Health and Safety Officer

Salary: Up to £38,000

Location: Newton Aycliffe

Our client is a manufacturing business who are currently looking to recruit an experienced Health and Safety Officer to join their growing team, based out of their facility in Newton Aycliffe they will be responsible for the Health and Safety across the UK operations.

The Role

• Conduct regular internal HSE (Health, Safety & Environmental) audits as well as external audits to ensure compliance and continuous improvement, ensuring timely closure of non-conformances and effective root cause analysis.
• Chair monthly HSE Committee meetings to review performance, discuss improvements, and drive accountability.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with occupational hygiene standards, including noise, dust, and air quality levels.
• Promote the use of Risk Observations to encourage proactive hazard identification and safety awareness.
• Identify gaps in HSE performance and lead proactive initiatives to enhance safety culture and standards.
• Develop and deliver training materials to support HSE improvements across all departments.
• Communicate HSE updates and initiatives through broadcasts, toolbox talks, and site-wide communication days.
• Design, deliver, and distribute EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) training programs.
• Collaborate with the UK HSE Manager to create and implement strategic HSE improvement plans.

The Person

• Experience with transportation of dangerous goods.
• Experience with waste management protocols.
• Proactive and self motivated.
• Determined and task focused.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Effective time & task management.
• Minimum qualification of NEBOSH Certificate.
• Familiarity with IA (Internal Audit or Assessment) software for structured audit planning and execution.
• Maintain strong working knowledge of relevant safety and environmental legislation and ensure site compliance.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading manufacturing organisation at an exciting time with genuine opportunities for career development and progression.

If you feel you have the qualities our client is seeking, please forward your CV to Jamie Beckwith at GEM Partnership or for a discreet conversation call our Peterlee office.

GEM Partnership are acting as an employment agency on this vacancy.