Health Safety & Enviroment Manager

SAAB UK LTD; Fareham; Sur place; GBP 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Saab UK Ltd in Fareham is seeking a senior HSE professional to lead the Health, Safety and Environmental function for the Saab Seaeye robotics unit. You will develop, maintain and improve HSE systems, ensure compliance with legislation and customer requirements, and promote a strong safety culture.

Reporting to the Head of Quality Health, Safety & Environmental, you will coordinate internal audits, deliver training, review risk assessments and support external audits and certifications across

Qualifications

• 5-10 years in manufacturing/engineering environments
• ISO 9001/14001/45001 knowledge and experience
• NEBOSH or equivalent HSE qualification

Responsabilités

• Develop, maintain and improve HSE management systems, policies, standards and procedures across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with HSE legislation, regulations, industry standards and customer requirements.
• Lead delivery of HSE strategy, monitor performance, analyse trends, report KPIs and drive improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate training, awareness and development programmes; ensure effective induction/onboarding.

Connaissances

Manufacturing exp

Internal auditing

Audit by external bodies

ISO knowledge

NEBOSH

Environmental mgmt cert

Leadership

Offshore energy (desirable)

Description du poste

Introduction Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training. What you will be part of Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world. Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.

The Role

This role will report to the Head of Quality Health, Safety & Environmental supporting the Saab Seaeye underwater robotics business unit in Fareham.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and continuously improve HSE management systems, policies, standards and procedures across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable HSE legislation, regulations, industry standards and customer requirements.
• Ensure compliance with Saab Group HSE standards, governance requirements and corporate expectations.
• Promote a positive HSE culture through visible leadership, engagement, coaching and effective communication.
• Lead delivery of the HSE strategy, objectives, monitor HSE performance, analyse trends, report KPIs and drive improvement initiatives.
• Prepare HSE reports and performance data for leadership teams and management reviews.
• Identify HSE competency requirements and coordinate training, awareness and development programmes.
• Ensure effective HSE induction and onboarding processes for employees, contractors and visitors.
• Lead internal audits, inspections and compliance verification activities across all business functions and coordinate and support customer, regulatory, certification body and corporate compliance audits.
• Provide expert HSE advice, guidance and support to managers, employees and project teams.
• Support development of safe systems of work, method statements and operational risk assessments.
• Lead hazard identification, risk assessment and risk reduction activities across projects and operations.
• Ensure High Voltage activities are effectively planned, controlled and conducted in compliance with applicable legislation, standards and safe systems of work.
• Lead machinery safety programmes, including PUWER compliance, guarding, interlocks, inspections, maintenance controls and lockout/tagout arrangements.
• Ensure new manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment and facilities are safely introduced through structured risk assessments.
• Ensure ergonomic risks are assessed and controlled during the design, development and implementation of manufacturing processes and workplace activities.
• Integrate HSE requirements into New Product Introduction activities, ensuring risks are identified and controlled throughout design, industrialisation and production readiness.
• Ensure offsite activities, customer operations and field work are effectively planned and controlled.
• Manage incident reporting, investigations, root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Monitor environmental performance, including energy, emissions, waste, resource efficiency and compliance.
• Drive sustainability initiatives and embed environmental considerations throughout the product lifecycle.
• Manage REACH, RoHS and hazardous substance compliance requirements and product stewardship obligations.
• Oversee contractor, supplier and supply chain HSE performance and compliance.
• Support bids, engineering projects, emergency preparedness, wellbeing programmes, 6S activities and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications and Skills

• 5-10 Years in a manufacturing/engineering environment
• Internal auditing
• Working with (and being audited by) external accreditation bodies
• Detailed knowledge of ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001
• HSE related qualification (e.g. via NEBOSH)
• Environmental related qualification (e.g. IEMA Cert in environmental management)
• Excellent motivator, team builder and the ability to drive cultural transformation
• Knowledge of the offshore energy market (Desirable)

What makes that difference possible? You.

Here, diversity strengthens everything we do. You'll find unlimited opportunities to advance your career whilst maintaining balance in your life beyond work. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where every person can fully focus on what matters.

Saab is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer – all qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will be considered without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran or disability status.