Health and Safety Manager

Health & Safety Manager

💰 Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
⏰ Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm (Flexibility required)
🏭 Sector: Manufacturing Environment
📍 Location: Plymouth

The Role

A growing manufacturing business operating a 24-hour production facility is looking to appoint an experienced Health & Safety Manager to lead and develop its safety strategy across the factory and related activities.

This is a hands-on standalone role, ideal for a confident Health & Safety professional who enjoys working closely with operational teams to drive improvements and maintain high compliance standards.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and continuously improve the Health & Safety strategy across manufacturing and construction environments

Develop, implement and review H&S policies, procedures and management systems

Maintain statutory documentation including Risk Assessments, COSHH, H&S policies and Construction Phase Plans

Manage contractor vetting, inductions and monitoring in line with CDM Regulations 2015

Conduct regular site inspections, audits and compliance checks across operational areas

Ensure compliance with equipment regulations including LOLER and PUWER

Identify training requirements and ensure statutory and operational training compliance

Lead accident and incident investigations, including RIDDOR reporting, root cause analysis and corrective actions

Carry out environmental and noise monitoring across factory operations

Support ethical audits and SEDEX compliance

Skills & Experience

NEBOSH Certificate, Diploma, NVQ or NCRQ (essential)

TechIOSH or GradIOSH membership minimum

Minimum 2 years' experience in a similar Health & Safety role

Experience working across manufacturing environments

Strong knowledge of CDM 2015, LOLER, PUWER and RIDDOR regulations

If the role is of interest please apply with your CV to kathryn.van- for a confidential conversation regarding the role
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed