HSE Manager

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Healthcare

Dental

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

HSE Recruitment is seeking an HSE Manager to lead health, safety and environmental practices at a global manufacturer’s site in Aston, Birmingham. This permanent role offers £60,000 to £65,000 per annum and will mentor one direct report to develop their professional competence.

You will drive environmental compliance, risk mitigation and strategic safety initiatives across a high‑risk facility, reporting into the Plant Director while collaborating with a European HSE Manager and the American

Qualifications

• Diploma in Health and Safety required.
• Proven leadership experience in industrial manufacturing.
• Experience developing and mentoring an advisor.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead health, safety and environmental practices at the Aston site.
• Drive environmental compliance, risk mitigation and strategic safety initiatives.
• Provide hands-on leadership and mentor one direct report to build competence.
• Collaborate with European HSE Manager and the US parent company.
• Maintain high safety standards and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

HSE management

Industrial manufacturing

Staff development

Education

Diploma in Health and Safety

Job description

About the role

HSE Recruitment is seeking an HSE Manager to lead health, safety, and environmental practices at a global manufacturer’s site in Aston, Birmingham. This permanent position offers £60,000 to £65,000 per annum. The role inherits a strong legacy of cultural progress built on a zero-harm agenda, supported by visible leadership throughout the operation.

You will guide one direct report who shows promise yet requires mentoring to develop their professional competence.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities span environmental compliance, risk mitigation, and strategic safety initiatives across a demanding, high-risk facility. Candidates should demonstrate resilience, strong communication skills, and a record of influencing diverse stakeholders. This is a pivotal leadership post for someone who can maintain exacting standards while fostering continuous improvement.

HSE Recruitment are working with a global manufacturing business who are seeking a HSE Manager to lead their site in Aston, Birmingham. This is a demanding, high risk site, with high expectations, which will suit someone who thrives in a fast paced, challenging environment. You will be taking over from a long standing HSE Manager who has been an integral part of driving culture change in the last decade, through a zero harm agenda. They haven’t achieved this alone, there is visible health and safety leadership across the board, with all areas of the business taking accountability. You have one direct report who shows great potential but is still early in their health and safety career, so needs nurturing and mentoring. No two days are the same here, whether it is dealing with environmental requirements, emergency management, ongoing CAPEX projects or fire risk preventions strategies. Working within a matrix structure, you will demonstrate hands on leadership, focusing on driving high standards of health and safety compliance across the site, reporting day to day into the Plant Director. You will also work closely with a European HSE Manager as well as the American parent company.

Requirements

• We need someone confident, assertive, who will be tenacious and who will challenge behaviours and can deal with push back.
• Good under pressure and being held accountable.
• We are looking for an experienced HSE Manager with demonstratable leadership capabilities within an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Experience developing, nurturing and training an advisor.
• Diploma level qualification in Health and Safety.

Working Hours

This is a site based with core hours Monday-Friday 8.30-4.30.

Salary and package

Circa £65,000 salary, £4940 car allowance, eligible for quarterly bonus, pension matched up to 8%, healthcare, dental and 25 days holiday + bank holidays.

Additional Information

Please note, the post holder may come into contact with technology or equipment controlled by local and/or U.S. government legislation and will be required to undertake specific security screening protocols.