Health and safety lead

Job Title: Health & Safety Lead

Location: Prestwick, Ayrshire

Hours: 37 hours per week (half-day Friday)

Type: Full-time

Grade: F

Salary: £49,047 - £53,000

Travel required: Occasional

Work Location: Site-based (100%)

Security Checks: BPSS, Disclosure Scotland, pre-employment medical (including drug & alcohol testing)

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK (no visa sponsorship is available); appointments are subject to pre-employment checks, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Role Overview

As part of the Environmental, Health & Safety function, you will take full responsibility for how safety is delivered across a high-risk aerospace manufacturing environment, driving standards, influencing leaders, and ensuring our people go home safe every day. You will be the link between strategy and operations, turning policy into action, leading a team of specialists, and embedding a culture where safety is non-negotiable.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead and direct the on-site Health & Safety team, setting priorities, driving performance, and ensuring consistent delivery of safety activity across operations.
• Take full ownership of site-wide health and safety performance, ensuring risks are identified, controlled and continuously reduced in line with regulatory requirements.
• Lead incident investigations, audits and assurance activity, driving root cause analysis and holding the business accountable for effective corrective action.
• Influence and challenge leaders at all levels to embed health and safety into operational decision-making and day-to-day behaviours.

About you

• Strong working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and its application in manufacturing or engineering.
• Proven experience leading or supervising health and safety activity within a regulated environment.
• Experience delivering risk assessments, audits, and incident investigations.
• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) and working towards or holding IOSH Chartered status.

What we will offer you

• 37‑hour working week with half-day Friday.
• Competitive salary and annual bonus linked to company performance.
• 33 days annual leave (rising with service).
• Pension (4% employee / 8% employer) and life assurance (4x salary).
• Virtual GP, Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support.
• Ongoing professional development and training.
• Free onsite parking.

Additional Information

All applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application. Prestwick Aerosystems is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Employment will be subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks, including references, Disclosure Scotland and a pre‑employment medical.

Prestwick Aerosystems is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Prestwick Aerosystems or Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com. As a part of Airbus, Prestwick Aerosystems is committed to equal opportunities for all.