Senior Quality, Safety and Sustainability Manager
13 hours ago
Lincoln
⭐Senior Quality, Safety & Sustainability Manager 📍Location: Mix of remote working, office (Lincoln) and travel to sites. Need to be based roughly within an hour and half commute to Lincoln. 💼Permanent The Opportunity A leading UK-based engineering group is seeking a Senior Quality, Safety & Sustainability Manager to take ownership of QSS strategy and delivery across a multi-site organisation. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for driving compliance, continuous improvement, and ESG initiatives across a diverse portfolio of businesses within the industrial and fluid power sector. You will play a key role in shaping culture, improving operational standards, and ensuring best-in-class quality, safety, and sustainability performance across the group. ✅Key Responsibilities • Develop, implement, and maintain QSS policies aligned with legislation and industry standards, • Lead group-wide health & safety, quality, and environmental strategy, • Conduct audits, risk assessments, and ensure robust compliance frameworks are in place, • Drive ISO standards (9001, with 14001 & 45001 advantageous) across all business units, • Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions, • Oversee health & safety systems, including reporting of accidents, near-misses, and improvements, • Support ESG initiatives, including sustainability, waste reduction, and employee wellbeing, • Manage business continuity planning, PPE, COSHH, and emergency procedures, • Deliver training and coaching to improve QSS awareness and engagement, • Report on KPIs, performance, and improvement projects to senior leadership, • Lead and develop a small QSS team, • Manage departmental budgets ✅About You • Proven experience in a senior QSS / HSE / Quality leadership role, • Background in manufacturing, engineering, or industrial environments preferred, • Strong knowledge of ISO9001 (ISO14001 and ISO45001 desirable), • Experience implementing and managing integrated management systems, • NEBOSH qualification (or equivalent) – or willingness to obtain, • Strong understanding of ESG, sustainability, and environmental legislation, • Experience leading audits and driving continuous improvement initiatives, • Confident communicator, able to influence at all levels, • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, • Full UK Driving Licence What’s on Offer • Senior leadership position within a growing, multi-site engineering group, • Opportunity to shape and lead QSS strategy at group level, • Hybrid working model, • Collaborative and forward-thinking leadership environment Additional Information • Regular travel required across multiple business locations, • Candidates must have the right to work in the UK