Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
Environment Health and Safety Specialist
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Environment, Health & Safety Specialist
Worthing, West Sussex | 18-Month Fixed Term Contract
Please note: This is a predominantly site-based role located in Worthing, West Sussex.
Are you an experienced EHS professional looking for an opportunity to make a real impact within a highly regulated manufacturing environment?
We're recruiting for an Environment, Health & Safety Specialist to join a specialist EHS team on a major pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Worthing. This role offers the opportunity to work directly with senior stakeholders, influence site-wide safety performance, and play a key role in supporting significant capital investment and infrastructure projects.
This is a highly visible position reporting into the site's EHS Director, with a particular focus on Construction Safety, Demolition Activities, Environmental Compliance, and Contractor Management.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading the site's Construction Safety programme and driving continuous improvement across multiple projects.
- Providing expert guidance on construction, demolition, contractor safety, permits to work, and risk management.
- Supporting environmental compliance activities including energy, water, waste, wastewater, and sustainability initiatives.
- Conducting audits, inspections, and compliance reviews across EHS programmes.
- Partnering with engineering, operations, and project teams to ensure safe delivery of capital projects.
- Reviewing and approving RAMS, Construction Phase Plans, and associated project documentation.
- Supporting incident investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Building EHS capability through coaching, training, and engagement with employees and contractors.
- Acting as a key point of contact for regulators, auditors, and senior site stakeholders.
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What We're Looking For
We're keen to hear from candidates who bring a strong combination of environmental, health & safety, and construction safety expertise gained within a regulated or high-hazard environment.
You Should Have
- NEBOSH qualification or equivalent in Health & Safety, Construction Safety, or Environmental Management.
- Degree qualification in Engineering, Science, Environmental, Health & Safety, or a related discipline.
- Experience working within manufacturing, process, pharmaceutical, FMCG, utilities, chemical, energy, or other high-risk industrial environments.
- Strong knowledge of contractor management, CDM, construction, and demolition safety practices.
- Experience supporting engineering, maintenance, utilities, reliability, or capital project teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- The ability to lead audits, investigations, and compliance programmes.
Desirable
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing experience.
- Chartered status within a relevant discipline.
- Dangerous Goods Safety Adviser (DGSA) qualification.
- Experience supporting Net Zero, sustainability, or environmental compliance programmes.
Benefits
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
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- Virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household.
- Financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme.
- Access to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices.
- High street discounts through our MiDeals platform.
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Life cover of up to four times your salary.
- Enhanced pension contributions, save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan.
- Mitie Stars recognition with cash prizes up for grabs each month and a top prize of £10,000 at the end of the year.
Career Progression
We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
Inclusive Recruitment
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes, or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Marie Hyde at marie.hyde@mitie.com.
About Us
Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites, as well as hospitals and schools.
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