Group Health and Safety Manager

We are looking for a pragmatic, hands-on Group Health and Safety Manager to lead our health and safety strategy across 7 sites in Yorkshire.

The role offers circa £50,000, bonus, 5% pension contributions, 20 days holiday plus bank holidays rising with service, the option to buy up to 1 week of additional leave, and travel across our sites.

This is a key role for someone who combines strong technical knowledge with a practical, solutions-focused approach and can build credibility quickly with operational teams.

Reporting to the Head of People and Culture, you will shape and drive our health and safety approach, ensuring clear standards, strong support for sites and a positive safety culture across the business.

What you will be doing:

• Leading the Group health and safety strategy across all 7 sites.

• Supporting managers to embed safe working practices in a practical and proportionate way.

• Driving compliance, consistency and continuous improvement across the business.

• Overseeing audits, inspections, risk assessments, incident management and follow-up actions.

• Using insight and data to identify trends, manage risk and report clearly to senior leaders.

• Building a positive and accountable safety culture that is visible in day-to-day operations.

What we are looking for:

• Experience in a health and safety management role, ideally across multiple sites.

• A strong understanding of UK health and safety legislation and best practice.

• A practical, pragmatic and solutions-focused approach.

• Someone who can influence, coach and challenge constructively.

• A confident communicator who can work effectively with managers and teams at all levels.

• A genuine commitment to raising standards and helping the business do the right thing in the right way.

• NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent.

If you enjoy working closely with operational teams, finding practical solutions and raising standards in a sensible, workable way, we would like to hear from you.