Health, Safety and Environment Manager

  • Irwin & Colton
  • Brackley, Northamptonshire
  • May 12, 2026
Full time

Job Description

Health, Safety and Environment Manager
Brackley, with travel to other sites
circa 50,000 plus car allowance and benefits

Are you a looking for a role where you can genuinely influence culture and drive improvements across a complex environment?

Do you enjoy being visible on site, building strong relationships with operational teams and supporting long-term change within a hands-on manufacturing setting?

We are supporting a leading and environmentally focused business in the search for a Health, Safety and Environment Manager to join the team, primarily based at their Brackley site, with support across several smaller UK locations.

This is a newly created position, offering the opportunity to become the dedicated HSE lead for the site and play a key role in improving engagement, accountability and standards across the operation.

Responsibilities of the Health, Safety and Environment Manager will include:

  • Acting as the dedicated HSE presence for the Brackley site, supporting operational teams and driving improvements in safety culture
  • Building strong working relationships across manufacturing, transport and processing operations to improve engagement and accountability
  • Supporting environmental compliance activities, including permit requirements, ISO 14001 standards and wastewater management initiatives
  • Working closely with leadership on site improvement and infrastructure projects, helping ensure HSE standards are embedded throughout

The successful Health, Safety and Environment Manager will have:

  • Previous Health and Safety experience within manufacturing, waste & recycling, food production, heavy industry or a similarly operational environment
  • A practical and hands-on approach, with the ability to build credibility and strong relationships across site operations
  • Environmental management exposure, ideally including ISO 14001, permitted sites or wider environmental compliance activities
  • NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualification, with additional environmental qualifications such as IEMA viewed favourably

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leader in their field. For further details and to apply please contact Scott Whyte on or (phone number removed).

Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions.

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