GE Vernova in Rugby

GE Vernova’s Power Conversion & Storage business delivers advanced electrification systems that support the critical power and energy requirements of high-performance applications worldwide. Working with leading organisations across the energy, defence, maritime, and industrial sectors, we help accelerate the transition to a more efficient, lower-carbon future. Our solutions address significant requirements in power stability, energy storage, grid resilience, and renewable energy integration.

As the EHS Manager you will lead the site’s proactive safety shifting the focus from reactive incident response to predictive risk prevention. Your primary objective is the systemic elimination of hazards before they reach the shop floor. You will have a visible presence on the factory floor, engaging daily with production teams to observe processes in situ and coaching operators to own their safety environment.

Partnering closely with operations leadership you will align EHS initiatives with production scheduling. In this capacity, you will demonstrate how safe, disciplined processes drive higher quality, reduce unplanned downtime, and improve manufacturing velocity. You will oversee robust investigations, ensuring that root-cause analysis is thorough and leads to meaningful, permanent corrective actions that prevent recurrence. This is a practical, influential role for a leader who is equally comfortable coaching a team on risk reduction as they are presenting performance data to senior leadership. Finally, you will manage all site-level regulatory compliance, acting as the primary point of contact for external audits and internal stakeholders. You will translate complex safety regulations into clear, actionable site procedures that empower our teams to operate safely while maintaining the high-paced output required to support production.

Key responsibilities

• Culture Leadership: Drive a proactive EHS culture, engaging with our workforce to embed safety as a core value across all project lifecycles.
• Operational Partner: Align EHS initiatives with production scheduling, demonstrating how safe processes drive higher quality, lower downtime, and improved manufacturing velocity.
• Strategic Execution: Translate Group EHS strategies into tactical, shop-floor action plans that mitigate risk and prevent incidents.
• Compliance & Audit: Maintain high standards for ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, providing expert guidance and ensuring audit readiness in a strictly regulated environment.
• Data-Driven Improvement: Leverage safety data to identify trends, challenge the status quo, and drive continuous improvement.
• Risk Management: Lead initiatives for complex industrial operations, including electrical safety, heavy lifting, and working at height.
• Incident Ownership: Lead the site’s proactive safety architecture—shifting the focus from reactive incident response to predictive risk prevention and the systemic elimination of hazards before they reach the shop floor.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Liaise with external bodies (HSE, Environment Agency) and internal leadership to ensure total organizational buy-in.
• Lean Integration: Collaborate with manufacturing teams to integrate Lean methodologies into EHS processes, reducing waste and boosting operational efficiency.

Candidate requirements

• Proven Expertise: NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent) with substantial, hands‑on experience in a heavy manufacturing or industrial setting. Highly desirable if you are working towards IOSH or CMIOSH status.
• Legislative Mastery: Deep working knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and experience managing integrated management systems.
• ISO Proficiency: Demonstrated experience implementing and auditing ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 (ISO 9001 is a plus).
• Influential Communicator: Confident persuading stakeholders at all levels by engaging daily with production teams.
• Organized & Analytical: Detail‑oriented with EHS reporting and compliance systems.
• Collaborative: A flexible, improvement-driven mindset that thrives in a fast‑paced production environment.

What We Offer

At GE Vernova, we invest in your long-term success and wellbeing through a comprehensive, flexible benefits package designed to support what matters most to you. Our Total Reward offering includes competitive compensation, a performance-related bonus, flexible pension with a 10 % employers’ contribution, employer-funded private health insurance, income protection, and life assurance. We support your time to recharge with 26 days of holiday, plus bank holidays. Our 'Flex Choice' programme, you can take advantage of corporate benefits such as buying and selling holiday, a cycle-to-work scheme, financial planning, critical illness insurance, personal accident cover, dental cover, option to add family to a private health scheme, and travel insurance.

Why Join Us?

Join our team to lead real problem-solving in a challenging manufacturing environment, reduce repeat defects, influence process design, build digital quality capability, and create measurable business improvement. We also provide a platform for continuous career growth through mentorship, open dialogue, and support for professional qualifications, helping you map a career path that evolves with your ambitions.

Additional Information Relocation Assistance Provided: No