H&S &Quality Systems (Manufacturing)

Your tasks

Health, Safety & Quality Manager Are you passionate about creating a safe, compliant and high-performing manufacturing environment? We're looking for a proactive Health, Safety & Quality Manager to lead health, safety and management systems activities across our site.

This is a hands-on role where you'll work closely with operations, engineering, quality and leadership teams to ensure robust compliance, maintain ISO standards and drive continuous improvement across the business.

As Health, Safety & Quality Systems Manager, you will take ownership of the site's Health & Safety Management System and support the ongoing development of the Quality Management System. You'll play a key role in ensuring legal compliance, maintaining audit readiness and embedding a positive safety culture throughout the organisation.

• Lead site-wide health and safety activities, promoting a proactive and positive safety culture.
• Manage and continually improve the Health & Safety Management System in line with ISO 45001 and legislative requirements.
• Support the maintenance and development of the Quality Management System in accordance with ISO 9001 standards.
• Develop, review and maintain policies, procedures, safe systems of work, risk assessments and management system documentation.
• Plan and conduct internal audits, ensuring compliance across operational processes.
• Manage corrective actions, non-conformances and improvement plans through to completion.
• Lead investigations into accidents, near misses and process non-conformances using structured root cause analysis techniques.
• Provide practical guidance on safety and quality requirements for new equipment, projects, process changes and contractor activities.
• Deliver training, toolbox talks and awareness programmes to improve compliance and engagement.
• Analyse and report on key H&S and quality performance indicators, identifying trends and improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate emergency preparedness activities, including fire safety, first aid provision and evacuation procedures.
• Support external audits, customer audits, certification assessments and management review activities.
• Assist with environmental management activities where required.

Requirements

We're looking for a confident and pragmatic professional who can balance compliance requirements with commercial and operational realities.

You will ideally have

• Experience in a Health & Safety, HSEQ, Compliance or Management Systems role within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong working knowledge of ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 management systems.
• Experience conducting audits and managing corrective action processes.
• Excellent knowledge of UK health and safety legislation.
• Strong investigation and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience developing and delivering training.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• A collaborative approach with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• A visible, hands-on style and willingness to spend time on the shop floor engaging with employees.

What we offer

What's in it for You?

• Opportunity to take ownership of site-wide H&S and quality systems.
• Key role within a growing manufacturing business.
• Exposure to operational improvement projects and senior leadership teams.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.