QHSE Manager

• Annual Salary: £55k - £65k
• Location: West Yorkshire
• Job Type: Full-time

We are seeking a QHSE Manager to lead and continuously improve our client's site's Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental performance. Reporting to the UK CEO and as a key member of the Senior Management Team, this role is ideal for an experienced manufacturing professional who is committed to driving a culture of operational excellence, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Drive a behavioural safety culture throughout the site, leading the "Zero Harm" philosophy.
• Ensure legal compliance for health, safety, and environmental requirements through regular audits and inspections.
• Lead investigations into accidents, incidents, near misses, and environmental events, ensuring robust root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Develop, review, and maintain Risk Assessments, Method Statements, COSHH Assessments, and safe systems of work.
• Deliver and continuously improve the site Health, Safety, and Environmental strategy.
• Monitor legislative changes and ensure the business remains fully compliant.
• Coordinate and deliver HSE training programmes across all functions.
• Lead emergency preparedness activities, including drills, reviews, and business continuity planning.
• Monitor environmental performance, waste management, energy consumption, and sustainability initiatives.
• Act as Management Representative for the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
• Maintain, develop, and improve the site's Integrated Management System (IMS) covering Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment.
• Support internal and external audits for ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certification standards.
• Manage customer and supplier quality issues, ensuring effective corrective and preventive actions are implemented.
• Analyse quality performance data, customer complaints, non-conformances, and KPIs to drive continuous improvement.
• Chair Quality Review meetings and support operational teams in identifying improvement opportunities.
• Lead root cause investigations relating to product quality concerns, customer complaints, and manufacturing deviations.
• Support new product introductions and process changes through quality risk assessment and validation activities.
• Work closely with Production, Technical, Engineering, and Commercial teams to ensure customer requirements are consistently met.
• Support customer audits and regulatory inspections.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Proven QHSE leadership experience within a heavy manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing and improving integrated management systems.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 standards.
• Experience investigating both HSE incidents and quality non-conformances using structured problem-solving tools.
• Strong understanding of continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or similar.
• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) preferred.
• Lead Auditor qualification desirable.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to engage at all levels of the organisation.
• Positive, proactive, and hands-on leadership style.