Health and Safety Manager

Overview

In this Health and Safety Manager role, you will lead safety at a major COMAH site and guide a small H&S team to embed a strong safety culture. You will partner with the Site Manager, leadership, and operations to drive improvements, reduce injuries, and ensure H&S is integrated into daily operations. The position involves regulatory compliance, site audits, and engagement with external authorities, with opportunities to influence group-wide safety initiatives. This is a high-visibility role with impact across the site and a chance to shape safety culture at a world-leading brand.

Pay / Benefits

• excellent benefits

Responsibilities

• Embed a strong safety culture with the Site Manager and leadership
• Drive continuous improvement to reduce injuries and exposures and boost engagement
• Maintain and audit H&S management systems (Permit to Work, contractor management, inductions, emergency response, incident investigations) with corrective actions
• Support COMAH compliance and regulatory requirements
• Engage with external stakeholders (HSE, Fire & Rescue, local authorities) and support group SHE activities
• Lead/coordinate a small H&S team and collaborate with operational teams

Key requirements

• Strong H&S leadership experience in chemical, process, or high-hazard environments
• Experience in COMAH or a comparable high-risk setting with regulatory understanding
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent with practical H&S management systems, auditing, incident investigation, risk management
• Pragmatic, influential approach and ability to build relationships and drive culture change

• leadership
• relationship-building
• influencing without authority
• H&S management systems
• auditing
• incident investigation

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