puestos de Health And Safety Manager en Gran Bretaña

Job Description

At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive.

By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time.

With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHR’s track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication—all of which we pass on to our customers.

MHR is more than just a place to work; it’s a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allow you to focus on what’s most important to you- work that matters.

With us, you’ll grow, find your flow, and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact.

Your Career

This role offers a unique opportunity to take ownership of MHR’s environmental strategy at a time of real momentum and investment in sustainability. You’ll play a leading role in shaping our approach, embedding environmentally responsible practices, and helping the business meet both regulatory and voluntary commitments. As part of a high-performing Business Assurance function, there are also opportunities to expand your influence into wider governance, risk, and compliance areas, with access to continued professional development and support.

Your Team

The Business Assurance team is responsible for ensuring that MHR meets its legal, regulatory, and industry standards across a broad range of areas including data protection, risk, quality, and environmental management. As part of this dynamic and growing team, you will work alongside subject matter experts to deliver excellence in assurance and compliance. With increased focus on sustainability and environmental accountability, this role is vital in ensuring MHR’s operations remain responsible, resilient, and forward-thinking.

Your Impact

This is a senior opportunity for an experienced Environmental Compliance Specialist to lead MHR’s environmental compliance and sustainability strategy as part of the wider Business Assurance function. You will be responsible for the delivery and ongoing development of our ISO 14001-certified Environmental Management System (EMS), ensuring continued compliance, driving continuous improvement, and supporting the organisation’s journey towards its Net Zero commitments.

You will be expected to bring a depth of technical understanding, hands-on experience in audit and compliance environments, and a proven ability to work cross-functionally to influence and embed good environmental practices across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continual improvement of MHR’s Environmental Management System in line with ISO 14001.
• Maintain legal compliance with all relevant environmental regulations and obligations.
• Drive sustainability initiatives and support the achievement of corporate Net Zero and carbon reduction targets.
• Develop, review, and maintain environmental policies, procedures, and documentation.
• Conduct internal environmental audits and manage the external audit process.
• Support the delivery of training and awareness programmes to promote environmental responsibility across the business.
• Collect, analyse, and report on key environmental performance data, including energy, waste, water, and emissions.
• Provide subject matter expertise to internal projects and stakeholders, ensuring environmental considerations are embedded into decision-making.
• Identify and manage environmental risks, ensuring proactive mitigation is in place.
• Collaborate with the wider Business Assurance team to ensure alignment between environmental, quality, and compliance activities.

What you’ll bring to the role and MHR

Essential:

• Experience in environmental compliance, preferably in a corporate or regulated environment.
• In-depth knowledge of ISO 14001 and proven success in implementing and maintaining a certified EMS.
• Strong understanding of environmental legislation and regulatory frameworks in the UK.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence, engage, and educate stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong report writing and data analysis skills

Desirable:

• Professional qualification in environmental management (e.g. IEMA, NEBOSH Environmental, or equivalent).
• Experience of working within or alongside compliance, audit, or risk teams.
• Understanding of carbon foot printing and sustainability frameworks (e.g. GHG Protocol, SBTi).
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, ISO 27001 or other management system standards.

Benefits to support you personally and professionally

Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including:

• Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and cross-departmental mentoring and coaching programs
• 24/7 access to a GP through SmartHealth for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave
• Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays
• Enhanced Family leave
• My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers
• Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards
• Referral bonus scheme of up to £2,000
• Employee-led social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bake-offs
• On-site subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily
• Opt-in benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage

We value the well-being, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment.