Health & Safety Manager

Tata Steel; Corby; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days holidays per annum

Annual Pay Review

Quarterly Bonus Scheme

Private Healthcare

Pension scheme

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Tata Steel UK is seeking a Health & Safety Manager for its Corby site to lead and strengthen the H&S function, drive compliance, and shape long-term site strategy. You will lead a team of H&S professionals, coordinate incident reporting, audits and improvement actions, and engage with senior leadership to embed best practice across the site.

The role requires NEBOSH Diploma with CMIOSH or working towards, strong influencing and communication skills, and a proven track record in safety culture

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Diploma required or equivalent.
• CMIOSH membership or working towards is desirable.
• Strong influencing and communication skills essential.
• Experience leading health & safety teams and culture change.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop local Health & Safety teams and drive action fulfilment.
• Coordinate incident reporting and RIDDOR compliance.
• Oversee contractor safety management and RAMS controls.
• Coordinate HSSE management system activities across site and TSUK.
• Maintain H&S systems, audits, and improvement actions.
• Represent the Corby site at UK-wide HSSE forums and audits.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness and incident response at the site.

Skills

Health & Safety leadership

Influencing skills

Communication skills

Team management

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

CMIOSH

Job description

Are you a confident Health & Safety leader who thrives on ensuring a safe working environment, strengthening compliance, driving cultural change and shaping long-term site strategy? We are looking to recruit a Health and Safety Manager to provide dedicated Health & Safety leadership and expertise to the Corby site, ensuring processes and compliance are maintained, to identify gaps and lead change in operational practices and safety culture where necessary, to support and seek support from the Corby Operational Leadership Team (COLT), and to ensure the site aligns with group standards, reporting and initiatives. The Health and Safety Manager reports to Works Manager and has responsibility for managing and developing the site's dedicated Health and Safety Advisor and the various departmental health and safety teams and committees. The role engages with all functions and departments to ensure adequate management and oversight of all health and safety related processes, and review of the health and safety management system including policy, procedures, accountabilities, responsibilities, competencies, documents, reporting and audit. The role has relevance within the strategic development evolution of the Corby site, with expectation to impact continuous improvement and cultural development. What you will do: As the Health and Safety Manager you will represent the COLT, ensuring all site health & safety responsibilities are met through strong compliance, effective processes, accurate reporting, and a positive safety culture. You will actively participate in routine safety management, taking ownership of agendas across daily, weekly, and periodic meetings. You will also contribute to the deployment of the health and safety strategy, ensuring strategic objectives are met at site level. As the Health & Safety Manager you will also be responsible for, but not limited to, the following duties:

• Lead and develop local Health & Safety teams (direct and indirect), ensuring capability, competency, and ongoing professional development, ensuring their effectiveness through managing meeting schedules and driving action fulfilment.
• Coordinate internal and external incident reporting, including the preparation and submission of RIDDOR reports where required.
• Oversee contractor safety management, including supplier audits, competency checks, RAMS compliance, permit controls, and task reviews.
• Coordinate Corby site and TSUK-wide H&S management system activities, ensuring alignment and delivery of required outcomes.
• Maintain all H&S systems and accreditations through internal reporting, assessments, external audits, and management of corrective and improvement actions.
• Oversee management investigations, ensuring effective reporting, circulation, and closure of required actions.
• Represent the Corby site at TSUK HSSE level, ensuring alignment, engagement, and acting as delegate when necessary.
• Ensure the Corby site participates in regional audits, programmes, and initiatives, meeting all expectations and outcomes and capture best practices for local implementation.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness and incident response processes for the Corby site.
• Collaborate with technical teams to review process safety performance, with a focus on human factors and risk-reduction initiatives.
• Act as a subject-matter expert across adjacent areas including incident investigation, return-to-work processes, occupational health, disciplinaries, and grievance hearings. A visible and credible leader, as the Health and Safety Manager you will coach and mentor colleagues at all levels, leading by example in promoting safety-focused conversations and behaviours. You will also contribute to training initiatives and support wider operational‑excellence programmes, helping embed best practice across the site. You will need to demonstrate strong influencing skills and have the ability to engage confidently and effectively at all levels of the organisation.

Ideally you will have NEBOSH diploma qualified and CMIOSH (Chartered member of IOSH) or similar / working towards.

Role Requirements

• Bring sound decision-making capability and a proactive, structured approach to problem-solving.
• Possess excellent team-management skills are essential, including the ability to delegate, manage performance, assess competency, support development and oversee absence management.
• Benefit from excellent communications skills and have a strong understanding of external legislative requirements.
• Be exceptional at building relationships with external parties (Audits and HSE).

Ready to make a difference?

Tata Steel is one of the world's top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We're part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea. Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today. Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here To learn more about who we are and what we can offer our future employees, please click on the link to watch the following video.

For more information or for an informal discussion please contact: [e-mail]

Benefits we offer

What we can offer you Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Quarterly Bonus Scheme - subject to business performance
• Private Healthcare Scheme (Individual cover)
• One of the UK's leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.

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