Position
Safety & Compliance Manager (GRREC)
Salary and Benefits
£52,000 - £58,000 per year + annual bonus scheme + range of benefits.
About the Role
As Safety & Compliance Manager you will be responsible for the management and monitoring of health & safety systems, procedures and safe systems of work at site level. You will maintain compliance with Viridor management systems and support compliance with environmental permits and licenses.
Responsibilities
- Implement policy and procedure to deliver a highly compliant, quality‑led environment with safety at its core.
- Actively monitor, maintain and manage health and safety risk assessments, SSOW and method statements to ensure best practice and prevention of incidents and accidents.
- Collaborate closely with the Plant Manager and site team to support plant development, maintaining high productivity while ensuring a no‑compromise approach to health, safety and environmental compliance at all times.
Qualifications
- Hands‑on safety professional with experience in industrial settings.
- Experience of an energy‑from‑waste facility preferred.
- Relevant experience within a highly regulated and compliance‑focused environment.
- Strong leadership skills to lead and develop a new team in a start‑up scenario.
- Ability to embed a safety and compliance‑focused culture within a complex workplace.
- Experience of permitted/regulated activities and processes, preferably within controlled emissions environment.
- Knowledge of the energy-from-waste/power industry inclusive of legislative knowledge.
- IOSH/NEBOSH safety qualification (or equivalent).
- Awareness of the relevant management standards ISO 45001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and ISO 50001.
- Full UK driving licence.
Equal Opportunities
Viridor is an equal opportunities' employer, committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.
