Health and Safety Lead

Zest Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned manufacturing company in the United Kingdom is looking for a Health and Safety professional to ensure compliance and promote a proactive safety culture on the shop floor. In this role, you will conduct training, coach teams, investigate incidents, and update safety policies. The ideal candidate holds an IOSH qualification and will receive support for their NEBOSH qualification. This position offers growth opportunities and the autonomy to make a significant impact on employee safety.

Benefits

Career growth opportunities

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Experience leading health and safety compliance in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to deliver engaging training to a diverse audience.
• Strong communication skills for coaching and relationship building.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support health and safety compliance on site.
• Deliver engaging H&S training to all employees.
• Coaching teams to raise safety standards.
• Investigate incidents and ensure corrective actions.
• Run regular safety drills and update policies.

Skills

Health and Safety compliance

Training delivery

Incident investigation

Coaching

Risk assessment

Education

IOSH qualification

NEBOSH qualification (to be pursued)

Job description

Some people see health and safety as rules and checklists. You see it as people. Protecting them. Empowering them. Helping them go home safe every day.

We're representing a long-established manufacturing business that's looking for someone exactly like you - someone who can be a visible, approachable presence on the shop floor. Someone who knows that safety culture is built in conversations, not just in documents.

The client are willing to consider Health and Safety professional with an IOSH and will look to support the right individual through their NEBOSH qualification.

This is a sole-standing Health & Safety role, but you'll never feel alone. You'll work closely with an experienced QHSE Manager who'll back your ideas and give you the freedom to make an impact. And because this business is growing, there's plenty of room for you to grow too - into a management role if that's where you want to go.

You'll be the person employees turn to for advice, guidance, and training - from day-one inductions to coaching seasoned team members on best practices. You'll lead investigations when something goes wrong, but more importantly, you'll be influencing things, so those moments happen less and less. You'll run drills that prepare people for the unexpected and work with managers to make sure every policy, risk assessment, and process is up-to-date, practical, and understood.

Snapshot of what you'll be doing:

• Leading and supporting all aspects of health and safety compliance on site.
• Delivering engaging H&S training to employees, contractors, and management (including inductions).
• Coaching teams to raise safety standards and embed a safety-first mindset.
• Investigating incidents and near misses, ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
• Running regular safety drills and ensuring readiness across all shifts.
• Reviewing and updating policies, procedures, and risk assessments.
• Actively promoting a positive, proactive safety culture throughout the site.

This isn't a role for someone who wants to hide in an office. You'll be walking the floor, building relationships, listening to concerns, and spotting opportunities to make the workplace safer and more efficient.

In return, you'll join a close-knit team who care about what they do. You'll have the autonomy to shape safety culture and the support to push your career forward. And you'll get the satisfaction of knowing that your work directly protects people, every single day.

If that sounds like the kind of role you've been waiting for, we'd love to hear from you.

For more information, please contact Shaf Islam on [e-mail]

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