Health, Safety and Environment Lead

Travail Employment Group; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in manufacturing seeks a Health, Safety and Environment Lead to drive continuous improvement in HSE standards. The role involves managing compliance, conducting training, and fostering a strong safety culture. Candidates should be experienced in HSE legislation and ideally hold a NEBOSH Diploma.

Benefits

25 days holiday + Bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Flexible working

Death in service benefit 4x salary

Discretionary bonus

Training and progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Highly experienced in driving HSE improvements.
• Thorough knowledge of current HSE legislation.
• Previous experience in volume manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day legal compliance and best practice.
• Develop safety strategies for workplace incident prevention.
• Conduct internal and external HSE audits and inspections.

Skills

HSE driving

Problem solving

Communication

Continuous improvement

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

NEBOSH Diploma (or studying toward)

Job description

Health, Safety and Environment Lead

Knaresborough

We seek a dynamic Health Safety & Environmental professional to work within a fast-paced manufacturing environment to drive continuous improvement in HSE standards, policies, and procedures. This is a stand-alone role working in conjunction with the senior management team to ensure a strong HSE culture within the organisation.

Who you are:

• A people person who is able to engage staff to participate and contribute to future changes across the business


• A proactive role model who is able to drive and foster a positive safety culture, and communicate effectively with staff members


• Someone who is able prioritise employee well-being and actively engage in continuous improvement.


• An excellent problem solver who is able to effectively analyse issues, implement solutions, and make informed decisions to improve safety


• A great trainer and communicator who can actively engage with employees to promote safety awareness but also work with them understanding their safety concerns

The Role

• Manage the day-to-day requirements to ensure legal compliance and best practice

• Work on projects to improve current processes, engaging staff members


• Manage internal and external HSE audits and regulatory inspections.


• Resolve health, safety and environmental issues


• Develop safety strategies for the prevention of workplace accidents, investigate incidents and put in place prevention measure, produce risk assessments


• Monitor and assess all departmental Health, Safety & Environmental issues and implement control measures to reduce risks

• Advise on legal compliance and lead HSE meetings with reports, information on accident statistics, and information on new legislation.


• Develop and deliver HSE training to all staff


• Support the management team in maintaining and continuously improving the Environmental Management System


• Identify opportunities for continuous health, safety & environmental improvement and implement programmes to deliver these.

• Maintain the management of system ISO 14001


• Manage all aspects of fire safety

Skills and qualifications:

• Highly experienced in driving HSE and implementing successful improvements

• Thorough knowledge of current HSE legislation


• Experience of implementing ISO45000 & ISO 14001


• Confident knowledge of COSHH and Risk Assessment techniques together with accident Investigation Procedures.


• Knowledge of environmental management systems related to manufacturing processes


• Have previous experience in volume manufacturing


• Be degree qualified in a relevant discipline or equivalent and, hold or be studying toward NEBOSH Diploma

Benefits:

• 25 days per year holiday + Bank


• Company pension scheme


• Flexible working


• Death in Service of 4 x salary


• Discretionary bonus


• Training and progression

Call Yasemin at Travail on 01423 530138

Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.