Health and Safety Manager

Health and Safety Manager – Manufacturing – Kingston-upon-Thames – £55,000 to £65,000 + Benefits Package

Principal People are delighted to be working exclusively with an established manufacturing business to recruit a Health and Safety Manager.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced health and safety professional to join a growing, design-led organisation and take ownership of the health and safety function across a busy, hands-on operation.
The successful candidate will lead the day-to-day health and safety function across the business, taking responsibility for the continual improvement of policies, procedures and management systems across manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and office environments.
This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to influence managers, support operational teams, and build a proactive safety culture where safety is viewed as an integral part of how the business delivers its work.

The key duties include:
• Leading the day-to-day health and safety function across manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, and office environments.
• Developing, implementing and continually improving health and safety policies, procedures and management systems.
• Overseeing safety across production and workshop activities.
• Managing safety across the sites, including contractor management and RAMS.
• Leading incident investigations and root cause analysis and maintaining risk registers and corrective actions.
• Delivering a structured programme of workplace inspections, internal audits and health and safety training.
• Supporting managers to take ownership of safety within their teams and driving continuous improvement across the business.

Why should you apply for the role?
• The chance to take ownership of the health and safety function and shape it within a growing business.
• A creative production environment where no two projects are the same.
• A business that genuinely values health and safety and is investing in it, including working towards ISO 45001.
• A varied role that combines hands-on operational work with strategic responsibility.
• Working as part of a close-knit and supportive team.

We would love to see CVs from people who have:
• NEBOSH General Certificate as a minimum (NEBOSH Diploma advantageous).
• Experience in a health and safety role within manufacturing, production or a similarly hands-on operational environment.
• Strong working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation.
• ~5 years’ experience in Health and Safety (Management experience preferred)
• Excellent communication, coaching and problem-solving skills.