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QHSE Manager

Posted 24 October 2025
Salary £50,000 - £55,000 per year
LocationWashington
Job type Permanent
Industry Sector TechnicalManufacturing
ReferenceJ139920
Job FunctionProduction

Job description

The Company

Our client is a market leading Engineering company. To help maintain the high standards they are now looking to recruit a QHSE Manager.

The Role

  • Will be to lead, develop, and maintain the company’s Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental management systems to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and customer requirements.

  • The QHSE Manager will promote a proactive safety culture, drive continuous improvement across all operations and ensure the highest standards of product quality and environmental responsibility within the business.

  • You will be responsible for Quality Management.

  • Maintain and continually improve the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.

  • Oversee internal and external audits, NCR management, and root cause analysis.

  • Ensure calibration and control of inspection and testing equipment.

  • Manage documentation related to manufacturing, inspection and service work.

  • Liaise with customers and third-party inspectors on quality assurance requirements.

  • Health and Safety:

  • Ensure compliance with all applicable health and safety legislation (e.g. PUWER, LOLER, COSHH).

  • Conduct and review risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) for workshop and site operations.

  • Lead incident investigations and drive corrective actions.

  • Deliver Health and Safety training and toolbox talks to employees and contractors.

  • Promote a strong safety culture across factory and field operations.

  • Environmental Management.

  • Maintain compliance with ISO 14001 or equivalent environmental standards.

  • Oversee waste management, pollution prevention, and resource efficiency initiatives.

  • Monitor environmental performance and implement improvement initiatives.

  • Continuous Improvement:

  • Lead initiatives to improve product quality, process efficiency, and safety performance.

  • Support lean manufacturing and 5S programs.

  • Analyse QHSE performance metrics and present findings to management.

  • Leadership and Communication:

  • Provide QHSE guidance and support to managers, supervisors, and engineers.

  • Act as the company’s primary contact for external bodies (HSE, ISO auditors, customers).

  • Develop and maintain QHSE awareness throughout the organisation and other reasonable requests that may made by the Company or your Line Manager.

  • All employees have a duty of care to follow / adhere to all Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE) procedures, processes, and challenge unsafe acts and behaviours.

The Person

  • Will have experience in a similar role.

  • Candidates are required to be the expert in their field, therefore should be qualified as a minimum to the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.

  • Beneficial evidence of CPD and TechIOSH membership of IOSH.

  • Travel to sites is required, therefore applicants must have full driving licence.

  • Experience of environmental, health and safety management in a similar organisation.

  • Internal auditing experience.

  • Good understanding of health and safety legal obligations.

  • Good understanding of Quality.

The Benefits

  • You will be working for a well-established growing employer.

  • An excellent salary.

  • Car allowance.

  • A company experiencing continued growth, expansion and investment.

The company are fully compliant with the latest health and safety requirements for current safe working practices