Role Overview
As a highly experienced Health & Safety Manager, you will take responsibility for overseeing the health, safety, environmental compliance, across two UK locations: Leamington Spa and Wellesbourne. Your expertise will be essential in
ensuring all relevant standards are met and maintained at both sites.
Approach and Responsibilities
This position requires a practical, hands-on approach. You will work closely with colleagues and senior management, aiming to embed best practices throughout the organisation. By actively promoting a positive health and safety culture, you will help drive continuous improvement and ensure everyone is engaged with compliance and safety matters.
Management Structure
The role is a stand-alone position, directly reporting to the Head of HR, with direct line management responsibility for two Facilities Team members. The successful candidate will be expected to be onsite full-time. Hybrid working is not available
due to the nature of responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects of Health & Safety across our two UK sites.
- Design, develop and implement internal policy as required, ensuring awareness of all employees.
- Conduct audits, reporting the findings and making recommendations to the Ops Board monthly.
- Carry out accident/near miss investigations and reporting via the Ops Board monthly.
- Develop and deliver Toolbox Talks regarding high-risk activities.
- Identify hazards and ensure risk assessments are completed and reviewed.
- Review and provide feedback to RAMS and risk assessments.
- Keep up to date with all aspects of relevant health, safety & welfare at work legislation and communicating relevant aspects or changes to the business.
- Design, develop and implement safe operational procedures, working within the existing H&S framework to improve, document and implement H&S arrangements.
- Lead in-house training with managers and employees about health and safety issues and risks.
- Keep records of inspection findings and producing reports that suggest improvements.
- Work with our external consultants to develop our sustainability priorities and deliver to our plans.
- Produce newsletters and bulletins, or other relevant communications.
- Ensure equipment is installed safely.
- Support and organise the safe receipt, storing, handling, use and disposal of hazardous substances, e.g. chemicals, communicating relevant procedures to the business.
- Lead on a range of specialist areas, e.g. fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.
- Managing our 2 UK sites for maintenance, security, compliance and upgrades/alterations.
- Line managing of the facilities team, including time management, setting objectives and conducting annual appraisals.
What you'll need
- Extensive experience working in a similar role
- NEBOSH qualification /or equivalent experience
- Extensive knowledge of relevant HSE and sustainability legislation
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously, defining and managing own priorities
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
- Relevant engineering industry experience is desirable
- High proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, excel, PowerPoint)
- UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle to travel between sites
