Health and Safety Manager

At Alexander Dennis, our vision is to lead the evolution of sustainable on‑road mass transportation and mobility. We design, deliver, and support market‑leading buses and coaches that help reduce emissions, improve air quality, and keep communities connected. Every role contributes to that mission whether you’re engineering, driving sales, improving production, or supporting our customers.

As the EHS Manager for our Scarborough site, you will lead the Health & Safety function and ensure compliance with all regulatory, statutory, and organisational requirements. You’ll provide guidance, leadership, and expert advice across operations, helping to minimise risk, prevent incidents, and build a proactive safety culture. This role also plays a key part in shaping and implementing EHS policies, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring the effective integration of the wider Group H&S strategy.

You’ll bring strong experience in a Health & Safety leadership role, ideally within a manufacturing environment. You will be an effective communicator, confident to engage at all levels of the organisation, set high standards, influence behaviours, and build positive working relationships. You’ll have excellent organisational skills, a high attention to detail, and the ability to drive both compliance and cultural development.

Bonus if you have:

• A Health & Safety Degree or equivalent Safety Management diploma
• IOSH or NEBOSH qualifications (essential requirement)
• 5-10 years’ experience leading an H&S function
• Experience managing EHS systems aligned with ISO standards
• Knowledge of environmental permitting, waste management and compliance reporting
• Experience in incident investigation, corrective actions, and emergency response

What We Offer:

• Impact: Be part of something that's changing cities, improving air quality, helping public transport evolve.
• Development & Growth: Training programmes, mentorship, opportunities to take on new roles, broaden skills.
• Culture & Belonging: An inclusive environment; your voice matters; we treat people fairly.
• Perks & Benefits: Competitive salary, pension, wellbeing support, cycle to work scheme, enhanced maternity and paternity benefits.

Our Values - What Guides Us:

• Safety: The health and wellbeing of our team members, and the safety of our products, are our top priority.
• Quality: We strive for excellence in our products, services, and all that we do.
• Integrity: We act with honesty, transparency and integrity, treating each other with respect in a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for our actions, seeking to build trust and earn a reputation for excellence and reliability.
• Teamwork: We work with our team members, our supplier partners, and our customers to pursue mutual benefits.
• Sustainability: We seek long term success for our business, our communities, and the environment through responsible sourcing, lean manufacturing, and sustainable operations.

If you see yourself growing with Alexander Dennis and contributing to our vision, we'd love to hear from you. Please complete our online application form and attach your CV! We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

If you are an internal applicant, you have a responsibility to inform your current line/department manager and local human resources representative before applying for the role. Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us a call on +44 1324 621 672 or send an email to careers@alexander-dennis.com.