Quality & Safety Officer

Russell Taylor Group; England; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK is seeking a Quality & Safety Officer to oversee health, safety, and quality management across contracts. The role offers a hybrid working environment, focusing on ISO standards and delivering support to employees. Candidates should possess quality-focused experience, preferably with knowledge in health and safety regulations. Relevant qualifications such as NEBOSH or IOSH are desirable for this permanent position, which offers an attractive salary range of £35,000 to £45,000 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experienced quality engineer with health and safety background.
• In-depth understanding of ISO 9001, 45001, and 14001 standards.
• Experience working in manufacturing environments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct internal risk assessments and monitor action plans.
• Assist in accident investigations and monitor corrective actions.
• Coordinate safety requirements for emergency plans.

Skills

Quality focus

ISO 9001 knowledge

H&S experience

Near miss investigations

Auditing

Education

NEBOSH/IOSH certificate

Quality and/or auditing qualification

Job description

Vacancy Title: Quality & Safety Officer
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Leicestershire
Industry: TECHNICAL & ENGINEERING
QHSE Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Start Date: 2026-01-05
REF: J91986164
Contact Name: Charlie Ward
Contact Email: [e-mail]
Vacancy Published: about 10 hours ago

Do you want a hybrid role with flexible start and finish times? Are you an experienced quality engineer with H&S knowledge / background? Do you have experience working within manufacturing? This opportunity could be perfect for you, working in industrial industries and offering excellent career development.

Reporting into the Quality Manager you will focus on internal and external health, safety, quality and environmental management of our contracts, providing technical support to all internal teams which deliver a broad range of safety and control systems.

The Quality officer will also be responsible for maintaining and developing systems which ensure the risks are being managed in accordance with legal, statutory and contractual requirements.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Internal risk assessments, monitor completion of action plans.
• Audits.
• Assist in accident investigations and monitor completion of corrective and preventive action plans.
• Compliance.
• Co-ordinate safety requirements for emergency plans, fire drills and access control.
• Review health and safety/quality plans for new projects.
• RAMS.
• Developing affective relationships with the clients HSQE representatives.
• Be the point of contact for external accreditation companies.
• Maintain QMS for range of ISO standards.
• COSHH.

Skills and Experience

• Quality focused with hopefully some safety experience.
• An in depth understanding of the ISO 9001, 45001 AND 14001 standards.
• Experience in near miss accident investigations.
• Experience in delivering support to office based employees.
• Quality and/or auditing qualification (desirable).
• Qualified within H&S e.g. NEBOSH/IOSH certificate (desirable).
• Membership of the appropriate technical institution (IOSH, CQI, IEMA - working towards).
• Rail industry (Sentinel) experience would be an advantage.

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