Senior HSE Leader — Manufacturing Compliance & Risk

isepglobal; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab UK is seeking a proactive HSE Manager to oversee health, safety and environmental compliance across its UK operations. You will lead a culture of safety, drive risk reduction and ensure regulatory alignment, auditing, training and incident response.

The role demands strong knowledge of ISO standards, NEBOSH qualification and experience in manufacturing/engineering environments. You will collaborate with leaders, contractors and regulators to embed safe systems of work throughout the

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a manufacturing/engineering environment.
• Internal auditing.
• Familiar with external accreditation bodies auditing.
• Detailed knowledge of ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001.
• HSE qualification (e.g. NEBOSH).
• Environmental qualification (e.g. IEMA Cert in environmental management).
• Excellent motivator, team builder and the ability to drive cultural transformation.
• Knowledge of the offshore energy market (Desirable).

Responsibilities

• Promote a positive HSE culture through leadership and communication.
• Manage and continually improve the HSE management system, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, customer and company requirements.
• Deliver the HSE strategy, objectives and improvement plans, monitoring performance and reporting key metrics.
• Provide expert HSE advice and support to managers, employees and project teams.
• Lead HSE training, competency, induction and awareness programmes.
• Conduct and coordinate audits, inspections and compliance assurance activities.
• Lead hazard identification, risk assessment and implementation of effective control measures.
• Support the development of safe systems of work and ensure effective management of operational risks.
• Ensure safe introduction of new products, processes, equipment and facilities, integrating HSE requirements throughout the lifecycle.
• Lead specialist safety programmes, including High Voltage, machinery safety, PUWER, LOTO and ergonomics.
• Ensure offsite, customer-site and field activities are effectively planned, assessed and controlled.
• Manage incident reporting, investigation, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Lead emergency preparedness arrangements and support occupational health and wellbeing programmes.
• Monitor environmental performance, drive sustainability initiatives and ensure environmental compliance.
• Manage REACH, RoHS and hazardous substance compliance requirements.
• Oversee contractor, supplier and supply chain HSE performance and compliance.
• Support bids, projects and business improvement initiatives to ensure HSE requirements are effectively integrated.
• Act as the point of contact for HSE-related matters with regulators, customers, auditors and other external stakeholders.

Skills

Proven experience in manufacturing/eng

Internal auditing

External accreditation bodies auditing

ISO 9001/14001/45001 knowledge

HSE qualification (NEBOSH)

Environmental qualification (IEMA)

Motivator and team builder

Offshore energy market knowledge (Des)

Job description

Saab UK is seeking a proactive HSE Manager to oversee health, safety and environmental compliance across its UK operations. You will lead a culture of safety, drive risk reduction and ensure regulatory alignment, auditing, training and incident response.

The role demands strong knowledge of ISO standards, NEBOSH qualification and experience in manufacturing/engineering environments. You will collaborate with leaders, contractors and regulators to embed safe systems of work throughout the