Safety & Compliance Manager

Overview

As Safety & Compliance Manager, you will lead the site health and safety systems and safe operating procedures to uphold top-tier safety and compliance. You’ll work closely with the Plant Manager and team to embed a safety-focused culture while ensuring environmental permits and management systems are maintained. You’ll proactively assess risks, review SSOW and method statements, and prevent incidents in a regulated energy-from-waste setting. This role offers a chance to shape safety strategy in a fast-growing, start-up style site with a climate-positive mission.

Pay / Benefits

• annual bonus scheme
• competitive salary 52,000–58,000
• great range of benefits
• employee-focused culture
• opportunity to work in a climate-positive business
• equal opportunities employer

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor Health & Safety systems, procedures and safe systems of work at site level
• Maintain compliance with Viridor management systems and environmental permits/licenses
• Implement policy and procedure to deliver a compliant, quality-led environment with safety at its core
• Monitor, maintain and manage health and safety risk assessments, SSOW and method statements
• Collaborate with Plant Manager and site team to maintain high productivity with uncompromised safety and environmental compliance

Key requirements

• Hands-on safety professional with industrial experience
• Experience in an energy-from-waste facility is advantageous
• Experience in highly regulated/compliance-focused environments
• Strong leadership to build and develop a new team in a start-up scenario
• Experience with permitted/regulated activities, preferably in controlled emissions environments
• Knowledge of energy-from-waste/power industry and related legislation
• IOSH/NEBOSH qualification (or equivalent)
• Awareness of ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO 50001
• Full UK driving licence

• Leadership and people development
• Collaborative stakeholder engagement
• No-compromise approach to safety
• Health & Safety management
• Regulatory compliance and environmental permits
• Risk assessment and safe system of work development

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