Health and Safety Manager

Job Title: Health and Safety Manager

Location: Colchester, Essex

Contract: Full-time, Temp to Perm

Pay Rate: £25 - £30 per hour

Days / Hours: Monday to Friday, 8am – 5pm

We’re currently recruiting for an experienced Health and Safety Manager to join a well-established manufacturing business based in the Colchester, Essex area.

Exciting opportunity to join this well-established company:

• Benefits of working with Just Temps
• Holiday pay on each hour worked
• Access to employee discounts
• Mobile phone savings
• National gym memberships
• And much more!

About the Role:

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive Health & Safety Manager to take ownership of site compliance, drive continuous improvement and promote a positive safety culture across the business.

• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety legislation and company policies.
• Carry out risk assessments, workplace inspections and safety audits.
• Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, implementing corrective actions.
• Deliver Health & Safety inductions and ongoing employee training.
• Monitor and report Health & Safety KPIs and maintain statutory records.
• Manage contractor safety and permit-to-work systems.
• Coordinate emergency procedures, fire safety and evacuation drills.
• Support ISO 45001 compliance and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies and external auditors when required.

About You:

• NEBOSH National General Certificate is essential.
• Previous Health & Safety experience within a manufacturing or production environment.
• Strong understanding of UK Health & Safety legislation.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and accident investigations.
• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence and engage employees at all levels.
• Competent using Microsoft Office and producing reports.
• Competent in Microsoft such as Windows and Excel
• Previous management experience is a must
• Immediately available or available to start at short notice
• Must hold a full driving licence and have access to own vehicle – this is essential

If you have the relevant skills and experience and would like to be considered, please apply by forwarding an up-to-date CV as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.

Keywords: Health and Safety, Health, Safety, NEBOSH, ISO 45001

Just Temps acts as an Employment Business for the supply of Temporary staff.