Major Manufacturing
Health, Safety & Environment Manager
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Cambridge | £55,000 to £65,000 + bonus
If you want an HSE role where your COMAH experience will genuinely influence how a manufacturing site operates, this is worth exploring.
We are recruiting an HSE Manager for a manufacturing business in Cambridge. You will take ownership of the site’s health, safety and environmental agenda, working closely with senior leaders while remaining visible and credible on the factory floor.
This is an opportunity to improve how HSE works in practice. You will help create an environment where people understand why standards matter, managers take responsibility and compliance becomes part of everyday decision-making.
What you will be doing:
- Leading the site’s health, safety and environmental strategy
- Managing the site’s COMAH responsibilities and maintaining regulatory compliance
- Identifying risk and turning your findings into practical improvements
- Supporting leaders and managers to take greater ownership of HSE
- Leading investigations and ensuring lessons result in meaningful action
- Working with employees across the site to strengthen safety awareness and behaviours
- Monitoring performance, reporting clearly and prioritising the areas that need attention
- Building effective relationships with regulators and other external stakeholders
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What makes this opportunity worth considering?
You will have the visibility and responsibility expected of a senior site role, with the opportunity to influence both immediate safety performance and the longer-term HSE culture.
The package includes:
- £55,000 to £65,000 salary
- Annual bonus
- A senior, influential position within a chemical manufacturing environment
- The opportunity to make visible improvements across a live operational site
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What do you need?
The essential requirement is genuine, hands-on COMAH experience.
You will also need:
- HSE management experience within manufacturing
- The confidence to influence senior leaders and challenge constructively
- A practical approach that works on the factory floor, not only on paper
- Strong knowledge of UK health, safety and environmental legislation
- The ability to translate complex requirements into clear, workable actions
Experience within chemical or another process-led manufacturing environment would be particularly relevant.
You do not need an updated CV to start a conversation. Apply through LinkedIn or send me a private message for a confidential discussion about the business, the site and what the role could offer you.
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