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Health and Safety Lead (H/F) - PRESTWICK AEROSYSTEMS LIMITED
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Job Description: Health & Safety Lead
Location: Prestwick, Ayrshire
Hours: 37 hours per week (half-day Friday)
Type: Full-time
Grade: F
Salary: £49,047 - £53,000
Travel Required: Occasional
Work Location: Site-based (100%)
Security Checks: BPSS, Disclosure Scotland, pre-employment medical (including drug & alcohol testing)
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship is available); appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Join One of Ayrshire’s Largest Engineering Employers
Prestwick Aerosystems continues Ayrshire’s long-standing aircraft manufacturing heritage. From our Prestwick site, we manufacture aircraft wing structures used on Airbus commercial aircraft worldwide.
As part of our Environmental, Health & Safety function, you will take full responsibility for how safety is delivered across a high-risk aerospace manufacturing environment, driving standards, influencing leaders, and ensuring our people go home safe every day.
You will be the link between strategy and operations, turning policy into action, leading a team of specialists, and embedding a culture where safety is non-negotiable.
How you will contribute to the team
- Lead and direct the on-site Health & Safety team, setting priorities, driving performance, and ensuring consistent delivery of safety activity across operations
- Take full ownership of site-wide health and safety performance, ensuring risks are identified, controlled and continuously reduced in line with regulatory requirements
- Lead incident investigations, audits and assurance activity, driving root cause analysis and holding the business accountable for effective corrective action
- Influence and challenge leaders at all levels to embed health and safety into operational decision-making and day-to-day behaviours
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About You
You Will Have
- Strong working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and its application in manufacturing or engineering
- Proven experience leading or supervising health and safety activity within a regulated environment
- Experience delivering risk assessments, audits, and incident investigations
- NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) and working towards or holding IOSH Chartered status
What we will offer you
- 37-hour working week with half-day Friday
- Competitive salary and annual bonus linked to company performance
- 33 days annual leave (rising with service)
- Pension (4% employee / 8% employer) and life assurance (4x salary)
- Virtual GP, Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support
- Ongoing professional development and training
- Free onsite parking
What happens next
If you’re ready to take ownership of safety across a complex manufacturing environment and make a visible impact on how we operate, apply today.
Right to Work in the UK
All applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Prestwick Aerosystems is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Employment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including references, Disclosure Scotland and a pre-employment medical.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Prestwick Aerosystems is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
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.
Company
Prestwick Aerosystems Limited
Employment Type: Permanent
Experience Level: Professional
Job Family: Health & Safety
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Prestwick Aerosystems is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
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