About

HSE Officer

📍 Mirfield (with travel to local sites)
💷 £40,000 – £45,000 per annum
🕒 Full-time | Permanent

Our client, a well-established and growing UK manufacturing business, is looking for an experienced Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Officer to join their team based in Mirfield. This is a hands-on role for a confident HSE professional who enjoys being visible on the shop floor, driving standards, and influencing positive behavioural change.

If you’re proactive, assertive, and passionate about creating a safe and compliant working environment, this could be the perfect next step in your HSE career.

The Role

Working closely with the UK management team, you will play a key role in developing, implementing and maintaining the company’s HSE management systems and standards across the site and satellite locations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Promoting and embedding a strong, positive H&S culture at all levels

• Ensuring compliance with company policies, legal requirements and HSE management systems

• Conducting accident and incident investigations and ensuring corrective actions are closed out

• Preparing and reviewing risk assessments, SOPs and CoSHH assessments

• Managing contractor control processes

• Delivering new starter inductions and supporting ongoing HSE training programmes

• Carrying out internal audits and supporting external ISO audits

• Ensuring sites are “audit ready” at all times

• Supporting Environmental Management Systems and maintaining ISO 14001 accreditation

• Collating HSE KPIs and performance data

• Chairing and attending HSE meetings as required

You’ll also deputise for the Group HSE Director when required and support wider business HSE initiatives.

What We’re Looking For

• Level 6 qualification in Health & Safety (or working towards)

• Full UK driving licence (travel to local sites required)

• Proven experience managing ISO-accredited HSE management systems

• Strong working knowledge of UK H&S legislation

• Experience conducting audits, investigations and developing HSE documentation

• Confident communicator, comfortable engaging both shop-floor teams and senior management

• Proactive, solutions-focused and capable of driving change

• Manufacturing or FMCG experience desirable (but not essential)

What’s On Offer

• Competitive salary of £40,000 – £45,000

• Stable, long-term role within a respected business

• Opportunity to influence standards and make a real impact

• Clear scope for professional development and progression

• Supportive management team with a strong focus on safety

Additional checks: DBS, medical questionnaire and drug & alcohol testing will be required.

📩 Apply now if you’re ready to take ownership of HSE standards and be a visible, trusted presence in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Aqumen Business Solutions is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Contact information

Graham Smith