HSE Specialist

Air Liquide; Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Liquide UK is seeking a seasoned Health & Safety professional to lead risk assessments, audits, and safety culture initiatives across operations. You will influence management systems, drive rapid improvements, and ensure compliance with HSE standards while communicating complex risks clearly to cross-functional teams.

The role requires 7–10+ years in industrial HSE, a NEBOSH Diploma, and a technical degree, with willingness to travel across the UK.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years minimum experience in an industrial Health and Safety function.
• A NEBOSH Diploma is essential.
• A Technical education (e.g. Bachelors in Engineering, chemistry) OR relevant work experience.
• Strong understanding of HSE, Process Risk, IMS, Industrial auditing and system management.
• Certificate in Fire Risk Assessment is beneficial but not essential.
• CMIOsh is beneficial but not essential.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to build strong working relationships across the business.
• An ability to translate complex technical risks into clear safety briefings and training.
• Full UK driving license and an openness to regular travel.

Responsibilities

• Hazard Analysis & Risk Mitigation: Lead complex qualitative and quantitative risk assessments (including HAZOP and LOPA). Integrate Human and Organizational Factors (HOF) to minimize risk in safety-critical tasks and environmental conditions.
• Safety Culture & Leadership: Champion a proactive, safety mindset across all operations. Drive employee engagement initiatives, deliver high-impact safety briefings and workshops, and lead by example in safe working practices.
• Management Systems & Audits: Facilitate and continuously improve the Industrial Management System (IMS). As a Lead Auditor, conduct comprehensive multi-disciplinary safety audits, identify root vulnerabilities, and oversee complex corrective action plans.
• Data Intelligence: Synthesize leading and lagging data into predictive safety models, delivering actionable reporting and metrics to strengthen H&S adherence and executive decision-making.
• Change Management: Drive Change Management initiatives, ensuring technical safety integrity is maintained during facility modifications or process shifts.
• Incident Investigation: Lead thorough Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations using structured methodologies (e.g., Tripod Beta, Fishbone) to resolve systemic failures and prevent repeat incidents.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong collaborative relationships with operational teams, management, and contractors to influence behavior and ensure consistent application of HSE standards.

Skills

Hazard Analysis

Risk Mitigation

Safety Leadership

Auditing

Data Analytics

Change Management

Incident Investigation

Stakeholder Management

HOF Integration

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

Engineering or Chemistry Degree

Job description

Air Liquide is a global leader in the gas industry not by chance, but through our constant advances in the technological field. So when it comes to recruiting great people to join our business we take it seriously. We believe our talented people and their passion for our Business is what brings success to our group. Working at Air Liquide UK means having opportunities to evolve in an environment that actively promotes and encourages its people, recognises expertise, and offers genuine opportunities that provide colleagues with autonomy and accountability. We believe our people are the cornerstone of our Company as such we care about the development and growth of our people and teams as much as the development and growth of our business.

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How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

• Hazard Analysis & Risk Mitigation: Lead complex qualitative and quantitative risk assessments (including HAZOP and LOPA). Integrate Human and Organizational Factors (HOF) to minimize risk in safety-critical tasks and environmental conditions.
• Safety Culture & Leadership: Champion a proactive, safety mindset across all operations. Drive employee engagement initiatives, deliver high-impact safety briefings and workshops, and lead by example in safe working practices.
• Management Systems & Audits: Facilitate and continuously improve the Industrial Management System (IMS). As a Lead Auditor, conduct comprehensive multi-disciplinary safety audits, identify root vulnerabilities, and oversee complex corrective action plans.
• Data Intelligence: Synthesize leading and lagging data into predictive safety models, delivering actionable reporting and metrics to strengthen H&S adherence and executive decision-making.
• Change Management: Drive Change Management initiatives, ensuring technical safety integrity is maintained during facility modifications or process shifts.
• Incident Investigation: Lead thorough Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations using structured methodologies (e.g., Tripod Beta, Fishbone) to resolve systemic failures and prevent repeat incidents.
• Stakeholder Management: Build strong collaborative relationships with operational teams, management, and contractors to influence behavior and ensure consistent application of HSE standards.

Are you a MATCH?

We are searching for a self-motivated Health & Safety professional with an ability to build and embed a proactive safety mindset across our UK operations. You will need:

• 7–10+ years minimum experience in an industrial Health and Safety function
• A NEBOSH Diploma is essential
• A Technical education (E.g. Bachelors in Engineering, chemistry) OR relevant work experience.
• Strong understanding of HSE, Process Risk, IMS, Industrial auditing and system management
• Certificate in Fire Risk Assessment is beneficial but not essential
• CMIOsh is beneficial but not essential.
• Strong communication skills and an ability to build strong working relationships across the business.
• An ability to translate complex technical risks into clear safety briefings and training.
• Full UK driving license and an openness to regular travel.
• #LI-KM1

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health. Through the passion and diversity of its people, Air Liquide leverages energy and environment transition, changes in healthcare and digitization, and delivers greater value to all its stakeholders. Join us for a stimulating experience: you’ll find a world of learning and development opportunities where inventiveness is at the heart of what we do, in an open, collaborative and respectful environment. Discover what your professional journey at Air Liquide could be here!