HSEQ Engineer

Role: HSEQ Engineer

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Location:

Preston / Chorley / Bolton / Lancashire (with occasional site visits - around 1–2 days per month)

💰 Salary:
Up to £45,000 per annum, depending on experience

💰 Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension with 10% employer contribution

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Working hours:

8:00–16:30 Monday to Thursday, 8:00–13:00 Friday

📅 Flexible working:
Opportunity to work from home a couple of days per week, subject to project needs

The client

Our client are a UK-based engineering and industrial-plant business specialising in bespoke bulk materials handling systems and full process plant solutions. Our expertise covers the full project lifecycle – from feasibility studies and technical consultation through to EPCM/EPC contracts, construction, installation, commissioning, and long-term maintenance.

We deliver solutions for clients across mining, cement, aggregates, food, alternative fuels, biomass, tunnelling, infrastructure, and ports, both in the UK and internationally.

Purpose of role:

Support projects with HSEQ input while helping to improve the business integrated management system (IMS/QMS).

HSEQ Engineer duties & responsibilities:

* Participate in project kick-off meetings to ensure QHSE standards and requirements are embedded from the outset

* Develop and maintain project SHEQ plans and related documentation

* Support project managers to ensure QHSE plans are followed throughout the project lifecycle

* Ensure non-conformances and near misses are recorded, tracked and closed out

* Drive a culture of continuous improvement across quality, health, safety and environmental performance

* Deliver and support an internal audit schedule

* Carry out QHSE audits against internal procedures and relevant standards

* Provide clear reporting and escalation of QHSE issues to senior stakeholders

* Assist in issue management and corrective/preventive actions across projects

* Use MS Office and SharePoint to manage documentation, records and reports

* Work closely with project managers and engineers to interpret and apply engineering drawings and specifications

* Ensure QHSE requirements are considered in design, procurement, construction and commissioning activities

* Contribute to the redevelopment of the integrated management system from the ground up, including procedures and templates

* Embrace a high-volume, admin-heavy workload during the first 6–12 months as systems are rebuilt and processes are still manual

Person specification

* Experience:

2–5 years in a QHSE, HSE or quality-focused engineering/project environment

* Ability to demonstrate clear career growth and increasing responsibility over time

* Strong understanding of engineering drawings and technical specifications

* Highly motivated, driven and keen to progress within a growing business over the next 5–10 years

* Preference for candidates based in or near Adlington to enable close support and development

* Personal style:
Hands-on, resilient and prepared to work hard through a challenging, change-heavy period

* Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to challenge, consult and influence project teams on QHSE matters

Qualifications

* Essential: NEBOSH qualification

* Essential:
Level 3 (or similar) qualification in engineering or a closely related discipline

* Desirable:
Internal or lead auditor qualification (any standard)

📩 Interested?

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