Health Safety & Enviroment Manager

SAAB; Southampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab UK, part of Saab Group, invites an experienced HSE professional to lead health, safety and environmental governance across its Fareham-based manufacturing unit.

You will develop and maintain HSE systems, drive continuous improvement, conduct audits, train staff, and ensure compliance with ISO standards and customer requirements.

Strong leadership and collaboration with operations are essential to embedding a proactive HSE culture and delivering safe, compliant production.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in a manufacturing/engineering environment.
• Internal auditing.
• Experience with external accreditation bodies.
• Knowledge of ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001.
• HSE qualification (NEBOSH).
• Environmental qualification (IEMA).
• Strong leadership, motivation and cultural transformation skills.
• Knowledge of the offshore energy market (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and improve HSE management systems, policies and standards across Saab UK Fareham site.
• Ensure compliance with HSE legislation, regulations, industry standards and customer requirements.
• Lead delivery of the HSE strategy and monitor KPIs.
• Prepare HSE reports for leadership reviews.
• Coordinate training, awareness and onboarding programmes for staff, contractors and visitors.
• Lead internal audits, inspections and compliance audits.
• Provide expert HSE advice to managers and project teams.
• Manage incident reporting, investigations and corrective actions.
• Oversee environmental performance and sustainability initiatives.
• Ensure PUWER and machinery safety compliance in processes and production.
• Support bids, projects, emergency preparedness and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

HSE management

Internal auditing

Risk assessment

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

HSE qualification (NEBOSH)

Environmental qualification (IEMA)

Job description

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

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.

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)

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

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.