Our client, the UK’s leading structural steel contractor, is seeking a SHE Manager for their Lostock, Bolton site. This pivotal role will drive the transformation of safety practices in a high-risk, heavy engineering environment.
SHE Manager
- Role Purpose: Leading the safety transformation at a site employing 120 workers, you will drive the implementation of proactive safety strategies. Focused on hands-on engagement, your goal will be to improve safety standards and culture, moving beyond basic compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the Group SHE strategy and align it with site goals
- Engage directly with teams, coaching leadership and employees to foster a safety-first mindset
- Implement both short-term and long-term safety initiatives, ensuring continuous improvement
- Lead accident investigations, conduct audits, and ensure critical safety controls (e.g., hand-arm vibration, noise)
- Collaborate with SHE teams across multiple sites (UK and abroad) to maintain consistent safety practices
Ideal Candidate
- 5+ years of SHE leadership in heavy manufacturing/steel environments.
- Hands-on experience with safety transformations and proactive employee engagement.
- Health and Safety qualification (IOSH or NEBOSH preferred)
- Strong focus on enhancing safety controls and ensuring active safety capacity, rather than maintaining the status quo.
- Understanding of "safety differently" or "modern safety approach" principles.
Why Join
As SHE Manager, you would look to help transform safety practices in a site that is critical to major infrastructure projects.
As the UK’s leading structural steel company, they’ve set industry standards in engineering, safety, and sustainability, pushing boundaries with a culture that values creativity and innovation.
The company is moving away from rigid compliance and ISO certification, and towards a modern approach that values safety capacity, real-time learning, and engagement over paper-based systems
