HSE Manager

Burnley | Multisite | Manufacturing | Competitive Salary + Excellent Benefits

Morgan Ryder Associates is recruiting for an exciting opportunity with a growing manufacturing business, seeking an experienced HSE professional to take ownership of Health, Safety & Environmental across two UK sites.

This is a hands-on, shop-floor focused role, ideal for someone who enjoys being visible, influencing teams and turning HSE standards into everyday behaviours. Around 75% of your time will be spent on the shop floor, supporting approximately 260 employees across two sites in Burnley. The business operates within the aerospace sector through precision manufacturing and has grown exponentially in recent years.

This is currently a standalone HSE position, giving the successful candidate significant autonomy and ownership of the HSE function. As the business continues to grow, there is a clear expectation that the role will develop into a small HSE team, with the opportunity to build and manage one HSE team member in the near future.

The Role

You'll take ownership of HSE across both sites, working closely with operational leaders to drive standards and develop a proactive safety culture, including:

• Conducting risk assessments, audits and site inspections
• Investigating accidents, incidents and near misses
• Driving root-cause analysis and corrective actions
• Advising on high-risk activities, equipment and processes
• Supporting permit-to-work, chemical and specialist manufacturing controls
• Delivering inductions, toolbox talks and HSE training
• Improving PPE compliance and safe working practices
• Maintaining HSE records, statistics and management systems
• Supporting legislative compliance and liaison with the HSE and other external bodies
• Coaching and influencing employees and managers across both sites
• Developing and implementing HSE policies, procedures and improvement plans
• Monitoring HSE performance and reporting key information to senior management
• Identifying opportunities to continually improve HSE standards across the business
• Taking the lead on the development of the HSE function as the business continues to grow
• Supporting the recruitment and development of a small HSE team, initially expected to include one additional team member

About You

You'll ideally have solid HSE experience within a manufacturing, engineering or similarly high-risk environment, with a strong understanding of risk assessments, incident investigation, legislation and safety culture improvement.

NEBOSH or IOSH is preferred, but significant practical experience will be considered.

The business is also open to supporting the right person through further qualifications and professional development.

We're looking for someone who can operate autonomously and take ownership of the HSE agenda, while also being practical, confident and comfortable on the shop floor. You'll need to be someone who can build relationships, challenge standards appropriately and get things done.

This would suit an experienced HSE professional who is looking for the autonomy of a standalone role, combined with the opportunity to develop and lead a small HSE function as the business grows.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience
• 10% employer pension contribution
• Private medical cover with Bupa
• Life assurance - 5x salary
• 26 days' holiday + bank holidays
• 37-hour week: Mon-Thurs 7:30-4:00, Fri 7:30-12:30
• Standalone HSE ownership across two sites
• Opportunity to develop and shape the HSE function
• Future opportunity to build and manage a small HSE team
• Excellent opportunity to develop within a growing business

If you're an experienced HSE professional looking for a role where you can take ownership, genuinely influence safety culture and make a visible impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Location: Burnley, with another location 15 mins from main site
Sector: Manufacturing / Aerospace
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Defence Equipment, Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Our commitment:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

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