Health, Safety & Facility Manager

Health, Safety & Facility Manager

The position of Health, Safety and Facility Manager will lead the delivery of health, safety and facility management across 3 UK sites, ensuring legal compliance, continuous improvement in EHS performance and a strong safety culture.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the H&S team across UK (3 sites) and drive team development.
• Act as the competent person under the Health & Safety at Work Act.
• Lead the H&S strategy and continuous improvement roadmap, ensuring legal compliance across UK sites.
• Provide expert advice to the site leadership team on risk and compliance.
• Oversee preparation of corporate H&S assessments/management plans.
• Support and lead responses to customer & corporate ESG group requests for information.
• Support with, and ensure timely completion of incident investigations and reporting by line managers.
• Manage and develop H&S communications and training content as required.
• Support and coordinate internal audits of ISO9001, ISO13485 & H&S compliance.
• Provide updates to site health & safety KPI data (reporting of accidents, incidents and near miss data).
• Oversee SOPs and give guidance with risk assessments.
• Manage health & safety training for new starters.
• Lead monthly health & safety meetings as part of the health & safety committee.
• Hold responsibility for Facility Management across all sites.
• Oversee maintenance, compliance and contractor management and support business continuity planning (BCP).
• Liase and arrange with external organisations and contractors on equipment inspections (LOLER & PUWER), insurance visits, Fire Risk assessments, etc.
• Manage site infrastructure changes and layout planning.
• Assess requirements and provide RAMS and Permits to Work for the Manchester site as needed, while supporting the UK HSE representative at sister sites (Wotton/UKBC) in delivering the same within their business unit.
• Arrange and facilitate HSE based training for employees (Manual handling, FLT, working at height, IPAF, First Aid, Fire Marshal) in line with current legislation.

Qualifications and Skills

• Strong leadership capabilities and experience of working with and influencing a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience of managing a team.
• Highly results-driven with a strong track record of delivering outcomes.
• Experience of working with data and presenting findings.
• Ability to use Microsoft Office suite (Word, Outlook, Teams, etc.).
• Awareness of Training, Auditing and Compliance in Health & Safety.
• Ideally multi-site experience.
• Working within an ISO 9001 Quality Assurance system & ISO 13485 – Quality Management for Medical Devices.
• Positive and optimistic within a fast-growing organisation.
• Strong written and verbal communicator.
• Self-motivated in the pursuit of EH&S objectives.
• Ability to work as part of a larger team.

Required Qualifications

• NEBOSH general certificate (essential).
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent (desirable).
• Membership of IOSH (preferred).

If any applicant is unable to complete an application or respond to a job opening because of a disability, please email at Recruiting@azenta.com for assistance.

Azenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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