EHS Manager

EHS Manager - Temporary/Contract/Interim
Isle of Wight
Immediate start

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a specialist manufacturing business with the urgent recruitment of an EHS Manager to provide short-term cover during a period of long-term sickness absence.

This is for an experienced Health & Safety or EHS professional who can come in quickly, provide steady cover, and keep key safety, environmental and compliance activity moving. The assignment is expected to run for a few months initially, with the possibility of extension depending on business needs.

You’ll be the main EHS point of contact on site, working closely with operational leaders to maintain standards, support safe working practices, and ensure the business continues to meet its health, safety and environmental obligations.

• Managing day-to-day health, safety and environmental activity across a manufacturing site
• Maintaining EHS policies, procedures, records and management system documentation
• Supporting compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation
• Working with ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management system requirements
• Supporting audits, assessments, non-conformance actions and improvement plans
• Carrying out and reviewing risk assessments, incident investigations and near-miss reporting
• Providing practical EHS advice to managers, supervisors and employees
• Supporting environmental compliance, including waste control and energy-related activity
• Coordinating EHS meetings, actions, reporting and site-level KPIs
• Acting as a point of contact for external bodies where needed

• Previous experience in an EHS, Health & Safety or HSE management role
• A background in manufacturing, engineering or another industrial environment
• NEBOSH Certificate as a minimum, or equivalent practical experience

• Immediate start available
• Potential for extension
• Opportunity to support a specialist manufacturing environment during a key period
• Competitive rate, depending on experience and whether the role is structured as temporary PAYE or contract