Health & Safety Manager

Health & Safety Manager

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a leading engineering and manufacturing business to hire a hands-on Health and Safety Manager who will take full ownership of health and safety across multiple sites. You'll be directly responsible for driving compliance, managing risk, upskilling supervisors, and ensuring safe working practices are embedded throughout the workforce. You'll also lead site inspections, review policies, and work closely with operational teams to create a strong safety culture.

This role offers the chance to make a visible difference every day, improving processes and protecting staff while shaping the future of health and safety across the business. It's perfect for someone ready to step into their first managerial position or an experienced manager looking for a hands-on, impactful leadership opportunity.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversee health and safety standards across multiple sites, ensuring compliance with legislation and internal policies.
• Lead workforce training and development, coaching supervisors and team members on safe working practices, PPE usage, and risk awareness.
• Conduct regular site inspections, audits, and risk assessments to identify hazards and implement improvements.
• Develop, review, and maintain health and safety policies, procedures, and reporting systems.
• Collaborate with management and external consultants to maintain ISO and quality management systems, preparing for audits and inspections.
• Investigate incidents, accidents, and near misses, providing recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Promote a proactive safety culture, engaging with employees to encourage compliance and continuous improvement.

This is what you'll need:

• Experience working within a H&S role.
• NEBOSH qualified.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

And this is what you'll get:

• Competitive salary.
• Wellbeing programme.
• Life insurance.