HSE Manager

JR United Kingdom; Belfast; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in naval shipbuilding seeks an HSE Manager to oversee health, safety, and environmental management in Belfast. This role involves developing policies, ensuring compliance with UK regulations, and fostering a culture of safety. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and managerial experience, with a focus on continuous improvement in HSE practices.

Benefits

Competitive base salary

Company pension

249 hours holiday (pro rata)

Life Assurance

L&D opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience managing HSE teams, ideally with 5+ years in similar roles.
• In-depth knowledge of UK health & safety regulations and their implementation.
• Experience with Net Zero and Carbon Reduction plans.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement HSE policies and procedures that comply with UK legislation.
• Manage incident investigations and ensure competent personnel are in place.
• Provide HSE direction to business operations, developing relationships with internal and external clients.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

Environmental Management

Risk Assessment

Incident Investigation

Data Analysis

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

Experience in ISO 45001 & 14001

Job description

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Established in 2022, Navantia UK is a subsidiary of Navantia SA, a Spanish state-owned company with over 300 years of naval shipbuilding history.

In January 2025, Navantia UK completed the acquisition of Harland & Wolff and its four historic facilities in Belfast, Appledore, Methil, and Arnish.

By combining Harland & Wolff’s proud heritage and facilities with Navantia’s global expertise, Navantia UK is well-positioned to strengthen Britain’s defence, maritime and energy industrial capabilities, supporting jobs and economic growth across the country.

Established in 2022, Navantia UK is a subsidiary of Navantia SA, a Spanish state-owned company with over 300 years of naval shipbuilding history.

In January 2025, Navantia UK completed the acquisition of Harland & Wolff and its four historic facilities in Belfast, Appledore, Methil, and Arnish.

By combining Harland & Wolff’s proud heritage and facilities with Navantia’s global expertise, Navantia UK is well-positioned to strengthen Britain’s defence, maritime and energy industrial capabilities, supporting jobs and economic growth across the country.

Job Description

The Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Manager is responsible for ensuring that the organisation maintains the highest standards of health, safety and environmental management. This role involves developing and implementing comprehensive HSE policies and procedures, and risk assessments, and promoting a safety-first culture. The HSE Manager will work closely with all departments to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and to drive initiatives that enhance health & safety and sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides broad HSE direction and subject matter expertise to Navantia UK Belfast business and their programmes
• Business HSE authority to ensure processes needed for the business are established, implemented and maintained.
• Develop and maintain HSE procedures and processes that comply with relevant UK legislation and best practices to support NUK business and programmes.
• Manage Government and Customer matters regarding HSE.
• Determines operational objectives and assignments for subordinate staff.
• Develop and implement HSE operational plans to align with business objectives and UK HSE legislation.
• Establishes mid-term work plans and optimises resources to ensure that work objectives are consistently met.
• Acts as a manager to subordinate supervisors/managers or staff members to meet objectives, business needs or resolve HSE or operational problems.
• Ensure the business has trained and competent investigators who can investigate and report on incident in line with NUK procedures.
• Conduct and lead where required detailed incident investigations to identify the root cause and implement the required actions to eliminate future incidents.
• Ability to analyse HSE data and trends to identify risks and opportunities and communicate these to stakeholders [at all levels].
• Develops relationships with key internal/external clients to identify emerging needs.
• Anticipate business HSE issues to align operational priorities.
  

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Diploma or similar
• Experience in ISO 450001 & 14001 standards, develop with the line a comprehensive audit program to satisfy the requirements of ISO 14001, and 45001.
• Experience in Net Zero and Carbon Reduction including generating & managing net-zero calculation and plan to Net Zero.
• In depth knowledge and experience of UK health & Safety regulations and how these are effectively implemented into business processes to ensure business compliance and employee and visitor safety.
• Previous experience holding a managerial position of an HSE team. 5 years’ experience desirable.
• Proven HSE relevant experience in heavy engineering, defence or related industry
  

Additional Information

• Competitive base salary
• Company pension
• 249 hours holiday (pro rata)
• Life Assurance
• L&D opportunities

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