Senior HSSE Manager

STERIS; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

STERIS is seeking a Senior Manager, Regional Health Safety & Environment in Basingstoke, UK. In this role, you will lead the implementation of health and safety strategies, ensuring compliance across business units. Your leadership will drive continuous improvement and effective risk management.

Ideal candidates will have strong project management skills and experience with ISO standards. Join us in creating a safer world through infection prevention and health services.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Strong people-management and leadership skills.
• Highly effective written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support implementation of HSE strategy.
• Provide HSE leadership to achieve compliance objectives.
• Manage the regional HSE team for effective strategy delivery.

Skills

Teamwork

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Working knowledge of ISO 45001 and ISO 14001

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

Senior Manager, Regional Health Safety & Environment

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Manager, Regional Health Safety & Environment. Join us at an influential level in a division that drives the business forward by providing a best‑in‑class Health and Safety service to our operations.

What You Will Do

• Develop and support the implementation of the Corporate and Regional HSE strategy, participating in its regular review and assessment.
• Provide HSE leadership, support and guidance to designated business units and field‑based teams to achieve HSE compliance and objectives.
• Manage the regional IMS Instrument Processing and Device Repair HSE team to ensure the effective delivery of the HSE strategy and objectives.
• Manage the regional development, implementation and ongoing review of documented HSE management systems, including policies, procedures, safe working instructions, guidance, information and HSE updates to address relevant business unit needs.
• Develop, monitor and maintain HSE Management Systems that are equivalent and aligned to the ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management standards.
• Identify gaps and potential improvements in HSE management systems, developing and implementing actions to eliminate gaps.

Other Duties

• Manage the regional development, implementation and ongoing review of documented HSE training material both eLearning on STERIS U and face‑to‑face practical training to address relevant business unit needs. Ensure that regional training and development needs are identified and met through the provision of a comprehensive blended training curriculum, training systems and tools.
• Ensure alignment and implementation of the STERIS Bloodborne Pathogen Immunisation program. Work as part of a cross‑functional team to ensure Occupational Health providers understand STERIS requirements for immunisation, return to work and accident investigation.
• Drive continuous improvement, engineer solutions to occupational exposures and deliver strong results from behavioural‑based processes. Implement, in collaboration with the STERIS Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene, a national exposure monitoring program for identified exposure risks (PAA, noise, inhalable and chemical exposure).
• Manage the development, completion and ongoing review of risk and CoSHH assessments, advising on the suitability and application of risk control measures, identifying and reporting on inadequately controlled risks and non‑compliance with statutory or internal non‑compliance.
• Provide oversight and guidance on incidents, injury reporting and investigation for relevant business units, ensuring that all injuries, incidents and near misses are reported and investigated in accordance with STERIS policy. Introduce the scorecard to drive improvements in the quality of Navigator incident reports, targeting right‑first‑time.
• Support collection and analysis of HSE performance data and metrics, identifying areas of concern and reporting performance through dashboards and other means to ensure appropriate actions.
• Collaborate with members of the HSE Council to deliver automated dashboards and better‑quality data analytics to aid the whole business in trend reviews.
• Develop, train and support the IMS EMEA’s central and site safety committees.
• Monitor and report on training completion, performance and compliance, using feedback to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Lead on effective HSE communication using monthly safety calls, internal intranet, newsletters, internal publications and other engagement initiatives to improve employee awareness, competency and safety performance.
• Oversee the IMS EMEA and Device Repair HSE self‑assessment and audit programme, conduct audits and reviews and report on audit findings, making recommendations for corrective actions.
• Use Lean methodology to drive improvements in safety and environmental programmes. Engage with and build working partnerships with other support services (Training, Quality, CI & Facilities) to eliminate silo working and drive productivity for all HSE initiatives.
• Undertake Lean Leadership training and align all team members with CI training to ensure all aspects of HSE and CI work collaboratively.
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of regional HSE legislation, and emerging risks, reporting changes that may impact the business and supporting the development of effective response strategies.
• Support allocated major project works and acquisition and integration activities, ensuring that consistent regional HSE standards are adopted and implemented.
• Manage the development, implementation and testing of robust emergency, contingency, business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
• Coach and support continual development of the regional HSE team, concentrating on technical and soft skills. Support Medisafe, IMS repairs (Northampton), DanMed, IPT, Surgical Solutions with regional and local legislation advice, audit and implementation of correct action plans for all non‑conformances identified.

Environmental Compliance Management (15%)

• Manage environmental compliance, including conducting reviews, to ensure business units are fully compliant with relevant environmental requirements.
• Manage the creation, continuous development, delivery, assessment of learning outcomes and performance reporting of engaging, innovative environmental training and learning.
• Undertake assessments of new technology to produce feasibility studies to support STERIS IMS’s drive to support the NHS’s Net Zero goal.
• Prepare and implement communications based upon existing, new and/or revised environmental regulations of the country or countries in which the businesses operate.
• As appropriate, support Corporate Responsibility Initiatives (CSR and ESG) that may be voluntarily subscribed to by STERIS.
• Coordinate environmental compliance tasks.

Required Experience

• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong people‑management and leadership skills, including facilitation, training and mentoring skills.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with ability to manage site‑level, regional operational and senior‑management relationships.
• Strong project/problem resolution skills.
• Working knowledge of Safety and Health Management Systems (ISO 45001) and Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001).
• Ability to develop and deliver effective training.
• Highly effective communication skills, written and oral.
• Confident with the use of IT systems, e‑learning platforms and software. Understanding of applicable computer systems such as Microsoft Office, SharePoint, databases and function‑specific software.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. We help our customers create a healthier and safer world. For more information, visit www.steris.com.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.