HSE Manager
BH-323059
Posted: 16/01/2026
Contract role - HSE Manager (Inside IR35)
Duration - 4 months initial (Sick cover)
Location - Stafford
Candidate needs to speak English and French
Qualifications:
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
- Competitive rates
- England West Midlands Stafford
- Contract
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Power Generation, T&D
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T&D
Contract role - HSE Manager (Inside IR35)
Duration - 4 months initial (Sick cover)
Location - Stafford
Candidate needs to speak English and French
- HSE Manager is responsible for ensuring that an organization and its employees adhere to EHS standards
- HSE Manager is responsible for shaping and maintaining organizations’ safety culture. His/her duties include implementing organizational safety rules, promoting a culture of safety in the workplace and performing regular site inspections to check compliance in order to prevent incidents, minimize resource leakage, improves efficiency and employees satisfaction, at all levels.
- HSE Manager shall conduct safety training for relevant employees at the site. He/she also collaborates with other departments such as GSC operations, facility management, quality, etc. EHS Manager work across various department within the business, reviewing safety measures to save lives and improve working standards.
- HSE Manager design and implement safety procedures and regulations to minimize the risk of accidents or injuries or accidents in the workplace. Other duties and responsibilities of an EHS Manager include:
- Develop and implement the HSE strategy aligned with corporate goals and local regulatory requirements for his/her site
- Lead EHS performance for his/her site, supporting his/her cross-functional site leadership team
- Drive continuous improvement through performance metrics, audits, and risk assessments
- Review and build safety risks assessments applicable for the task
- Review all work procedures and ensuring they meet GA and industry safety standards
- Ensure full compliance with UK EHS laws, regulations, and company policies.
- Monitor legislative changes and assess their impact on business operations.
- Establish injury prevention initiatives focused on world-class health and safety performance and responsible for conducting incident investigations.
- Feedback on lessons learned and best practice from other and GA sites to management and employees.
- Reports on EHS performance and progress on implementation of EHS objectives and key performance indicators
- Overseeing and ensuring safe work of external contractors
- Conducting in-house training sessions on health and safety awareness
- Act as an Ambassador by Planning/Implementing/Reviewing/ Monitoring of EHS Management System
- Interact with other sites and EHS Managers in order to share and leverage best practice
- Implementation & adherence to EHS Management System – framework
- Develop/Support for Risk Assessment
- Review & Verification of EHS Plan/Risk Assessment
- Responsible to review the applicable Life Saving Rules as per the portfolio and implement the procedures and Legal EHS requirements
- Responsible for identification and timely submission of all applicable EHS permits required for the site operation
- Develop site emergency response plan and incident management team. Ensure appropriate emergency plan is in place on a regular basis (drills on potential emergencies, identification and tracking of action closure, etc.)
- Responsible for being the health and safety focal point for employee representatives and committee
- Preparing EHS topics to be presented for the employee representative meetings
- Presenting the EHS matters in the employee representative meetings
- Addressing EHS concerns raised by employee representative
- Collaborating with the employee representative to promote a safe and health work environment
- Ensure transparent and constructive communication with employee representatives.
- Understand High Risk operations, EHS Core Requirement & Technical Standards
- Lead implementation of FW3.0, including nominating, training, coaching, and following-up element owner
- Develop action plans wherever gap identified, in collaboration with relevant element owners.
- Coordinate ISO 14001 and other environmental certifications and audits
- Environmental Management
- Oversee environmental programs including waste management, emissions, energy use, and sustainability initiatives
- Coordinate ISO 45001 and other health & safety certifications and audits
- Conducts accidents/incidents investigation and identify the preventative action to be implemented at site
- Supports Genba Walks;
- Contractor Managemen
- Support the operational and services team to meet compliance to the EHS Contractor Management Procedure
- Prepare/Track/Follow EHS Inspection Plans
- Prepare/Track/Follow Quarterly Genba Walk Plans
- Conduct frequent EHS inspections to ensure adherence with client and UK law requirements. Develop and track associated corrective actions
- Assign trainings to employees based on the job profile through GE Vernova Learning
- Manage Training of Contingent Workers/Sub Contractors based on the job profile and tasks.
- Coordinate with relevant functions on employees Regulatory Trainings planning and organiztion. Track compliance.
Qualifications:
- · Masters degree in Environmental Science, Occupational Health & Safety, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of progressive EHS experience in a multinational or industrial setting
- Strong knowledge of French and EU EHS regulations.
- Certification in ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or equivalent standards is a plus.
- Proven leadership skills and experience managing cross-site teams.
- Excellent communication skills in French and English (written and verbal).
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.