EHS Generalist (Environmental, Health & Safety)
Matchtech
EHS Generalist (NEBOSH Required)
📍 Essex (site-based with regional travel when required)
🕒 Full-time, Permanent
We're looking for an experienced EHS Generalist to support and enhance environmental, health and safety performance across multiple operational sites. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in driving a proactive safety culture within a complex engineering/manufacturing environment.
What you'll be doing:
- Supporting the EHS and Facilities teams while advising managers and employees on best practice
- Ensuring compliance with UK health, safety and environmental regulations and internal standards
- Conducting audits, risk assessments and inspections to identify and reduce hazards
- Delivering training and developing EHS materials to support workforce engagement
- Monitoring incidents, analysing trends and driving continuous improvement initiatives
- Supporting ISO 14001 & ISO 45001 standards and audit readiness
What we're looking for:
- NEBOSH General Certificate (essential)
- Strong knowledge of UK EHS legislation and compliance requirements
- Experience in manufacturing, engineering or industrial environments
- Understanding of COSHH and waste management practices
- Confident communicator with the ability to influence at all levels
- Organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage a varied workload
Benefits
Competitive salaries.
25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
6 times salary 'Life Assurance' with pension.
Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
Enhanced sick pay.
Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
If you're passionate about creating safer, more sustainable workplaces and want to make a tangible impact-this role is for you.
Application opens at the source listing. Free for jobseekers.