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

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