within EHS:

• Implementation of legal, corporate and other requirements, standards and processes related to H&S and Environment (EHS) in line with ISO14001 and ISO 45001
• Perform tasks related to Environmental aspect and impacts.
• Collaboration with management, identification and implementation of preventive and corrective actions to ensure compliance with all EHS requirements to eliminate all existing or potential nonconformities from EHS internal and external audits.
• Identifying hazards and threats, evaluate the risks of injuries and health, develop and regularly update risk analysis.
• Perform inductions for all Vertiv employees, refresher and specific trainings for employees. Methodologically and continually support managers to deliver safety training to their subordinates.
• Manage accident and incident investigation, including analysis with managers, employees and witnesses. Manage internal communication of measures, monitoring of the implementation of measures and external communication to the authorities and insurance companies.
• Manage the creation and updating of internal EHS documentation.
• Collect, maintain, manage, reports and store the data and prepares the records - in particular on accidents at work, measurements and assessments of the working environment, waste, energy consumption, emissions, sewage quality, hazardous substances.
• Perform regular compliance audits on Vertiv facilities, focusing on compliance with legal, corporate and specific requirements, policies and procedures.
• Support EHS EMEA Directors with communication related to EHS EMEA-wide topics.
• All other activities related to the agreed type of work under the orders of the Senior management.

What you will bring:

Preferred Education:

• NEBOSH Certificate.
• Professional EHS membership (IOSH) Preferred.
• CDM experience.

Experience:

• 3 years’ experience in the field.
• Construction, Electrical, UPS, Thermal or Generator experience an advantage.

PC knowledge:

• MS Office – user.
• Smartsheets – advanced user advantage.
• Sharepoint – advanced user advantage.
• Leadership, working with people, communication.
• Tracking tasks / plans.
• Analytical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
• Self-motivated.

Personality assumptions:

• Logical thinking.
• Teamwork, target orientation.
• Positive thinking, perseverance.

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.