Health & Safety Manager
| Posting date: | 21 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 May 2026 |
| Location: | North Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Airedale Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2026-10 |
Summary
Principal Duties and Responsibilities: -
Reporting to Operations Director Airedale, as part of the senior leadership team, with a strong dotted line to the Supply Chain Function, support the development and delivery of the business HSE&S strategy and objectives, resulting in a positive, safe working culture.
Working within the wider QSHE team, the post holder will play a major role in ensuring that Brenntag/ Airedale in the UK & Ireland meets or exceeds, relevant Occupational, Process Safety, Environmental and Security Standards
On a day-to-day basis this calls for proactively promoting and embedding the importance of a progressive safety culture, engaging with employees at all levels within the organisation to adopt the right safety behaviours to ensure that Brenntag corporate standards are consistently exceeded.
The role will assist the definition of team objectives, Key Performance Indicators, as well as to prioritise, delegate, and monitor work to ensure the optimisation of resources to deliver first-class service to customers both internally and externally. Compiling regular reports on performance and investigating regional incidents are key deliverables.
This role will cover a number of operational facilities within the Brenntag Group and therefore an element of travel will be required.
• Provide health & safety expertise to all areas, ensuring that all operational activities comply with current health, safety and environment legislation, ensuring all HSE&S policies and procedures are followed and are regularly reviewed.
• Play a lead role in developing, influencing and promoting a positive HSE&S culture throughout the business.
• As a senior manager in the organisation, support site management in daily management challenges.
• Support the Development and Implement of the HSE&S strategy, aligned with the organisation’s, Global AIPSM and Occupational Safety policy and procedures.
• Develop and maintain robust safety management systems and protocols to mitigate risks and maintain a safe working environment incl. development / sign off of SOP’s relating to Safety Critical Tasks.
• Conduct regular safety audits and inspections to identify hazards, assess risks, and implement corrective actions as necessary.
• Engage and communicate with staff at all levels to promote a strong safety culture throughout the organisation incl. Participation in site safety meetings. Foster strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners to enhance safety cooperation and information sharing.
• Manage the HSE&S competency within the sites, develop competency building plans, annual goal setting and objectives. Provide safety training and education programs for the wider Brenntag group to ensure all employees are aware of their roles and responsibilities in maintaining a safe working environment and developing a positive safety culture.
• Support, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of safety initiatives and campaigns at all levels of the organisation to raise safety awareness, promote best practices, and continuously improve safety performance.
• Monitor safety performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify trends, potential risks, and areas for improvement.
• Prepare regular safety reports for senior management and stakeholders, highlighting safety performance, incident trends, and recommended actions.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of safety incidents, near misses, and accidents, and lead investigations to determine root causes and develop preventive measures.
• Stay updated on relevant safety regulations, standards, and industry best practices.
• Ensure compliance with UK Health, Safety and Environmental regulations and other applicable safety standards.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies, Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Local Authorities and participate in safety-related audits and inspections.
• Manage the major accident hazard identification and risk assessment processes, including HAZID, HIRA, PHR, HAZOP etc. Ensure major accident hazard (MAH) risks are controlled to ALARP. Facilitate emergency preparedness planning and drills.
• Involvement in the preparation, and revision of key permitting/licence documentation relevant to process safety such as the COMAH safety report, aspects of the EPR permit and Hazardous Substances Consent.
Reporting to Operations Director Airedale, as part of the senior leadership team, with a strong dotted line to the Supply Chain Function, support the development and delivery of the business HSE&S strategy and objectives, resulting in a positive, safe working culture.
Working within the wider QSHE team, the post holder will play a major role in ensuring that Brenntag/ Airedale in the UK & Ireland meets or exceeds, relevant Occupational, Process Safety, Environmental and Security Standards
On a day-to-day basis this calls for proactively promoting and embedding the importance of a progressive safety culture, engaging with employees at all levels within the organisation to adopt the right safety behaviours to ensure that Brenntag corporate standards are consistently exceeded.
The role will assist the definition of team objectives, Key Performance Indicators, as well as to prioritise, delegate, and monitor work to ensure the optimisation of resources to deliver first-class service to customers both internally and externally. Compiling regular reports on performance and investigating regional incidents are key deliverables.
This role will cover a number of operational facilities within the Brenntag Group and therefore an element of travel will be required.
• Provide health & safety expertise to all areas, ensuring that all operational activities comply with current health, safety and environment legislation, ensuring all HSE&S policies and procedures are followed and are regularly reviewed.
• Play a lead role in developing, influencing and promoting a positive HSE&S culture throughout the business.
• As a senior manager in the organisation, support site management in daily management challenges.
• Support the Development and Implement of the HSE&S strategy, aligned with the organisation’s, Global AIPSM and Occupational Safety policy and procedures.
• Develop and maintain robust safety management systems and protocols to mitigate risks and maintain a safe working environment incl. development / sign off of SOP’s relating to Safety Critical Tasks.
• Conduct regular safety audits and inspections to identify hazards, assess risks, and implement corrective actions as necessary.
• Engage and communicate with staff at all levels to promote a strong safety culture throughout the organisation incl. Participation in site safety meetings. Foster strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners to enhance safety cooperation and information sharing.
• Manage the HSE&S competency within the sites, develop competency building plans, annual goal setting and objectives. Provide safety training and education programs for the wider Brenntag group to ensure all employees are aware of their roles and responsibilities in maintaining a safe working environment and developing a positive safety culture.
• Support, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of safety initiatives and campaigns at all levels of the organisation to raise safety awareness, promote best practices, and continuously improve safety performance.
• Monitor safety performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify trends, potential risks, and areas for improvement.
• Prepare regular safety reports for senior management and stakeholders, highlighting safety performance, incident trends, and recommended actions.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of safety incidents, near misses, and accidents, and lead investigations to determine root causes and develop preventive measures.
• Stay updated on relevant safety regulations, standards, and industry best practices.
• Ensure compliance with UK Health, Safety and Environmental regulations and other applicable safety standards.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies, Health and Safety Executive, Environment Agency, Local Authorities and participate in safety-related audits and inspections.
• Manage the major accident hazard identification and risk assessment processes, including HAZID, HIRA, PHR, HAZOP etc. Ensure major accident hazard (MAH) risks are controlled to ALARP. Facilitate emergency preparedness planning and drills.
• Involvement in the preparation, and revision of key permitting/licence documentation relevant to process safety such as the COMAH safety report, aspects of the EPR permit and Hazardous Substances Consent.