Health Safety Environmental Manager - ATEX site in Haverhill, United Kingdom

QHSE / Quality Health Safety Environmental Manager - Chemicals

A UK chemical manufacturer is looking for an HSEQ Manager to take ownership of health, safety and quality across its manufacturing operations. This is an equal split between EHS and Quality, with environmental compliance alongside.

It's an old-school, hands-on manufacturing plant with ATEX zoned areas. The role suits someone who is happiest out on the plant rather than behind a desk: walking the site, working closely with production and engineering, understanding the process, and driving improvements through the teams around them.

Health & Safety

Own the site safety management system and ISO 45001

Lead DSEAR risk assessments and maintain hazardous area classification and ATEX compliance

Take part in HAZOP studies and plant design reviews, identifying process risk and agreeing mitigations

Manage Permit to Work and Management of Change for plant modifications

Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis, and drive remedial actions through production and engineering teams

Build a visible, engaged safety culture on the shop floor

Quality

Manage customer validation activity at plant level, including IQ, OQ and PQ, from protocol through to close-out

Act as the site's quality contact for customers, hosting audits and managing validation projects that can run over several months

Own change control and CAPA, including non-conformance investigation and root cause

Maintain ISO 9001 and run the internal audit programme

Environmental

Support ISO 14001 and compliance with the site's environmental permit, trade effluent and waste obligations

What you'll bring

Experience on an ATEX zoned manufacturing site, with hands-on DSEAR knowledge

Hands-on experience of equipment or process validation (IQ, OQ, PQ) at plant level, gained in any regulated manufacturing sector: chemical, pharmaceutical, food, medical device, personal care or similar

Customer audit and change control experience

HAZOP participation and an understanding of process safety

NEBOSH General Certificate as a minimum

ISO internal auditor qualification across 9001, 14001 and/or 45001