Health & Safety Manager - Manufacturing (Day Shift)

Search Consultancy; Chadderton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Search Recruitment are working with a manufacturing company in Oldham to recruit a Health & Safety Manager. This permanent role focuses on owning day-to-day Health & Safety performance, embedding a positive safety culture and ensuring compliance with UK legislation.

The successful candidate will lead on risk assessments, audits, and training delivery, while driving improvements through to closure and supporting external audits.

Qualifications

• Lead Health & Safety on site, including risk assessments, safe systems of work and maintaining safety policies and registers.
• Embed and promote a positive safety culture through engagement and communication.
• Ensure site compliance with UK Health & Safety legislation and internal standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead Health & Safety on site, including risk assessments, safe systems of work and maintaining safety policies and registers.
• Investigate incidents and near misses, identify root causes, complete RIDDOR reporting and drive corrective actions through to closure.
• Plan and deliver Health & Safety inspections and internal audits, then track and close out resulting actions.
• Design and deliver Health & Safety training (manual handling, PPE, COSHH and fire safety) and keep accurate compliance records.
• Chair site Health & Safety meetings and toolbox talks, and contribute to global calls to share performance and learn from best practice.
• Maintain and improve the Health & Safety management system, support external audits and inspections, and keep documentation and data up to date.

Skills

Health & Safety

Risk assessments

Incident investigation

Audits

Training delivery

Policy maintenance

Job description

Search Recruitment are working with a manufacturing company in Oldham to recruit a Health & Safety Manager. This permanent role focuses on owning day-to-day Health & Safety performance, embedding a positive safety culture and ensuring compliance with UK legislation.

The successful candidate will lead on risk assessments, audits, and training delivery, while driving improvements through to closure and supporting external audits.