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