Head of EHS (UK operations)

Overview

In this role, you will lead the environmental, health and safety strategy for our UK sites, aligning with business goals and ensuring consistent EHS standards. You’ll steer the UK EHS community, including the Irvine site, with hands-on governance of objectives, budgets and risk reduction. You will embed process safety, compliance and emergency planning into daily operations, driving continuous improvement through data-driven insights. This leadership position offers a chance to influence safety and sustainability performance across our UK operations and partner networks.

Pay / Benefits

• culture of inclusion and belonging
• opportunity to shape safety and sustainability
• growth and development at own pace
• cross-functional collaboration
• impact of work on people and planet
• supportive leadership culture

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the UK EHS community across multiple locations
• Develop and execute the EHS strategy for Irvine site with local team leadership
• Set and govern EHS objectives, metrics, and budget oversight
• Identify, assess and reduce risk using data, trends and root-cause analysis
• Ensure compliance with environmental, health and safety legislation and sustainability requirements
• Lead emergency preparedness and response planning for critical incidents
• Promote process safety integration into operations
• Develop, report and improve EHS KPIs
• Embed safety protocols and training for employees, contractors and partners
• Champion continuous improvement and adoption of new technologies and best practices
• Coach and develop EHS talent and build autonomous teams
• Influence EHS management across UK operations and contribute to safety and sustainability performance

Key requirements

• Experience leading an EHS team in manufacturing, life science or regulated environments
• Strong knowledge of EHS legislation and sustainability/waste management
• Understanding of process safety management and OT standards
• Proven risk assessment, hazard identification and incident prevention
• Ability to leverage EHS data to drive decisions and performance
• Experience developing emergency response plans and managing incidents
• Track record of establishing EHS KPIs, governance and reporting
• Experience training and ensuring compliance across employees and external partners
• Strong communication and influencing skills with site management
• Commitment to coaching and developing EHS talent
• Proactive, pragmatic, improvement-focused mindset
• Role model for safety and sustainability

• Influencing across functions
• Collaborative mindset
• Problem-solving
• Regulatory compliance knowledge
• Process safety management
• Risk assessment and root-cause analysis

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