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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a SHE Lead to join the Edwards team at Product Company Eastbourne.
As a SHE Lead, your mission is to ensure employees, contractors, and visitors at the Eastbourne Product Company can undertake their activities safely and with minimal impact on the environment. Through effective leadership of the SHE team, provide expert guidance, coaching, and support to managers and employees, fostering a positive Safety, Health, and Environmental culture and ensuring compliance with legislative, regulatory, and business requirements. You will report to the SHEQ Manager.
You will
- Lead and promote a positive Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) culture through visible leadership, engagement, and coaching.
- Influence, support, and challenge managers to ensure SHE responsibilities are understood, owned, and effectively managed.
- Lead, develop, and manage the SHE team, including recruitment, onboarding, resource planning, performance management, development, engagement, and wellbeing to maintain a high-performing function.
- Act as the site SHE subject matter expert, providing professional guidance and driving proactive safety management through leading indicators, behavioral observations, and employee engagement.
- Ensure SHE training and competency requirements are identified, maintained, and monitored.
- Implement and maintain SHE policies, procedures, and management systems in line with legal, corporate, and business requirements.
- Ensure risk, COSHH, and environmental assessments, together with safe systems of work, are implemented, reviewed, and remain effective.
- Support workplace assessments, specialist equipment provision, and operational, organizational, engineering, and process changes, ensuring SHE risks are identified, assessed, and controlled in partnership with managers, HR, and other functions.
- Monitor legal and environmental compliance requirements, maintaining effective controls and alignment with legislation and best practice.
- Lead audits, inspections, incident investigations, and corrective action processes, ensuring robust root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
- Maintain ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems, including the Significant Environmental Impact Register, and support internal, certification, and external audits.
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To succeed, you will need
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single requirement. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and are excited to see what you bring to the role.
- You have a minimum of 5 years' of experience, working as a SHE professional within a manufacturing environment.
- NEBOSH General Certificate as a minimum qualification.
- Strong knowledge of health, safety, and environmental legislation and compliance requirements.
- Practical experience of the application of ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001 standards.
- Experience of risk assessment, COSHH management, and implementation of safe systems of work.
- Proven ability to influence, coach, and challenge stakeholders at all levels to improve SHE performance and accountability.
- Experience of leading, coaching, and developing individuals and teams.
- Experience of conducting SHE audits, incident investigations, and root cause analysis.
- Ability to develop and improve processes, prepare procedures, and deliver effective training.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.
- Ability to make sound risk-based decisions within a manufacturing environment.
- Good systems aptitude with strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, and experience of using electronic management systems for reporting, compliance, and record management.
In return, we offer
- Culture of trust and accountability
- Lifelong learning and career growth
- Innovation powered by people
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits
- Health and well-being
Job location
On-Site
This role requires you to work on-site at our office in Eastbourne, United Kingdom (GB). You will be part of a dynamic team and enjoy the benefits of face-to-face collaboration.
The SHE Lead is responsible for supporting and coordinating all aspects of Safety, Health, and Environmental management across the Eastbourne Product Company. The role supports the delivery of the wider SHE strategy through the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of SHE policies, procedures, and management systems.
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The role supports a complex manufacturing environment comprising approximately 250 permanent employees and up to 350 employees, including temporary labor. Operations are undertaken across multiple shift patterns, including weekend working, within a diverse site environment that includes manufacturing areas, laboratories, offices, shipping and logistics functions, together with associated off-site goods-in and parking facilities.
The role works closely with managers across the business, providing guidance, coaching, and support to ensure SHE responsibilities are understood and effectively carried out. Whilst managers remain accountable for safety within their own areas, the SHE Lead plays an important role in monitoring compliance, promoting best practice, and supporting continuous improvement in SHE performance and culture.
The position includes line management responsibility for up to two SHE team members and requires the ability to balance people leadership, technical SHE expertise, and effective stakeholder engagement. Success in the role depends on building positive working relationships, influencing safe behaviors, and supporting managers to deliver SHE responsibilities effectively.
The role works closely with Production, Engineering, HR, Facilities, Supply Chain, and other support functions, as well as Divisional SHE colleagues and peers across other Product Companies, to ensure consistent application of SHE standards and the sharing of best practice. The role is part of the wider site leadership community and works closely with the Site Leadership Team, providing SHE guidance, support, and challenge as required, whilst not being a formal member of the Site Leadership Team.
The role is based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK, and is a full-time office-based position. Some travel within the UK and Europe may be required, with occasional international travel.
Contact information
Talent Acquisition Team: Harriet Slater
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