Health & Safety Manager

Health & Safety Manager – Energy from Waste

Competitive salary + bonus + benefits

Leeds, West Yorkshire

SCINERGY Recruitment are recruiting for a Health & Safety Manager to join an established Energy from Waste power station in Leeds.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Plant Management Team, taking responsibility for driving health and safety standards, promoting a positive safety culture and ensuring regulatory compliance across the facility.

Reporting directly to the Plant Manager, the successful candidate will play a key role in influencing behaviours, supporting operational teams and embedding safe working practices throughout the site.

The role will involve:

Managing and maintaining the site's Health & Safety Management Systems
Promoting a positive safety culture and embedding behavioural safety across the facility
Ensuring compliance with all relevant health and safety legislation, regulations and internal policies
Supporting the management of Safe Systems of Work, Permit to Work procedures and CDM regulations
Managing health and safety requirements for contractors, particularly during planned outages and periods of high contractor activity
Conducting site inspections, risk assessments and internal and external safety audits
Investigating accidents, incidents and near misses, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions
Reviewing safety performance data, identifying trends and developing improvement plans
Providing guidance, coaching and support to managers and operational personnel on health and safety matters
Ensuring compliance with ISO 45001 standards and supporting continuous improvement initiatives
To be considered for this role, you should have:

Experience in a similar Health & Safety role within Energy from Waste, power generation or another highly regulated process environment – paper production, cement, steel or chemical production
A relevant health and safety qualification, ideally NEBOSH
Strong knowledge of Health & Safety Management Systems and ISO 45001
Experience managing contractors and overseeing safety during maintenance activities or plant outages
A good understanding of CDM regulations, Permit to Work systems and Safe Systems of Work
Experience conducting audits, inspections and incident investigations
The ability to understand engineering, machinery and operational risks associated with a power generation facility
Strong leadership, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to embed a positive safety culture
What's on offer:

Competitive basic salary depending on experience
Performance-related bonus
Private medical and dental cover
Company pension with 6% employer contribution
Life assurance
Additional employee benefits and discount schemes
Ongoing training and professional development
A key management role within an established Energy from Waste facility
For further information or to apply, please contact Steve Utton at SCINERGY Recruitment on (phone number removed) or
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed