Health, Safety & Compliance Manager

Reports to: Managing Director / Commercial Director

The Health, Safety & Compliance Manager is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining the company's Health & Safety Management System while ensuring compliance with all relevant UK legislation, customer requirements and internationally recognised standards.

The role is responsible for driving a proactive safety culture, reducing business risk, maintaining statutory compliance, supporting operational excellence, and ensuring the organisation continually improves its environmental, sustainability and governance performance.

• Lead the company's Health & Safety strategy.
• Ensure compliance with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
• Maintain compliance with all relevant HSE legislation.
• Develop, review and implement Health & Safety policies and procedures.
• Produce and review Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work (RAMS).
• Conduct regular workplace inspections and audits.
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses.
• Complete root cause investigations.
• Implement corrective and preventative actions.
• Manage accident reporting including RIDDOR where applicable.
• Maintain accident and incident statistics.
• Ensure adequate First Aid and Fire Warden provision.
• Coordinate annual Fire Risk Assessments.
• Organise fire drills and emergency planning.
• Manage COSHH assessments.
• Manage LEV inspections.
• Oversee PPE selection and compliance.
• Ensure machinery is compliant with PUWER.
• Coordinate LOLER inspections where required.
• Ensure statutory inspections remain in date.
• Manage contractor safety.
• Conduct inductions for employees, visitors and contractors.
• Maintain Health & Safety training matrix.

Manage and maintain compliance with:

• ISO Management Systems
• FSC® Chain of Custody
• Eco Vadis
• CDP Reporting
• Sedex
• Safe Contractor
• CHAS
• Modern Slavery Act
• UK GDPR (where operationally required)
• Packaging Regulations
• PPWR requirements
• EUDR requirements (where applicable)
• Insurance compliance requirement

Lead all compliance audits including:

• Internal audits
• Corrective action management

• Support carbon reduction initiatives.
• Maintain Carbon Footprint reporting.
• Coordinate sustainability reporting.
• Improve waste reduction initiatives.
• Promote recycling programmes.
• Assist with ESG reporting.

Develop and deliver training including:

• Health & Safety induction
• COSHH
• DSE
• PPE
• Working at Height
• Contractor Management
• Toolbox Talks
• Environmental Awareness

• Procedures
• Method Statements
• Emergency Plans
• Inspection records
• Training records
• Audit reports
• Compliance registers
• Legal register

Produce monthly reports covering:

• Near misses
• Audit scores
• Corrective actions
• Training compliance
• Compliance status
• Outstanding actions
• Business risks
• Present reports to the Senior Leadership Team.
• Assess contractor competence.
• Review RAMS.
• Monitor contractor performance.
• Maintain Approved Contractor List.
• Develop a positive safety culture.
• Identify business risks.
• Recommend improvements.
• Benchmark against industry best practice.
• Support Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
• Reduce accidents and compliance risks

• Near Miss Reporting Rate
• Audit Completion %
• Corrective Action Closure Rate
• Training Compliance %
• Fire Drill Completion
• PPE Compliance
• Customer Audit Scores
• Certification Retention
• Insurance Claims Reduction

• NEBOSH General Certificate (minimum)
• Minimum 5 years' Health & Safety experience
• Manufacturing environment experience
• Strong understanding of UK H&S legislation
• Competent Microsoft Office user
• NEBOSH Diploma
• IOSH Membership
• Chartered IOSH (CMIOSH)

• Leadership
• Organisation
• Communication
• Problem solving
• Data analysis
• Decision making
• Time management
• Project management

• Professional
• Approachable
• Highly organised
• Proactive
• Calm under pressure
• Ethical
• Commercially aware

The Health, Safety & Compliance Manager has authority to:

• Stop unsafe work.
• Remove unsafe equipment from service.
• Suspend contractor activities.
• Recommend disciplinary action for serious safety breaches.
• Escalate compliance risks directly to Directors.
• Implement immediate control measures where serious risks are identified.