HSE Manager

Overview

As an HSE Supervisor, you drive Health, Safety and Environmental excellence across the site, acting as a trusted adviser to ensure ISO 45001/14001 compliance and continuous improvement. You will lead risk assessments, incidents investigations, and integrate safety into daily decisions with site leadership, while developing the HSE team and partnering with operational leaders. This role offers a meaningful chance to shape safety culture and performance in a manufacturing environment. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to promote proactive hazard reporting and a strong safety mindset.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays
• Defined Contribution pension scheme
• Flexible working policy
• Share Scheme – annual enrolment
• Health Care Cash Plan
• 24/7 confidential employee counselling service

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve HSE Management Systems aligned with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and company HSE requirements
• Lead risk assessments and implement preventive and corrective actions
• Monitor HSE performance using leading and lagging indicators and drive improvement
• Manage incident reporting, investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions
• Influence leadership to integrate safety into everyday decision-making
• Promote employee engagement, hazard reporting, stop-work authority and proactive culture
• Represent site during audits, inspections and interactions with external authorities
• Lead, mentor and develop the site HSE team and collaborate with operational leaders
• Support deployment of Group HSE strategy and participate in local/cross-site HSE projects

Key requirements

• Degree in Engineering or another relevant technical discipline
• Recognized Health & Safety qualification, ideally NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
• HSE Internal Auditor certification and experience managing audits
• Experience in HSE management within a manufacturing/industrial environment
• Strong knowledge of HSE legislation, risk management, incident investigation methodologies, and management systems standards
• Experience leading HSE teams and influencing stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to challenge constructively and balance safety with operational priorities
• Strong planning and organizational capabilities with a continuous improvement mindset
• Fluent English and effective cross-functional/ external communication

• Communication
• Influencing leadership decisions
• Problem-solving
• ISO 45001 & ISO 14001 knowledge
• Risk assessment methodologies
• Incident investigation techniques

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