🦺 Health & Safety Officer
đź“Ť Cookstown / Hybrid Working | Site Travel Required
đź’Ľ Permanent | Full-time
ScaleX Talent Solutions is working in partnership with an innovative engineering business at the forefront of industrial robotics and hazardous environment solutions, to appoint a Health & Safety Officer.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing organisation that is transforming how industrial maintenance and refurbishment projects are delivered across the cement, metals, and energy sectors.
The Opportunity
As Health & Safety Officer, you'll take ownership of Health & Safety across the business, supporting office, workshop, and customer project locations.
Working closely with operational teams, customers, and leadership, you'll play a key role in ensuring compliance, driving continuous improvement, and embedding a positive safety culture across all areas of the organisation.
This is a hands-on role offering significant autonomy and the opportunity to make a genuine impact within a growing engineering business.
What You'll Be Doing
• Acting as the primary Health & Safety lead across the business
• Developing, reviewing, and maintaining RAMS, risk assessments, and safe systems of work
• Supporting operational teams during project planning, mobilisation, and execution
• Coordinating Health & Safety training, certification, and competency requirements
• Managing audits, inspections, corrective actions, and compliance activities
• Supporting customer site operations and acting as Health & Safety representative when required
• Delivering toolbox talks, briefings, and safety communications
• Maintaining accurate Health & Safety documentation and records
• Ensuring compliance with UK legislation, customer requirements, and industry best practice
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives and promoting a proactive safety culture
What We're Looking For
Essential
• NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent recognised Health & Safety qualification)
• Experience implementing and maintaining Health & Safety systems within operational environments
• Strong experience developing RAMS, risk assessments, and safety documentation
• Experience supporting engineering, manufacturing, industrial, construction, maintenance, utilities, or similar environments
• Experience conducting audits, inspections, and managing corrective actions
• Strong organisational and documentation skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel to customer sites
Desirable
• Degree qualification in Health & Safety, Engineering, Environmental, Risk Management, or a related discipline
• Additional Health & Safety certifications or specialist training
• Experience delivering Health & Safety training programmes
• Experience developing competency frameworks
• Understanding of engineering, workshop, manufacturing, or industrial environments
Why Apply?
• Join a business using cutting-edge robotics to make industrial environments safer
• Play a key role in shaping Health & Safety within a growing organisation
• Broad, varied role with real ownership and influence
• Exposure to major industrial projects across multiple sectors
• Hybrid working flexibility
• Supportive leadership team and collaborative culture
• Competitive salary and benefits package
This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive Health & Safety professional looking to move beyond compliance and become part of a business that is genuinely changing how high-risk industrial work is delivered.