Head of Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality

Head of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality
Location: Warrington or Fawley (Hybrid with site travel)
Salary: Competitive salary, car or car allowance, bonus and excellent benefits

Irwin and Colton have been exclusively retained by Tradebe to appoint a Head of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) for their UK Healthcare and Incineration business unit. Tradebe is an international leader in hazardous waste management, operating over 90 sites across Europe and the United States, employing more than 2,800 people, with a turnover in excess of 800m.

This role is tasked with leading the SHEQ team in the development and implementation of the SHEQ strategy across five processing facilities. The head office is based in Warrington, with a major incineration site in Fawley (the second largest high-temperature incinerator site in the UK), sterilisation and treatment sites in Glasgow and Swindon, and a growing incineration site at Wrexham.

Responsibilities of the Head of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality will include:

• Providing leadership and management for safety, health, environment and quality across the sites, acting as the prime interface with the licensee, regulators and other stakeholders on safety, health and environment matters
• Liaising closely with the IMS Compliance Team to oversee and ensure a suitable and effective management system compliant with PAS 99, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 17025
• Acting as the leading interface with key internal and external stakeholders, including contractors, regulators, enforcement agencies and suppliers, and ensuring ongoing compliance with environmental permits and relevant environmental legislation
• Representing Tradebe across relevant trade bodies, such as the Environment Services Association (ESA)

The successful Head of Safety, Health, Environment and Quality will have:

• Proven SHEQ leadership experience in high-hazard environments, ideally upper-tier COMAH, such as waste, chemical, pharmaceutical, heavy process or related industries
• Ideally hold a science-related degree-level qualification, alongside a relevant qualification in health, safety or environment, and membership of a relevant professional body
• Strong technical knowledge across environmental permitting and health and safety legislation
• Experience working across industry trade bodies, ideally within the environmental services sector

This is a great opportunity to work for a leading global business, leading a team of safety professionals and reporting directly to senior leadership. If you are interested and have the required experience, please contact Sam Tearne on or (phone number removed).