Health Safety Environmental Lead

Principal People are delighted to be working exclusively with a leading UK manufacturing organisation who are looking to appoint a Health and Safety Lead.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Health, Safety and Environmental professional to take ownership of a multi-site role, driving both cultural change and continuous improvement across four factory locations.

The successful candidate will join a family-owned, people-focused business that is growing steadily and places health, safety and environmental at the heart of its operations. This is an on-site, operationally focused role with the opportunity to influence senior stakeholders.

HSE Lead - Manufacturing – Burnham-on-Sea - £50,000 - £55,000 + Benefits Package

The key duties include:

• Leading and driving cultural change across health, safety and environment.
• Managing HSE compliance across four local manufacturing facilities.
• Ensuring risk assessments and safe systems of work are in place and regularly reviewed.
• Developing, implementing and maintaining safety action plans and compliance programmes.
• Maintaining and developing ISO standards (14001 and working towards 45001).
• Investigating incidents and non-conformances to ensure root causes are addressed.
• Managing accident, incident and near-miss reporting, ensuring thorough investigation and follow-up.
• Preparing board reports and presenting SHE performance to the senior leadership team.
• Supporting product development and liaising with suppliers to ensure compliance with regulations standards.

Why should you apply for the role?

• Opportunity to lead HSE across a dynamic and growing manufacturing business.
• High levels of autonomy to make positive change, backed by engaged senior leadership.
• A varied role covering multiple sites all based locally, each with unique challenges.
• Be part of a collaborative and supportive leadership culture where HSE is a genuine priority.
• Working for a secure business alongside a supportive team.

We would love to see CVs from people who have:

• NEBOSH General Certificate
• Experience within all aspects of HSE
• Experience within an operational safety environment (Manufacturing preferred)
• Previous experience at both an operational and strategic level within HSE
• Someone who can communicate well, personable with resilience and drive