Senior HSE Advisor

PX Group; Wyke; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme matching

Simplyhealth Cash Plan

Free Staff Meals on site

Onsite parking

Job summary

PX Group in Wyke is recruiting a Senior HSE Advisor to support our Health, Safety & Environment function and drive a positive safety culture across the site.

Based at Wyke, you will work with manufacturing, maintenance and operations to ensure legally compliant management systems, provide expert advice, lead risk assessments, audits and incident investigations.

The role offers on-site development, training, and a pathway to advance within a complex chemical manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Diploma or Level 6 qualification.
• Membership of IOSH or Registered Safety Professional status.
• Experience within a chemical manufacturing environment, with COMAH experience highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of auditing, risk assessments, incident investigation and root cause analysis methodologies.
• Experience facilitating HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA or similar process safety studies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coach and influence others.
• A passion for continuous improvement and developing a strong safety culture

Responsibilities

• Provide expert HSE advice and guidance to managers and site teams, ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Conduct audits, inspections and compliance reviews to support robust HSE management systems.
• Lead and support risk assessments, incident investigations and root cause analysis activities.
• Analyse accident and incident data to identify trends and recommend improvements
• Support HAZOP studies, transfer-to-manufacture processes and management of change activities.
• Manage contractor HSE processes, including approvals, inductions and on-site audits
• Deliver engaging HSE training and help build a sustainable behavioural safety culture across the site.
• Support emergency preparedness activities and maintain effective relationships with regulatory authorities and emergency services.
• Assist with the maintenance of COMAH, environmental permitting and other statutory compliance requirements

Skills

IOSH Membership / Registered Safety

Chemical manufacturing experience

Auditing & risk assessments

Incident investigation

Root cause analysis

HAZOP/HAZID/LOPA studies

HSE training & coaching

Safety culture development

Education

NEBOSH Diploma or Level 6

Job description

Senior HSE Advisor

Application Deadline: 26 November 2026

Department: SHEQ

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Wyke

Reporting To: HSE Manager

Description

Our Business

px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork, are the reason for px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information visit www.pxlimited.com

Located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the Wyke Agrichemicals Manufacturing Plant is operated by px Group in partnership with Nufarm. The site is one of the UK's leading crop protection manufacturing facilities, manufacturing crop protection products for Nufarm that support farmers and growers around the world.

Wyke is a Top Tier COMAH site, operating a complex chemical manufacturing environment where safety, reliability and operational excellence are fundamental to everything we do. With a skilled workforce across manufacturing, engineering, laboratory, supply chain and support functions, the site offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals in a highly technical environment.

The Opportunity

We are now recruiting for a Senior HSE Advisor

As a Senior HSE Advisor, based at our Wyke site and reporting to the Site HSE Leader, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our Health, Safety & Environment function and helping to drive a positive safety culture across the site. You will work closely with manufacturing, maintenance and operational teams to ensure continually improving HSE performance through effective and legally compliant management systems.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HSE professional looking to develop their career within a complex chemical manufacturing environment while contributing to the safe and sustainable operation of our business.

You’ll be supported with personalised on the job training, coaching, mentoring and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain & develop your contributions and competence.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide expert HSE advice and guidance to managers and site teams, ensuring compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Conduct audits, inspections and compliance reviews to support robust HSE management systems.
• Lead and support risk assessments, incident investigations and root cause analysis activities.
• Analyse accident and incident data to identify trends and recommend improvements
• Support HAZOP studies, transfer-to-manufacture processes and management of change activities.
• Manage contractor HSE processes, including approvals, inductions and on-site audits
• Deliver engaging HSE training and help build a sustainable behavioural safety culture across the site.
• Support emergency preparedness activities and maintain effective relationships with regulatory authorities and emergency services.
• Assist with the maintenance of COMAH, environmental permitting and other statutory compliance requirements

Minimum Requirements

• NEBOSH Diploma or an equivalent Level 6 qualification.
• Membership of IOSH or Registered Safety Professional status.
• Experience within a chemical manufacturing environment, with COMAH experience highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of auditing, risk assessments, incident investigation and root cause analysis methodologies.
• Experience facilitating HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA or similar process safety studies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coach and influence others.
• A passion for continuous improvement and developing a strong safety culture

What you will receive from us

• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
• A boosted pension scheme – we’ll match 1.25% to every 1% you pay (up to 8%)
• Simplyhealth Cash Plan
• Free Staff Meals at our onsite Canteen
• Onsite parking

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.