Health, Safety and Environment Manager

Irwin & Colton Limited; Banbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and safety recruitment agency in the UK is looking for a Health, Safety and Environment Manager to oversee HSE strategies across multiple sites. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in high-risk environments, strong technical knowledge of safety regulations, and a NEBOSH qualification. This role emphasizes compliance and a proactive safety culture. Offering a competitive salary and car allowance, it provides excellent opportunities for career progression in a growing sustainable energy company.

Benefits

Car allowance

Competitive salary

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a health and safety role in a process-driven or high-risk environment.
• Ability to interpret overlapping regulatory requirements.
• Solid knowledge of gas and process safety.

Responsibilities

• Implement HSE strategy across sites.
• Maintain compliance through audits and inspections.
• Champion a proactive safety culture.
• Analyze HSE data to identify trends and improve processes.

Skills

Health and safety experience

Regulatory interpretation

Technical knowledge of gas and process safety

Education

NEBOSH General or equivalent level 3 qualification

Job description

Health, Safety and Environment Manager

Banbury with multi-site travel
£55,000 - £60,000 + £5,000 Car Allowance

Are you ready to take a hands-on leadership role with one of the UK's fastest-growing sustainable energy businesses?

This organisation delivers complex waste and environmental services projects across the UK, with operational, under-construction, and developing sites.

Backed by an experienced team and major investor, they're building innovative systems to safely recover, process, and distribute renewable gas from organic and industrial waste streams.

As Health, Safety and Environment Manager, you\'ll be supporting operational and engineering teams, ensuring compliance, driving improvement, and helping the business grow safely.

This is a hands-on environment where common sense, clear communication, and sound judgement are valued. Someone who can navigate overlapping regulatory requirements and make considered, safe decisions will thrive here.

Responsibilities of the Health, Safety and Environment Manager will include:

• Implementing HSE strategy across sites, supporting operational and engineering teams
• Maintaining compliance through audits, inspections, and incident investigations, embedding lessons learned
• Championing a practical, proactive safety culture through engagement, training, and collaboration
• Analysing HSE data and performance to identify trends, prevent risks, and improve processes

The successful Health, Safety and Environment Manager will have:

• Proven experience in a health and safety role within a process-driven or high-risk environment (e.g. energy, utilities, manufacturing, waste, or chemicals)
• A pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to interpret overlapping regulatory requirements
• A solid technical knowledge of gas and process safety, including working with pressure systems
• NEBOSH General (or equivalent level 3 qualification)

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leader in their field. For further details and to apply please contact Scott Whyte on or 01923 963 652.

Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions.

Irwin and Colton Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C\'s, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at our website irwinandcolton.com. Irwin and Colton is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.