SHE Manager

  • BAE Systems
  • Bishopton, Renfrewshire
  • Jul 29, 2025
Full time

Job Description

Job title: SHE Manager

Location: Bishopton

Salary: £57,000

What you'll be doing:
  • Responsible for delivery of operational SHE activities across the Bishopton Lower Tier COMAH Site
  • To be the recognised subject matter expert and SQEP (Suitably Qualified and Experienced Person) for the provision of competent SHE advice to Bishopton ETF
  • To act as the primary point of contact for all SHE matters at the Bishopton Site
  • Implementation of the Land UK SHE Policy and supporting SHE Management System together with the deployment of the Land UK SHE objectives and targets across Bishopton ensuring consistency and effective improvement in SHE risk management and embedding a culture of continuous improvement and the sharing of best practices
  • Preparing and delivering appropriate reports to illustrate SHE performance at Bishopton to various stakeholders, including SLT level
  • Influencing and consultation with Land UK senior SHE management team in reviewing the relevance of strategic goals for deployment at Bishopton
  • Work closely with other SHE Managers in Land UK to ensure a consistent approach to COMAH compliance and Explosives Licencing is adopted across Land UK
  • Ensure the site meets all legal and Land UK SHE requirements, including all the requirements of the COMAH Regulations, such as the submission of the Safety Report, establishment of the Major Accident Prevention Policy (MAPP) and meeting any additional requirements of the Competent Authority
  • Provide robust, impartial and independent SHE assurance for determining compliance with all relevant legal, BAE Systems Operational Framework and SHE Management System requirements

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:
  • The role holder is required to hold one or more of the following QCF/NQF Level 5 (or higher) SHE qualifications:
•NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety

• Level 5 NVQ in Occupational Safety and Health Practice

• Level 6 NCRQ Diploma in Applied Health and Safety

• NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental Management

• Safety, Health and/or Environmental Honours Degree (Bachelors or Higher)

Or equivalent qualification in Safety, Health and/or Environmental subject
  • Demonstrate theoretical and practical expertise in a number of SHE topic areas in order to act as the subject matter expert within Land UK
  • Experience to write and present written reports
  • Effective at influencing and coaching others to appropriately consider SHE during decision making and when reaching solutions at strategic and operational level
Desirable:
  • Hold a recognised environmental qualification, such as the IEMA certificate
  • Demonstrate the knowledge (e.g. hold an appropriate teaching qualification) and experience to deliver high quality SHE training
  • Worked in large engineering or manufacturing environment
Benefits:

You'll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You'll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Engineering Team:

The role has management responsibilities for supporting the team at Bishopton, to provide competent SHE advice and first-hand SHE support at an operational level and, in addition, supporting/leading/directing a wide ranging, cross-functional virtual team to ensure our SHE obligations (including in support of COMAH) are met.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 8th August .

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.