Health & Safety Manager in Peterborough

Our client is a well-established UK organisation operating within a technical and operational environment, with a strong focus on safety, compliance, and continuous improvement. With a commitment to high standards and best practice, the business is now seeking an experienced Health & Safety Manager to lead its Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) strategy.

This is a pivotal role where you will act as the organisation's appointed Health & Safety professional, ensuring full compliance with UK legislation and industry standards while driving a positive, proactive safety culture across the business. The role is both office and field based and will involve travel for site visits, audits, and training delivery.

What's involved for the Health & Safety Manager:

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve the Health & Safety Management System in line with legal, regulatory, and best-practice requirements.
• Lead inspection, audit, and assurance programmes to monitor and enhance HSE performance.
• Measure, analyse, and report on HSE performance, benchmarking against industry standards.
• Review, develop, and maintain safe systems of work, ensuring policies and procedures remain practical and risk-focused.
• Champion a safety-first culture and clearly communicate HSE expectations across the organisation.
• Provide frameworks, tools, and guidance to support compliance with HSE legislation and industry guidance.
• Lead employee consultation groups and work closely with Safety Representatives.
• Identify HSE competence requirements and advise on training and development actions.
• Deliver and support HSE training, toolbox talks, inductions, and incident investigations.
• Review risk assessments and method statements, providing expert advice where required.
• Manage HSE eLearning platforms and compliance tracking systems.
• Ensure statutory reporting requirements are met, including external incident reporting where required.
• Maintain HSE accreditations and certifications.
• Plan and manage internal, external, corporate, insurance, and compliance audits.
• Act as the main point of contact for regulatory bodies and local authorities.
• Support HSE-related claims, investigations, and assurance visits for key contracts.
• Support contractor scheme applications, renewals, and external submissions.
• Collaborate across departments to maintain compliance and minimise operational risk.

What you'll need:

• H&S Management experience.
• Degree or Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Health, or a related discipline.
• IOSH Level 6 Diploma in OSH Leadership or NEBOSH Diploma.
• Proven Health & Safety experience within manufacturing, engineering, or a similar environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK H&S legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• Ability to design and deliver a business-aligned HSE strategy.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels.
• High attention to detail with the ability to identify hazards and implement effective controls.
• Full UK driving licence.

Benefits for the Health & Safety Manager include:

• Salary up to £65,000 P.A (DOE).
• Excellent company pension scheme.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Life assurance.
• Private medical insurance.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Ongoing professional development and training.
• Free on-site parking.

Should this Health & Safety Manager position be of interest, please apply within or contact one of our consultants for a confidential discussion. Applications from outside the UK will not be considered.

We are an independent recruitment consultancy supplying permanent and contract personnel across the UK. We specialise in Office, Engineering, Technical, Manufacturing, and Construction roles and pride ourselves on delivering an excellent candidate and client experience.