HSE Manager

Axis Communications; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Life Assurance 6x annual salary

Critical illness cover

Pension contribution up to 10%

Health & Dental cash plans

Enhanced parental leave

Great discounts on local retailers and

Fantastic Health & Wellbeing package

LinkedIn Learning access

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Aliaxis in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced EHS leader to develop and deliver the site’s environment, health and safety strategy, ensuring compliance and embedding a culture of safety across operations.

You will work with site leaders to assess risk, implement ISO 45001 and related standards, lead investigations, and promote continuous improvement while building capability and leading change across teams.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent in Occupational Health & Safety.
• Significant experience in an EHS leadership role within manufacturing/industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation, risk management and best practice.
• Experience implementing and managing ISO 45001 management systems.
• Proven ability to drive behavioural and cultural change.
• Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading teams and developing people.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the site’s EHS strategy and improvement plans.
• Drive a strong safety culture through leadership coaching and engagement.
• Ensure robust risk assessment processes and hierarchy of controls.
• Monitor compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation and standards.
• Lead and support investigations into incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Analyse EHS performance data and drive continuous improvement.
• Support management systems maintenance, including ISO 45001/ISO 14001.
• Deliver EHS training, onboarding and competency programs.
• Share best practice across the business and manage EHS-related investments.

Skills

NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent)

EHS leadership

Regulatory knowledge

ISO 45001 implementation

Incident investigations

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Tools

ISO 45001 systems

ISO 14001 familiarity

Job description

WHO ARE WE

At Aliaxis, we design innovative, reliable, and sustainable solutions for fluid and energy management. Our pipe and fitting systems work seamlessly behind the scenes - delivering peace of mind to customers and end users across the globe. With operations in over 40 countries, we tackle the most complex challenges in the building, infrastructure, industrial, electrical, and agriculture sectors. But what truly drives us is our people. Our 15,000 employees bring the expertise, passion, and dedication that power everything we do. Together, we make life flow - and we're looking for talented individuals to join us on that journey.

At Aliaxis, we design sustainable, easy to install, and innovative solutions to address the world's water challenges and accelerate the transition to clean energy. Thanks to our 15,000+ employees in over 40 countries, our pipes and fitting systems meet our customers' most demanding needs for the building, infrastructure, industrial and agriculture sectors. Read more about us www.aliaxis.com.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be responsible for developing and delivering the site's EHS strategy, ensuring legal compliance, reducing risk and embedding a culture where safety and wellbeing are everyone's responsibility. Working closely with operational leaders and site teams, you will provide expert guidance, develop capability, analyse performance trends and lead initiatives that support our ambition of achieving EHS excellence.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Develop and implement the site's EHS strategy and improvement plans in line with Aliaxis' global objectives.
• Drive a strong safety culture through leadership coaching, engagement and behavioural change initiatives.
• Ensure robust risk assessment processes are in place and that risks are effectively managed using the hierarchy of controls.
• Monitor compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation and relevant standards.
• Lead and support investigations into incidents, ensuring lessons learned and corrective actions are effectively implemented.
• Analyse EHS performance data, identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
• Support the maintenance and development of management systems, including ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
• Deliver effective EHS training, onboarding and competency programmes.
• Share best practice and promote learning across the wider business.
• Manage EHS-related investment proposals and support prioritisation of improvement activities.

ABOUT YOU

You are a confident and influential EHS professional who thrives on making a visible impact. You have strong leadership skills and the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.

Essential Skills & Experience

• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) in Occupational Health & Safety.
• Significant experience in an EHS leadership role within manufacturing, industrial or operational environments.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation, risk management and best practice.
• Experience implementing and managing ISO 45001 management systems.
• Demonstrated success in driving behavioural and cultural change.
• Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading teams and developing people.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Desirable

• Environmental qualification.
• Experience with ISO 14001 environmental management systems.
• Continuous improvement methodology experience.

BENEFITS:

• Annual bonus
• Life Assurance 6x annual salary
• Critical illness cover
• Pension contribution up to 10%
• Health & Dental cash plans
• Enhanced parental leave
• Great discounts on local retailers and restaurants
• Fantastic Health & Wellbeing package including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Full access to LinkedIn Learning to aid personal and professional development
• Cycle to work scheme

ABOUT OUR WORKPLACE

Aliaxis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer who welcomes candidates and employees from all backgrounds. We are guided by our behaviours — We Care, We Dare, We Deliver! These reflect what we expect from each other and what you can expect from us: a culture that looks after its people, encourages you to challenge and improve, and gives you the space to make a real contribution.

HOW WE WELCOME YOU

For us, equity and belonging start already at the application step: whether it's offering flexibility in scheduling interviews, or ensuring a supportive and inclusive environment, we strive to remove barriers and create equal opportunities for all applicants. Should you have specific needs, please do not hesitate to let us know and we will do our best to accommodate.

Aliaxis' Purpose

Aliaxis has embarked on a positive journey with its "Growth with Purpose" strategy, implementing ambitious, urgent actions for sustainability and innovation that will pay off in the short term. By 2025, we will be focusing on the areas where we can create the biggest impact: on carbon reduction in our plants and on increasing the share of recycled content in our products. In conjunction, we will continue to develop more and better water solutions for society as a whole. We are looking for passionate people that want to be part of our journey and embrace the behaviors that we at Aliaxis stand for: We Dare to challenge the status quo, to innovate and to learn fast, We Care for the environment, our customers and each other, We Deliver by taking accountability for our decisions and actions.