Details:
- Salary: £75,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Bridgwater
- Date: 5 days ago
Description:
Senior HSE Manager – Bridgwater
Salary £75k
A rapidly growing textile manufacturer (revenues £60M+) is seeking a Senior HSE Manager to lead health, safety and environmental strategy across its Bridgwater site.
Reporting to the Operations Director, the role will focus on building a scalable HSE management system, strengthening governance, and ensuring effective risk control as the business grows. The successful candidate will be highly visible on-site, coaching leaders, embedding consistent standards, and driving a proactive, leader-led safety culture.
Key responsibilities include leading the HSE roadmap, overseeing risk management and compliance (including machinery safety and contractor controls), driving incident prevention and root cause analysis, and providing clear performance reporting to senior leadership.
Candidates should have strong HSE leadership experience in manufacturing, a NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent), and a proven ability to influence stakeholders and deliver measurable improvements. Experience with ISO 45001 systems and multi-site operations is preferred.
We are looking for someone that has experience in driving safety strategy on a single large or multiple sites, in busy and fast paced manufacturing/industrial environment. It would be beneficial if the candidate can demonstrate growth and site expansion support from HSE perspective, who has operated at senior level and reported KPI and valuable insights to all business stakeholders, including the board level.
This role will suit a person that may have previously worked as a HSE Manager, H&S Manager, Senior HSE Manager, Head of HSE, Head of Health, Safety & Environment, HSE Lead