Health & Saftey Lead

OMEGA, Inc.; Malvern; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Benefits Package

Job summary

Malvern Panalytical is seeking a Site Health & Safety Lead to drive safety performance at the Malvern site and support regional locations. This role partners with facilities, engineering, laboratories and operations to embed Health & Safety into daily work and ensure compliant, safe workplaces.

You will conduct risk assessments, lead investigations, and promote a proactive safety culture across the site. A Bachelor's degree in Health & Safety and 5+ years in similar environments are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Health & Safety or related discipline required.
• Professional Health & Safety qualification (NEBOSH, IOSH, CSP, ASP, OHST, CHST, HVK, MVK or equivalent).
• 5+ years Health & Safety experience in manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, industrial, or technical environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Health & Safety performance, compliance activities and continuous improvement.
• Partner with site leadership to drive a strong safety culture.
• Conduct risk assessments, hazard identifications, inspections, and safety observations.

Skills

Health & Safety

Leadership

Risk assessment

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Health & Safety

Job description

Job title - EMEA - Health & Safety Lead

Job Type: Permanent Full Time Location – Malvern, UK Role benefits - Competitive Salary + Benefits Package Partners in Discovery. Together, we achieve more.

About the Role At Malvern Panalytical, Health & Safety is about more than compliance. It is about creating workplaces where people can work safely, confidently, and effectively every day. We are looking for an energetic and proactive Site Health & Safety Lead to drive Health & Safety performance across one of our key locations. In this highly visible role, you will work closely with site leadership, employees, contractors, and regional teams to strengthen safety culture, reduce risk, ensure compliance, and support operational excellence across our workplaces. As part of the local Corporate Services team, you will partner closely with Facilities colleagues to ensure our sites remain safe, compliant, and efficient places to work. You will spend time where the work happens, building relationships, influencing decisions, and helping embed Health & Safety into everything we do. While primarily focused on your assigned site, you will also support other Sales & Service locations across the region.

• Lead Health & Safety performance, compliance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with site leadership teams to drive a strong and proactive safety culture.
• Conduct and maintain risk assessments, hazard identification programs, workplace inspections, and safety observations.
• Coordinate incident reporting, investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action follow-up.
• Provide Health & Safety support to facilities, engineering, laboratory, and capital projects, including Management of Change activities.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation, regulatory requirements, and company standards.
• Drive contractor safety management and emergency preparedness programs.
• Support customer and supplier Health & Safety assessments and compliance enquiries.
• Monitor Health & Safety performance, reporting, and risk registers while implementing practical improvements.
• Support Regional Facilities Managers and smaller regional locations to maintain consistent Health & Safety standards.
• Collaborate with Environmental, Sustainability, and Quality teams on site-level compliance activities, including waste and chemical management initiatives.
• Act as a trusted advisor, coach, and influencer across all levels of the organization.

• Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Health & Safety or a related discipline.
• Equivalent education, certifications, and experience will also be considered.
• Professional Health & Safety qualification such as NEBOSH, IOSH, CSP, ASP, OHST, CHST, HVK, MVK, or equivalent.
• Candidates working towards certification are encouraged to apply.
• 5+ years of Health & Safety experience within manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, industrial, or technical environments.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety regulations, risk management, and compliance frameworks.
• Ability to influence, engage, build credibility, and drive change across all levels of an organization without direct authority.
• Practical, hands-on mindset combined with strong organizational and communication skills.

• Nice to Have Experience supporting multiple sites or regional operations.
• Exposure to Environmental, Sustainability, or Quality Management programs.
• Experience working within global or matrix organizations.
• Experience supporting laboratory, manufacturing, or engineering environments.

#LI-DB1

We provide market-leading, material characterization technologies for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories in the analytics of advanced materials. We support our customers through their biggest challenges, from developing lifesaving vaccines to sustainable fuels. We wake up every day to delight our customers through innovation, high-quality solutions and workflows, and excellence in customer satisfaction. We are a recognized leader for quality and insights in material characterization; winning customers with performance and keeping them with service. With more than 2,000 employees operating in over 20 countries across the world, and R&D sites in North America, Europe and Asia. We are part of Spectris, a company which combines precision with purpose to equip customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive. In 2025, Spectris acquired Micromeritics as part of Malvern Panalytical.

We provide market-leading, material characterization technologies for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories in the analytics of advanced materials. We support our customers through their biggest challenges, from developing lifesaving vaccines to sustainable fuels. We wake up every day to delight our customers through innovation, high-quality solutions and workflows, and excellence in customer satisfaction. We are a recognized leader for quality and insights in material characterization; winning customers with performance and keeping them with service. With more than 2,000 employees operating in over 20 countries across the world, and R&D sites in North America, Europe and Asia. We are part of Spectris, a company which combines precision with purpose to equip customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive. In 2025, Spectris acquired Micromeritics as part of Malvern Panalytical.

We provide market-leading, material characterization technologies for the world's most innovative companies, academic institutions, and government laboratories in the analytics of advanced materials. We support our customers through their biggest challenges, from developing lifesaving vaccines to sustainable fuels. We wake up every day to delight our customers through innovation, high-quality solutions and workflows, and excellence in customer satisfaction. We are a recognized leader for quality and insights in material characterization; winning customers with performance and keeping them with service. With more than 2,000 employees operating in over 20 countries across the world, and R&D sites in North America, Europe and Asia. We are part of Spectris, a company which combines precision with purpose to equip customers to solve some of their greatest challenges to make the world cleaner, healthier and more productive. In 2025, Spectris acquired Micromeritics as part of Malvern Panalytical.