Group Health and Safety Manager

At Oxford Instruments, we enable the world’s leading industrial companies and scientific research communities to image, analyse and manipulate materials down to the atomic and molecular level. With a sixty-year history, and fourteen Queen’s Awards for Enterprise, our world-class products and technologies are helping our customers to address the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

At Oxford Instruments, we’re Inclusive, Innovative, Trusted and Purposeful—and we’re bringing all our sites together under a unified “one company” approach to Health & Safety. In this role, you’ll set the strategic direction, influence senior leaders, and turn smart ideas into safer real‑world outcomes for teams around the globe.

The impact you’ll make

• Define and embed a clear Group H&S strategy, with Board‑level visibility, actionable reporting, and measurable progress.


• Drive continuous improvement through a global audit programme—on‑site and remote—and evidence‑based recommendations.


• Strengthen leading indicators and behaviour‑based safety, reducing incidents year after year.


• Enhance operational resilience by maintaining ISO 45001 certification and regularly testing Disaster Recovery plans across our businesses.

What you’ll bring

• NEBOSH General Certificate (minimum); OSHA 511 or willingness to obtain; Radiation and/or Laser Safety expertise is a plus.


• Strong knowledge of UK H&S legislation, as well as international experience operating across multiple jurisdictions in high‑tech manufacturing environments.


• The ability to translate complex requirements into practical, scalable solutions—and to influence effectively across functions and seniority levels.

What success looks like

• Fully compliant, audited sites with maintained ISO certifications and robust, tested Disaster Recovery plans.


• Zero serious accidents and a sustained, year‑on‑year reduction in total incidents.

If you’re motivated by purpose, partnership, and delivering meaningful, measurable impact, we’d love to hear from you.

This role can be based out of our High Wycombe or Bristol sites. 

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.

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