HSE Manager: Underwater Robotics & Manufacturing

Health Safety & Enviroment Manager; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab UK is seeking a Health, Safety & Environment Manager to lead HSE strategy across the Fareham unit, ensuring compliance with UK legislation and Saab Group standards. You will develop and maintain robust HSE systems, drive safety culture and coordinate audits.

The role requires strong leadership, NEBOSH and ISO knowledge, and the ability to manage incident investigations, training, and environmental performance across manufacturing operations.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in a manufacturing/engineering environment.
• Internal auditing.
• Working with external accreditation bodies.
• Detailed knowledge of ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001.
• HSE qualification (e.g. via NEBOSH).
• Environmental qualification (e.g. IEMA).
• Excellent motivator, team builder and the ability to drive cultural transformation.
• Knowledge of the offshore energy market (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and continuously improve HSE management systems, policies, standards and procedures across the organisation.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable HSE legislation, regulations, industry standards and customer requirements.
• Ensure compliance with Saab Group HSE standards, governance requirements and corporate expectations.
• Promote a positive HSE culture through visible leadership, engagement, coaching and effective communication.
• Lead delivery of the HSE strategy, objectives, monitor HSE performance, analyse trends, report KPIs and drive improvement initiatives.
• Prepare HSE reports and performance data for leadership teams and management reviews.
• Identify HSE competency requirements and coordinate training, awareness and development programmes.
• Lead internal audits, inspections and compliance verification activities across all business functions and coordinate and support customer, regulatory, certification body and corporate compliance audits.
• Provide expert HSE advice, guidance and support to managers, employees and project teams.
• Support development of safe systems of work, method statements and operational risk assessments.
• Lead hazard identification, risk assessment and risk reduction activities across projects and operations.
• Ensure High Voltage activities are effectively planned, controlled and conducted in compliance with applicable legislation, standards and safe systems of work.
• Lead machinery safety programmes, including PUWER compliance, guarding, interlocks, inspections, maintenance controls and lockout/tagout arrangements.
• Ensure new manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment and facilities are safely introduced through structured risk assessments.
• Ensure ergonomic risks are assessed and controlled during the design, development and implementation of manufacturing processes and workplace activities.
• Integrate HSE requirements into New Product Introduction activities, ensuring risks are identified and controlled throughout design, industrialisation and production readiness.
• Ensure offsite activities, customer operations and field work are effectively planned and controlled.
• Manage incident reporting, investigations, root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
• Monitor environmental performance, including energy, emissions, waste, resource efficiency and compliance.
• Drive sustainability initiatives and embed environmental considerations throughout the product lifecycle.
• Manage REACH, RoHS and hazardous substance compliance requirements and product stewardship obligations.
• Oversee contractor, supplier and supply chain HSE performance and compliance.
• Support bids, engineering projects, emergency preparedness, wellbeing programmes, 6S activities and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Auditing

ISO standards

Leadership

Environmental management

Stakeholder engagement

NEBOSH qualification

HSE culture change

offshore energy market knowledge

Education

NEBOSH HSE qualification

IEMA environmental management certification

Job description

Saab UK is seeking a Health, Safety & Environment Manager to lead HSE strategy across the Fareham unit, ensuring compliance with UK legislation and Saab Group standards. You will develop and maintain robust HSE systems, drive safety culture and coordinate audits.

The role requires strong leadership, NEBOSH and ISO knowledge, and the ability to manage incident investigations, training, and environmental performance across manufacturing operations.