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Health & Safety Officer
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Location: Basildon
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Full-Time | Permanent
About the Role
We are seeking a proactive and experienced Health & Safety Officer to join our aerospace manufacturing team in Basildon. This is a key position responsible for leading Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) activities across the site, ensuring compliance with legislation, promoting a positive safety culture, and driving continuous improvement.
Working closely with operational and leadership teams, you will play a vital role in maintaining the highest standards of health, safety and environmental performance within a highly regulated engineering environment.
Key Responsibilities
As our Health & Safety Officer, you will:
- Lead all Health, Safety and Environmental activities across the Basildon site.
- Promote a positive safety culture with a focus on continuous improvement and achieving zero harm.
- Ensure compliance with UK Health & Safety legislation, environmental regulations and company policies.
- Develop, implement and maintain HSE management systems, policies and procedures.
- Conduct regular site inspections, audits and workplace assessments, ensuring corrective actions are completed.
- Lead accident, incident and near-miss investigations, producing reports and recommendations.
- Carry out and support risk assessments, COSHH assessments and safe systems of work.
- Advise managers and employees on best practice, legislative requirements and safe working methods.
- Chair Health & Safety Committee meetings and provide regular HSE performance reports.
- Deliver Health & Safety inductions, toolbox talks and training programmes across the business.
- Coordinate emergency preparedness, fire safety arrangements, drills and Emergency Response Plans.
- Manage PPE requirements and ensure appropriate controls are maintained.
- Coordinate occupational health surveillance programmes with external providers.
- Liaise with regulatory authorities, insurers and external contractors regarding Health, Safety, Environmental and site security matters.
- Support ISO management systems and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Monitor environmental performance and assist in maintaining compliance with ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and other relevant standards.
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About You
We're looking for someone who is passionate about creating safe workplaces and has experience operating within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
You will have:
- Experience in a Health & Safety role within manufacturing, engineering or aerospace.
- Strong working knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation.
- Experience carrying out risk assessments, COSHH assessments and incident investigations.
- Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to design and deliver engaging Health & Safety training.
- Strong report writing and analytical skills.
- A collaborative approach with excellent organisational skills.
- High levels of professionalism, discretion and integrity.
- Confidence in leading meetings, audits and investigations.
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Essential Qualifications & Experience
- NEBOSH General Certificate (or currently working towards achieving it).
- Experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment where chemical or treatment processes are used.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety management systems and compliance requirements.
Desirable
- Experience within the aerospace sector.
- Knowledge of ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001 management systems.
- Understanding of REACH regulations and associated administration.
- Experience supporting environmental management initiatives.
- Previous experience managing emergency response planning and business compliance.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
- Company pension
- Generous holiday allowance
- Ongoing professional development and training
- Opportunity to work within a growing aerospace manufacturing business
- Supportive and collaborative working environment
- The opportunity to make a real impact on safety, compliance and operational excellence
Apply Today
If you are an experienced Health & Safety professional looking to join an innovative aerospace manufacturing business where safety is at the heart of everything we do, we'd love to hear from you.
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