Health, Safety & Environment Officer

Robert Bosch GmbH; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading heating technology firm is seeking an HSE Officer to support the Health, Safety & Environment department in ensuring a safe work environment. This role involves compliance with health and safety legislation, promoting a safety culture, and guiding colleagues across all levels. Key requirements include the NEBOSH General Certificate and prior experience in an HSE role. The position is based in Coventry and offers a comprehensive benefits package, including annual leave, performance bonuses, and mental health support.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Company Performance Bonus up to £2,000

Enhanced pension contributions

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts on Bosch products

Qualifications

• NEBOSH General Certificate is essential for this role.
• Previous experience in an HSE role is crucial for success.
• Understanding of HSE laws, regulations, and standards is needed.

Responsibilities

• Support the HSE function by monitoring a safe work environment.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Assist in incident reporting and investigation processes.

Skills

Previous experience in an HSE role

Ability to identify risk and opportunities

Understanding of local and international HSE laws

Strong IT skills, Microsoft packages, automation, and SAP Systems

Ability to adapt communication style

Education

NEBOSH General Certificate

Level 6 NEBOSH Diploma and IOSH membership (preferred)

Job description

We are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) department as an Officer! Your role is to support the HSE function by monitoring and promoting a safe and healthy work environment, ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, and encouraging a positive safety culture. The health and safety of our colleagues remains the most important goal of the organisation; to this end you will need to be influential at all levels of the organisation—from the Board room to operational level, and across all process areas. You will assist in the implementation of health and safety standards across sites and field‑based operations, ensuring day‑to‑day compliance with legislation and company requirements. Working closely with managers, supervisors, and colleagues, you will provide guidance, monitoring, and support to encourage a strong safety culture, helping to embed best practice into daily operations. You will contribute to incident reporting and investigation processes, support audit and inspection activities, and assist in maintaining effective communication with external bodies when required.

Education Requirements

• NEBOSH General Certificate
• Level 6 NEBOSH Diploma and IOSH membership is preferred but not essential.

Skills & Attributes

• Previous experience in an HSE role.
• Ability to identify risk and opportunities.
• Understanding of local and international HSE laws, regulations, and standards.
• Ability to adapt communication style and behaviour to engage and motivate all associates.
• Demonstrable ability to implement new processes and standards.
• Self‑motivated and committed to team engagement and team working.
• Strong IT skills, Microsoft packages, automation and SAP Systems.
• Experience of working with certification bodies, environmental management awareness and auditing skills are preferred but not essential.

We're the nation's favourite heating brand, here to warm up people's homes, lives, and futures. From boilers, hybrids and heat pumps to solar thermal and smart controls, we're giving our customers plenty of choice. With cutting‑edge tech and research, we're right in the thick of the drive for a better future of home heating. It's not all tools and tech. People are the real heart of our company. We connect with our customers to deliver genuinely helpful support, and we care about our employees and give them enriching careers. We work hard, we work together, and we work with a cause – delivering brilliant customer support and exceptional engineering. As an organisation of more than 1 600 employees, we also take our role in the communities we serve seriously. From giving away free heating systems for community spaces, to our charity, education, and volunteer work — we're no strangers to rolling our sleeves up, getting stuck in, and helping out. If that sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, we'd love to meet you.

39 hours per week – standard working pattern of 08:00 – 17:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 – 16:00 Friday with a 1‑hour lunch break.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays – additional service days accrued after 5 years
• Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus (up to £2,000 gross per annum)
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, group income protection and death in service benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP
• Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group
• Subsidised onsite café and canteen
• Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programme and after 2 years' service you gain eligibility for funding up to £150 per annum to support your personal wellbeing
• Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events
• Volunteering days
• Cycle to work scheme with discounts on push‑bikes, e‑bikes and accessories
• Policy to support growing families
• Access to self‑service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes
• Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme
• And more!