Health Safety & Enviroment Manager

Agriculture, Energy & Environment · Environmental Services · Sustainability Consulting · Occupational Health & Safety

In short

Saab UK is seeking an experienced Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Manager for their Fareham location. The role involves overseeing HSE compliance, managing the HSE management system, and promoting a positive HSE culture within the organisation. This position requires a strong background in manufacturing/engineering environments and knowledge of key HSE standards.

Responsibilities

Promote a positive HSE culture through leadership, engagement, coaching, and communication.
Manage and continually improve the HSE management system, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, customer, and company requirements.
Deliver the HSE strategy, objectives, and improvement plans, monitoring performance and reporting key metrics.
Provide expert HSE advice and support to managers, employees, and project teams.
Lead HSE training, competency, induction, and awareness programmes.
Conduct and coordinate audits, inspections, and compliance assurance activities.
Lead hazard identification, risk assessment, and implementation of effective control measures.
Support the development of safe systems of work and ensure effective management of operational risks.
Ensure safe introduction of new products, processes, equipment, and facilities, integrating HSE requirements throughout the lifecycle.
Lead specialist safety programmes, including High Voltage, machinery safety, PUWER, LOTO, and ergonomics.
Ensure offsite, customer-site, and field activities are effectively planned, assessed, and controlled.
Manage incident reporting, investigation, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
Lead emergency preparedness arrangements and support occupational health and wellbeing programmes.
Monitor environmental performance, drive sustainability initiatives, and ensure environmental compliance.
Manage REACH, RoHS, and hazardous substance compliance requirements.
Oversee contractor, supplier, and supply chain HSE performance and compliance.
Support bids, projects, and business improvement initiatives to ensure HSE requirements are effectively integrated.
Act as the point of contact for HSE-related matters with regulators, customers, auditors, and other external stakeholders.

Requirements

Proven experience in a manufacturing/engineering environment
Internal auditing experience
Experience working with (and being audited by) external accreditation bodies
Detailed knowledge of ISO9001, ISO14001, and ISO45001
HSE related qualification (e.g. via NEBOSH)
Environmental related qualification (e.g. IEMA Cert in environmental management)
Excellent motivator, team builder, and the ability to drive cultural transformation

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of the offshore energy market (Desirable)

Benefits

The opportunity to work for a leading defence and security company.
Potential for personal fulfilment and career growth.
Work with innovative technology in areas like software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, and AI.

Skills

ISO 9001ISO 14001ISO 45001NEBOSHIEMAREACHRoHSPUWERLOTOErgonomics

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About Saab

As a leading defence and security company, we offer solutions that range from the depths of the oceans to high in the sky, on land and in cyberspace, to keep people and society safe. Empowered by our 22,000 talented people, we constantly push the boundaries of technology to create a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world. We design, manufacture and maintain advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. We are headquartered in Sweden and have major operations all over the world and are part of the domestic defence capability of several…

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