Health Safety Environment Advisor

Safety, Health & Environment Advisor – Talent Acquisition Partner at Wabtec Corporation

Who will you be working with?

We are seeking an experienced Safety, Health & Environment Advisor to join our team at the LH Group (a Division of Wabtec UK Ltd) based in Burton on Trent. We support our customers through maintenance and operation optimisation with customised solutions for spare parts, repair, and overhaul activities on existing trains.

Location: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, (DE13 8EN
)

Hours: Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:30pm and Friday 08:00am to 13:00pm, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent, Full‑Time

How will you make a difference?

To support the development, implementation and maintenance of compliant safety, health and environmental management systems across all activities; compile and maintain records and logs to facilitate KPI reporting; promote a positive safety culture and support functional and zone leaders with the management of their areas of responsibility.

What will your typical day look like?

• Provide an occupational health, safety and environmental service to operational activities and its personnel.
• Support the SHE department’s strategic activities to deliver people first commitments and legislative compliance across the business.
• Manage key improvement activities, to support implementation and continual governance of actions taken.
• Support Managers and other key staff to establish and maintain key Health, Safety and Environmental improvements within their areas of responsibility.
• Manage the site internal and external audit program, ensuring compliance with all associated legislation and management system requirements.
• Identify opportunities for continuous safety, health and environmental improvement.
• Support the business external activities including regulatory, audit and trade bodies on health, safety and environmental matters e.g., HSE, EA, BSI.
• Participate and support accident and incident investigations.
• Carry out Site Inductions for New Employees and Contractors.

What do we want to know about you?

• Happy to travel when required to other Wabtec UK sites and customers locations.
• Hold a NEBOSH Certificate in Safety, Health and Environment.
• Proven experience of designing and delivering HSE training.
• Demonstrate Commercial/legal awareness.
• Excellent understanding of Health, Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Experience of working to ISO 45001, 18001 & 9001.
• Sound IT skills (particularly Excel). IT literate and fully conversant with all Microsoft office applications and MRP.
• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills.

If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values – always put people first, and strive to expand what is possible.

Apply today!

Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

We do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value‑added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world‑class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital‑rail‑and‑transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!

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