Safety, Health and Environment Manager

Safety, Health and Environment Manager

Location: Leicester (West), site-based Monday to Friday

Salary: Up to £50,000

The Company

A new, state of the art, manufacturing facility: Assured Safety Recruitment are partnering with a national manufacturing group who have an opportunity for a Safety, Health, and Environment Manager to lead HSE at their automated Leicestershire manufacturing facility. As well as being the Health and Safety lead for site, you will be part of the National Safety, Health, and Environment Team, who have an outstanding staff retention rate.

The Role

• You will provide direction, support and ownership for all Safety, Health and Wellbeing activities on site plus facilitation of the Environmental management standards.
• You will manage the systems and processes with site management to achieve compliance to legislation and internal policies as well as being the lead of both internal and external audits and proactive SHE improvement activities.
• You will influence Operational Management to maintain high standards, champion innovation and solutions to issues, promote positive culture and safe working practices.
• You will share best practice from other parts of the business or external forums to drive continuous improvement.
• You will provide training to operational management teams and oversee employees training processes and records, to demonstrate competence.
• You will assist site to meet their health and safety objectives, which form part of the 3-year manufacturing excellence initiative.
• Be a visible presence on the shop floor to promote high standards of compliance and behaviours, as part of leadership to create a positive health and safety culture.

About You

• Experience of health and safety in a hands-on operational environment (manufacturing).
• Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment and being a visible presence on the shop floor.
• NEBOSH certificate (or equivalent level) in Safety Management as a minimum, desire to work towards Diploma or equivalent.
• Ideally a good working knowledge and application of ISO management systems, specifically ISO 45001.
• Ideally have an IEMA 2 day Managing with Environmental Sustainability (or equivalent course) or be on an internal development program to bring them to this level.