Health and Safety Manager
- Location: Chester, Cheshire, England
- Salary: £29.89 - 40.00 per hour + None
- Category
- Sector: Aerospace and Defence
- Contract type Contract
- Consultant: Connor Whitehouse
Health and Safety Manager
£29.89 - £40.00 per hour inside IR35
Our Aerospace client based in Broughton are currently recruiting for an Environment, Health & Safety Manager to manage EHS across their production facility. Based within the Facilities Management and Real Estate team you will support the business to create an engaging working environment with the highest safety standards. We’re looking for an experienced EHS professional who has managed assessments and audits within production facilities.
The role is being offered on an initial 12-month contract basis, with the view of becoming a permanent employee after the duration of the contract. You will be expected to be onsite full time, across a 35-hour week. We can pay a rate of £29.89 per hour PAYE or £40 per hour umbrella inside IR35.
Role Responsibilities:
- Ensure appropriate risk controls are in place for all activities of employees and service providers.
- Propose requirements for the introduction of new plant and work equipment.
- Review the safety management systems of prospective contractors through the pre-qualification process.
- Conduct inspections on operations and activities carried out by service providers, and support in collating formal records and action plans.
- Provide competent environment, health and safety advice for a wide range of strategic projects.
- Implement processes and complete compliance audits to ensure processes comply with relevant legal requirements.
- Ensuring work-related incidents are reported, investigated effectively and remedial actions are implemented.
- Maintain knowledge of EHS requirements in relation to Facilities Management processes, national laws and regulations relating to the workplace.
- Conduct safety reviews, report KPIs, deliver training, awareness campaigns and EHS inductions.
Role Requirements:
- NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent (minimum).
- Experienced with liaising with key business stakeholders, and to gain buy in for EHS.
- Construction Design and Management (CDM) Regulations experience.
- First-hand experience of formal risk assessment and auditing techniques.
- Relevant experience in Facilities Management.
- A clear understanding of the pragmatic and practical application of health and safety standards.
- Proactive attitude towards continual professional development, including membership of professional body for health and safety practitioners such as IOSH.
Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work, suitable candidates will need to be BPSS cleared or eligible for this level of clearance before starting on site
Request ID: 1555-1
Start/End Dates: 07/07/2025 - 06/07/2026
Work Location: Broughton
Job Title: Administrative - Operations Support (Advanced)
Job Description: We are currently looking for an Environment, Health & Safety Controller to be based within the Facilities Management and Real Estate team at Broughton, North Wales.
As an EHS Controller you will support and enable the business to create an inclusive, values-driven, and engaging working environment with the highest safety standards.
Tasks:
- Support the local FMRE team to ensure appropriate risk controls are in place for their activities and that of our service providers.
- Ensure compliance with requirements relating to the introduction of new plant and work equipment and ongoing maintenance of that equipment.
- Review the safety management systems of prospective FMRE contractors through the pre-qualification process.
- Conduct EHS related inspections on internal operations and activities carried out by service providers, and support in collating formal records and action plans
- Provide competent environment, health and safety advice for a wide range of strategic projects, through feasibility and design reviews
- Implement processes and complete compliance audits to ensure processes comply with relevant legal requirements, including (but not limited to) CDM Regulations 2015 and Building Safety Act.
- Ensuring work-related incidents (from near miss to lost time injury, and environmental incidents) are reported, investigated effectively and remedial actions are implemented.
- They will possess a good knowledge of EHS requirements in relation to Facilities Management (including construction and maintenance) processes, national laws and regulations relating to the workplace and will provide direction to the operational management and local ‘safety support teams’.
- They will promote Environment and Health & Safety topics at the workplace throughout the organisation at all levels (from top management to shop floor staff), including safety reviews, reporting KPIs, relevant training, awareness campaigns and EHS inductions.
- This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.
Experience and Qualifications:
- NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or equivalent (minimum).
- Demonstrated experience in reporting to and working with key stakeholders to implement safety related projects/tasks in a dynamic, fast paced environment.
- First-hand experience of formal risk assessment and auditing techniques.
- Relevant experience in Facilities Management (including construction and maintenance)
- A considerate team player who also can work autonomously on their own initiative with a positive attitude whilst working to the expected Airbus behaviours.
- A clear understanding of the pragmatic and practical application of health and safety standards
- Proactive attitude towards continual professional development, including membership of professional body for health and safety practitioners such as IOSH (desired)