Health, Safety & Environment Manager

We are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) department!

Reporting to the Manufacturing Director, you will lead the HSE team consisting of two Officers, a Graduate and two Interns based across multiple UK sites. The role scope also includes responsibility for extensive field-based associates in addition to site-based.

As a leader, mentor and coach you will develop your team to implement best practice industry approaches and solutions independently and autonomously, whilst driving a culture of health and safety across all areas of the business.

You will be the organisation's conduit into the established international HSE infrastructure of both the division and Bosch as a whole. You will demonstrate a proactive, collaborative and participative position in this network acting as a business partner for departmental heads.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring our HSE strategy is state of the art and aligned with the values of the business. This involves developing and implementing HSE procedures and guidelines by proactively identifying and evaluating workplace risks.
• Leading HSE dialogues, inspections and audits to ensure compliance with internal and external standards and legislations, benchmarking against industry norms to promote continuous improvement.
• Defining key business measures and leading their implementation in collaboration with departmental heads to ensure continuous focus and improvement of the working environment (internally and externally).
• Facilitating thorough processes to investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, which include liaising with managers and HSE regulatory authorities to identify root causes and prevent their recurrence.
• Measuring and reporting HSE statistics locally, to corporate Bosch functions and to third parties as required.
• Actively contributing to cross functional teams and innovation projects within the business.

The health and safety of our colleagues remains the most important goal of the organisation; to this end you will need to be influential at all levels of the organisation - Board room to operational level, and across all process areas.

Education Requirements:

• ISOH Level 6 Diploma/NEBOSH Diploma, ideally have or be working towards a relevant environmental management qualification.

Experience Requirements:

• Experience of implementing / working with relevant international standards (ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001) and working with external Certification bodies.
• Previous Experience leading Health, Safety and Environment within a large multi-faceted organisation.

Skills & Attributes:

• Ability to identify risks and opportunities.
• Future orientated mind-set.
• Ability to adapt communication style and behaviour to engage and motivate all associates.
• Demonstrable ability to implement new processes and standards.
• Self-motivated and committed to team engagement and team working.
• Strong IT skills, Microsoft packages, automation and SAP Systems.
• Ability to function under pressure & is target driven.
• Structured approach to Managing Tasks.
• Proven ability to implement change in the face of adversity.

Deadline for Applications: 04 July 2025

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Expected Start Date: August 2025

Please note that this date is advisory and can be flexible within reason.

Working Hours: 39 hours per week – standard working pattern of 08:00 – 17:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 – 16:00 Friday with a 1-hour lunch break, with flexibility based on business requirement.

Working with us comes with the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays – additional service days accrued after 5 years.
• Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus (up to £1,500 gross per annum).
• Enhanced pension contributions.
• Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, group income protection and death in service benefits.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP benefit.
• Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group.
• Subsidised onsite café and canteen.
• Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programme and after 2 years’ service you gain eligibility for funding up to £150 per annum to support your personal wellbeing.
• Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events.
• Cycle to work scheme with discounts on push-bikes, e-bikes and accessories.
• Policy to support growing families.
• Access to self-service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes.
• Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme.