Health, Safety and Environment Manager
Health, Safety and Environment Manager
Wigton, Cumbria
£65,000 - £75,000 plus Excellent benefits
Are you looking for a senior HSE leadership role where you can genuinely influence culture, compliance, and long term strategy across a large manufacturing site?
Irwin and Colton are exclusively partnering with Innovia Films to recruit a Health, Safety and Environment Manager for their flagship manufacturing operation in Wigton. Innovia Films is a global leader in speciality films, supplying innovative products to customers worldwide across packaging, labels and sustainable materials markets.
This is a high profile leadership role within a complex manufacturing environment, offering the opportunity to shape safety culture across a 500 person site while leading a dedicated HSE team of seven. The position will work closely with the Plant Manager and wider leadership team to drive continuous improvement, regulatory compliance and operational excellence.
Responsibilities- Developing and delivering the site wide HSE strategy, driving a proactive zero harm culture
- Acting as the site lead for Health, Safety, Environmental, Security and Compliance activities across the plant
- Partnering with operational leaders to improve engagement, accountability and HSE standards across the site
- Overseeing compliance with key regulations including DSEAR, PUWER, COSHH, Permit to Work, contractor management and environmental permitting
- Managing audits, incident investigations, emergency preparedness, regulator relationships and continuous improvement initiatives
- NEBOSH Diploma, NCRQ, BSC or equivalent HSE qualification
- Experience in manufacturing, process, chemicals or heavy industry environments
- Strong knowledge of environmental and legal compliance requirements
- Experience leading or mentoring HSE teams in a complex operational setting
- Strong stakeholder engagement and leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels
- Experience engaging with regulatory bodies such as the HSE is preferred, alongside process safety, fire safety and auditing experience
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leader in their field. For further details and to apply please contact Scott Whyte on .
Irwin and Colton is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you.