Health and Safety Manager

UTAC; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

UTAC is seeking a Health and Safety Manager to provide specialist support and guidance for health and safety initiatives across the organization. The role involves implementing management systems, developing training programs, and ensuring compliance with legal requirements. Ideal candidates will have a NEBOSH qualification, extensive experience in health and safety, and strong interpersonal skills. Join a leading company committed to innovation and safety in mobility solutions.

Benefits

Life Cover

Healthcare cashback plans

Generous holiday benefits

Contributory pension schemes

Flexible working policies

Qualifications

• Minimum NEBOSH qualification or equivalent.
• Practical experience and thorough understanding of COSHH, DSEAR.
• Excellent understanding of relevant Health & Safety law.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful implementation of H&S management systems.
• Develop and implement programmes to meet health and safety goals.
• Provide strategic leadership and support for testing facilities.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

IT skills

Education

NEBOSH qualification or equivalent

Job description

UTAC is a market-leading international group in digital & sustainable mobility, customisable testing solutions, customisable testing systems, vehicle engineering, homologation, regulatory advice & expertise, certification, training, corporate events and classic & sportscars festivals.

The Group provides services and systems to customers in the various sectors: mobility, transport, tyre, petrochemical, agriculture and defence industries. UTAC operates test centres and laboratories in France (including the official Euro NCAP facility), the UK, USA, Finland, Morocco, and Germany; it has subsidiaries in China, Korea and Japan. UTAC employs around 1300 people across its various locations.

As a group we share a strong and clear vision to deliver safe and efficient solutions and systems to our customers. We are proud and confident in our heritage, our capabilities and our people and believe that by creating a culture where individuals feel they can make a difference and enjoy coming to work, we can deliver the best possible service to our customers.

Our core values of Expertise, Innovation and Integrity provide a clear daily guide to how we work together safely, as one team, helping each other to succeed.

Job Description

The Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for providing specialist health and safety support and guidance to the operational business whilst working closely with other functions, including HR, Business Excellence and other Business Stakeholders in the UK.

As the Health and Safety Manager, you will be capable of the following key activities:

Responsibilities

• Ensure the successful implementation and operation of the H&S management systems.
• Support the overall strategy of continuous improvement for health and safety initiatives.
• Develop and implement various programmes necessary to meet the health and safety goals.
• Provide expertise, strategic leadership, training and support for various testing facilities and departments.
• Ensure legal requirements and risks are identified and understood at a leadership and local level.
• Provide support for the evaluation of training needs, development and the delivery of training.
• Support high potential incident investigations, providing detailed feedback of findings and advice in a manner which enhances the company capability.
• Further improve performance through the implementation of health andsafety management systems, including ISO 45001, and other current standards and legislation.
• Monitor, evaluate and review existing, new and upcoming health and safety legislation and ensure that the systems and procedures in place meet legal compliance.
• Work proactively with managers and other key colleagues to establish and maintain a programme of continuous improvement in the management of health, safety and wellbeing within their areas of responsibility.
• Oversee and undertake audits where appropriate and ensure an action plan with SMART objectives is established to address issues identified.
• Act in accordance with the behaviours for UTAC staff at all times.

Qualifications

• Minimum NEBOSH qualification or equivalent
• Practical experience and thorough understanding of COSHH, DSEAR
• Excellent understanding of all relevant Health & Safety law and associated regulations
• Experience of auditing systems and processes and assessing audit actions
• Experience in Fire safety is desirable.

Experience

• A minimum of 5+ years’ experience of working in a health and safety role at a similar level and bringing about culture change within an organisation.
• The Health and Safety Manager must have line management experience including providing positive support, advice and encouragement in colleagues development.
• Experience in completing health and safety management audits against ISO 45001 and implementing action plans to meet audit findings and successfully managing projects.
• Experience in training, coaching and mentoring to develop health and safety knowledge and expertise in the UK.

Skills

• Competent IT skills (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to organise workload effectively for the purpose of meeting deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with a wide variety of contacts.

Other

• Flexibility to travel as and when required
• Full UK driving licence
• Willing to undergo a Criminal Disclosure check

Additional Information

For you, as a potential UTAC team member, we believe that the international and diverse nature of our business combined with the passion, energy and friendliness of our people create a great place to work. UTAC is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, valuing inclusion and supporting our people to be themselves and at their very best.

By joining us you will gain access to a broad range of learning relevant to your role and personal development, as well as exposure to leading technologies and expertise.

Our reward and benefit programmes are designed to support our people with competitive and locally tailored packages combined with support for individual health and wellbeing both inside and outside of work.

In the UK this includes;

• Life Cover
• Access to a wide range of discounts and offers via the Perkz reward scheme
• Recognition awards linked to our UTAC values of Expertise, Innovation and Integrity.
• Healthcare cashback plans
• Generous holiday benefits
• Contributorypension schemes
• Attractivefamily friendly policies; maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, flexible working.
• Access to a variety of employee assistance support services.

Learn more about UTAC and what and how we do what we do at www.utac.com

Candidates for positions at UTAC must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the country the role is based in. Immigration visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Note to Recruitment Agencies:

UTAC do not accept speculative applications from agencies for our open positions and any submissions made will not be accepted and no fees will be accepted or paid in respect of speculative CVs received.