Health Safety & Enviroment Manager
Agriculture, Energy & Environment · Environmental Services · Sustainability Consulting · Occupational Health & Safety · Sustainability
In short
Saab UK is looking for a Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Manager for their Fareham site, supporting the underwater robotics business unit. The role involves developing and improving HSE management systems, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering a positive HSE culture. Requires 5-10 years of experience in a manufacturing/engineering environment and relevant qualifications.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve HSE management systems, policies, standards, and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with all applicable HSE legislation, regulations, industry standards, customer requirements, and Saab Group HSE standards.
- Promote a positive HSE culture through visible leadership, engagement, coaching, and effective communication.
- Lead the delivery of the HSE strategy, monitor performance, analyze trends, report KPIs, and drive improvement initiatives.
- Prepare HSE reports and performance data for leadership teams and management reviews.
- Identify HSE competency requirements and coordinate training, awareness, and development programs.
- Lead internal audits, inspections, and compliance verification activities, and coordinate external audits.
- Provide expert HSE advice and support to managers, employees, and project teams.
- Support the development of safe systems of work, method statements, and operational risk assessments.
- Lead hazard identification, risk assessment, and risk reduction activities.
- Ensure High Voltage activities are effectively planned, controlled, and compliant.
- Lead machinery safety programs, including PUWER compliance and lockout/tagout arrangements.
- Ensure new manufacturing processes, tooling, equipment, and facilities are safely introduced.
- Ensure ergonomic risks are assessed and controlled.
- Integrate HSE requirements into New Product Introduction activities.
- Ensure offsite activities, customer operations, and field work are effectively planned and controlled.
- Manage incident reporting, investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation.
- Monitor environmental performance, including energy, emissions, waste, and resource efficiency.
- Drive sustainability initiatives and embed environmental considerations throughout the product lifecycle.
- Manage REACH, RoHS, and hazardous substance compliance requirements.
- Oversee contractor, supplier, and supply chain HSE performance and compliance.
- Support bids, engineering projects, emergency preparedness, wellbeing programs, 6S activities, and stakeholder engagement.
Requirements
- 5-10 Years 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
- Opportunity to work for Scandinavia’s largest defence company.
- Personal fulfillment and career growth opportunities.
- Involvement in world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security.
- Work within a growing UK presence with over 600 employees across eight sites.
- Specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.
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Company
Saab
Job Posted
4 days ago
Expires
in 3 weeks
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Mid-Senior
Locations
Fareham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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