Health and Safety Engineer

Swegon Ltd.; Whitstable; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental solutions provider in Whitstable is looking for a Health and Safety Engineer to implement and manage health and safety policies. This role involves promoting a robust safety culture, ensuring compliance with HSE regulations, and actively participating in audits and investigations. The ideal candidate will be NEBOSH qualified, with previous experience in a manufacturing environment. Join a company committed to sustainability and employee wellness, offering a supportive culture and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Flexible organizational culture

Development opportunities

Commitment to gender equality and diversity

Qualifications

• NEBOSH or equivalent qualification or experience required.
• Experience in manufacturing or similar industry.
• Ability to coordinate HSE committees.

Responsibilities

• Maintain health and safety management systems.
• Promote health and safety culture.
• Assist in compliance with HSE legislation.
• Report and investigate accidents and incidents.

Skills

Proven experience in a similar role

Familiarity with HSE legislation

Education

NEBOSH qualified

Job description

Position Summary

We are recruiting for a Health and Safety Engineer to assist with the implementation and management of policies and procedures for health and safety based out of our site in Whitstable; Kent.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Help maintain a system for health, safety, environmental to meet legislation, accreditation and directive requirements within the Whitstable plant. There may be a requirement to attend our other facility in Snodland (VP) on some days during the year
• Promote good health, safety, and environmental policies and culture throughout the Whitstable plant
• Assist in the development and implementation of the HSE strategy and plan to support the annual business plan and long‑term strategy
• Review HSE policies, procedures and guidance in line with best practices and current and future HSE legislative requirements, and to make recommendations on their application and implementation
• Ensure HSE management systems are maintained in accordance with relevant standards and guidelines, policies and procedures.
• Assist with the adherence to the environmental and sustainable practises and improvements in the business.
• Co‑ordinator of the HSE Steering Committee, providing statistical summaries to senior management identifying any significant trends and occurrences and ensuring improvement actions are shared throughout the organisation
• Be an organisational representative in its dealings with external outside bodies
• To hold or assist with monthly HSE committee meetings and to work alongside other HSE engineers within the organisation.
• Help maintain systems for measuring and monitoring HSE performance and assist with certification and accreditations such as 9001 and 140001.
• With the quality engineer actively work with and follow up NCR and drive to reduce the number and cost associated with them.
• Assist with industry and insurance audits
• Ensure all accidents, incidents and near misses are reported and investigated in accordance with HSE guidelines and company's policies and procedures.

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience in a similar role, ideally within manufacturing or similar industry

Qualifications

Essential

• NEBOSH qualified (Or equivalent qualification or experience)

We offer

At Swegon, we work to create the world’s best indoor climate that makes people thrive and feel‑good inside. We have ambitious goals in our sustainability efforts, in offering the most energy‑efficient products, promoting gender equality, and becoming carbon neutral, and we have clear transparency in our work. We offer exciting challenges in a global environment with competent colleagues and a culture characterized by our values; “Customer Empathy, Trust, and Commitment,” which permeate everything we do and are the basis for the decisions we make and how we interact with each other. At Swegon, we have an open and flexible organizational culture with short decision‑making processes, plenty of development opportunities, and we care about you being able to balance your work with your personal life. We place great emphasis on personal qualities, welcome applicants with different backgrounds, and strive for diversity and gender equality.

About Swegon Group

Swegon Group, owned by the Stockholm Stock Exchange‑listed Investment AB Latour, is a market‑leading provider of a healthy indoor climate, with solutions for ventilation, heating, cooling, and climate optimization, as well as connected services and technical expertise. Swegon has subsidiaries and distributors worldwide and 17 production units in Europe, North America, and India. The company has approximately 3000 employees and had a turnover of approximately SEK 6 billion in 2022.