Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager

TN United Kingdom; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager to enhance workplace safety and compliance at their Liverpool site. This role involves developing and implementing safety strategies, coaching the SHE team, and ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations. You will play a crucial part in fostering a culture of safety, driving continuous improvement, and engaging with regulatory bodies. If you are committed to making a difference and possess a strong background in SHE management, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in delivering SHE improvements in manufacturing.
• Excellent knowledge of Health, Safety & Environmental legislation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the SHE strategy for the site.
• Implement best practices and raise awareness in safety culture.
• Lead audits and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

SHE improvements

Health, Safety & Environmental legislation

Regulatory compliance (ISO 45001, 14001, 18001, 9001)

NEBOSH Health & Safety Qualification

MS Applications

Education

Engineering qualification/background

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29.04.2025

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13.06.2025

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Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at:.

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Who will you be working with?

We are seeking an experienced Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager to join our team in Birkenhead. The Birkenhead site supports our customers through maintenance and operation optimisation with customised solutions for spare parts, repair, and overhaul activities on existing trains for brake discs, brake pads, brake blocks, self contained dynamic brake systems.

Role: Safety, Health, and Environmental Manager

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time

How will you make a difference?

You will have overall responsibility for driving Safety, Health and Environmental excellence across the site, ensuring that best practice and statutory obligations are fully met. As a partner to the Senior Management Team (in-particularly Operations & Logistics Management and Supervision), you will be responsible for embedding a safety culture ensuring full employee engagement in SHE activities to drive a culture of zero harm.

What will your typical day look like?

• Responsible for the development, management, and implementation of the SHE strategy for site, ensuring where required it is linked to the wider UK and Wabtec Global vision.
• Work closely with the site management and supervision to implement best practices and raise awareness.
• Coach and develop the SHE team, to partner with the business and ensure personal and professional development, setting clear objectives and supporting their delivery as required.
• Implement a site audit programme, ensuring compliance with all associated legislation and management system requirements.
• Ensure all audits are carried out and ensure that any remedial recommendations are followed up.
• Principal contact with external, regulatory, audit, and trade bodies on health, safety, and environmental matters e.g. HSE, EA, BSI.
• Lead the continued evolution of the SHE Management System to ensure that it is fit for purpose and delivers the competence required to meet all regulatory, safety, and quality requirements.
• Develop and monitor SHE KPI’s and provide management with statistical analysis and take remedial action where necessary.
• Monitor the implementation of Risk/CoSHH assessments ensuring suitable and sufficient safe working instructions are determined and communicated as appropriate.
• Manage records of incidents and accidents and produce statistics for managers, ensure compliance with RIDDOR regulations, and provide recommendations for ensuring non-repetition of incidents/accident.

What do we want to know about you?

• A track record of delivering SHE improvements within a manufacturing environment (desirable).
• Excellent knowledge of all Health, Safety & Environmental legislation with practical experience in SHE law.
• Experience in all regulatory compliance (ISO’s 45001, 14001, 18001,9001 etc).
• NEBOSH Health & Safety Qualification.
• Engineering qualification/background (desirable).
• Experience with MS Applications.

If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values always put people first, and strive to expand what is possible.

Apply today!

Legal authorization to work in UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

*Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.