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Snr EHS Specialist

Location: West Yorkshire
Salary: £40,000 – £50,000 depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Days

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Health, Safety & Environment professional who enjoys working closely with operational and engineering teams and wants to play an important role in maintaining and continuously improving safety performance within a highly regulated process environment.

You will join an experienced HSE function and provide practical advice, guidance and support across manufacturing, maintenance and wider site operations.

The Role

As Senior EHS Specialist, you will support the development, implementation and continuous improvement of site Health, Safety and Environmental systems.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing expert HSE advice and guidance to managers and operational teams.
• Supporting compliance with relevant health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Conducting site audits, inspections and compliance reviews.
• Supporting and leading risk assessments.
• Conducting incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis.
• Analysing accident and incident data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Supporting HAZOP, HAZID and other process safety studies.
• Contributing to Management of Change and process improvement activities.
• Supporting contractor HSE management, including approvals, inductions and site audits.
• Delivering HSE training, coaching and behavioural safety initiatives.
• Supporting emergency preparedness and response arrangements.
• Liaising with operational, engineering and maintenance teams on process safety matters.
• Supporting statutory and regulatory compliance within a COMAH manufacturing environment.
• Contributing to environmental permitting and wider site compliance requirements.

What We're Looking For

For this position, there are two key requirements:

• You must hold a NEBOSH Diploma / Level 6 (ideally) HSE qualification or equivalent.
• You must have experience working within a COMAH environment – either Upper or Lower Tier.

We would also expect experience across several of the following areas:

• Chemical, process or other high-hazard manufacturing.
• Process safety.
• HSE auditing and inspections.
• Risk assessment.
• Root Cause Analysis.
• HAZOP / HAZID / LOPA or similar methodologies.
• Incident investigation.
• Contractor safety management.
• Environmental compliance.
• Emergency response planning.
• Training and coaching.
• Influencing operational teams and developing positive safety culture.

Membership of IOSH or Registered Safety Professional status would also be advantageous.

You will need to be comfortable operating within a manufacturing environment and capable of building strong working relationships with people across Operations, Engineering, Maintenance and senior management.

What's in it for you?

• £40,000 – £50,000 depending on experience
• Permanent, day-based position.
• 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Enhanced contributory pension scheme.
• Health Cash Plan.
• Free onsite meals.
• Onsite parking.
• Structured training, coaching and development.
• Regular performance and career-development reviews.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to join a complex, technically challenging manufacturing environment where HSE and process safety genuinely sit at the heart of operations.

The role would suit an experienced HSE professional who wants to remain close to manufacturing and operations rather than working purely within policy and administration.

You'll have the opportunity to influence safety culture, support major process-safety activities and work alongside experienced manufacturing and engineering professionals within a highly regulated environment.

If you are motivated by the opportunity to make a genuine impact on safety and compliance while furthering your professional development in a permanent, forward-thinking environment, this role could be the perfect fit.

Location: West Yorkshire | Salary: £40000 - £50000 per year | Job type: Permanent | Posted: 09/11/2026