A Division of Wabtec UK Ltd, Northampton-based firm Bearward Engineering manufactures radiators for the power generation industry and is currently recruiting for a Manufacturing Engineer – Health & Safety Project Support.
Role: Manufacturing Engineer – Health & Safety Project Support
Location: Northampton, (NN4 8HJ)
Hours: Monday to Thursday, 08:00am to 16:30pm, and Friday 08:00am to 15:30pm
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time
How will you make a difference?
The Manufacturing Engineer – Health & Safety Projects Support role is responsible for supporting and delivering health and safety improvement projects across manufacturing operations. The role focuses on designing safer processes, equipment, and layouts, ensuring compliance with UK health and safety legislation, and embedding best practice into engineering and production activities.
What will your typical day look like?
- Planning, delivery and implementation of health and safety improvement projects within manufacturing areas.
- Actively contribute to risk assessments, method statements (RAMS), and safe systems of work for manufacturing processes and equipment.
- Create and review risk assessments to ensure compliance and continual improvement.
- Support workplace hazard identification and implement engineering controls to reduce risk.
- Assist with incident, near-miss, and safety observation investigations, identifying root causes and corrective actions.
- Ensure manufacturing processes comply with UK legislation, including HASAWA, PUWER, COSHH, and Machinery Safety standards.
- Create and maintain COSHH processes, ensuring hazardous substances are assessed, controlled, and regularly reviewed.
- Support HAVS (Hand–Arm Vibration Syndrome) monitoring and control activities where applicable.
- Responsible for the management, monitoring, and upkeep of LEV (Local Exhaust Ventilation) systems, ensuring compliance with COSHH and HSE regulatory requirements.
What do we want to know about you?
- Degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering
- Experience working in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
- Good understanding of UK health and safety legislation and manufacturing safety standards.
- Experience completing or supporting risk assessments and safety projects.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and organisational skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values always put people first, and strive to expand what is possible.
Apply today!
Legal authorisation to work in the UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
We do not accept agency candidate submissions unless a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition exists. We do not owe a fee if an agency submitted a candidate who is ultimately hired.
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