We are looking for a Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Manager to join the Health & Safety team at Thermatic Group.
As the Thermatic Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Manager, you are responsible for leading the strategic and operational management of health, safety, and environmental performance across the organisation. Reporting directly into the CEO, you are influential in shaping Thermatic’s overall safety culture, ensuring that HSE values are embedded into business strategy, decision-making, and day-to-day operations. The role provides both strategic direction and hands-on leadership, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and ISO standards while driving continual improvement across the group. Working collaboratively with operational, engineering, and compliance teams, the HSE Manager promotes a proactive culture that prioritises the wellbeing of colleagues, clients, and stakeholders. The HSE Manager also leads and develops the HSE Advisors, building capability within the function and ensuring consistent, professional HSE support across all business areas.
The Benefits:
- £50,000 - £60,000
- Car Allowance £6,000
- 33 days holiday (inc bank holidays) + a day off on your Birthday
- Auto-enrolment Pension
- Death in Service Insurance @ 4 X salary
- Extensive Healthcare & Wellbeing provisions including:
- Private Medical Insurance (no excess)
- Dental & Optical cash back scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to virtual GP support
- Health discounts
- Access to annual health screening
- Enhanced Family Leave policies
- Company events
Hours & Location of Work:
Main location - Salford, Manchester.
Regular hours of work - Monday to Friday, 40 hour working week.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years’ HSE experience within technical facilities management or MEP services, including at least 2 years leading an HSE team across a multi-site, mobile engineering workforce.
- In-depth knowledge of UK health, safety, and environmental legislation and associated regulatory frameworks.
- Proven experience managing ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 systems, including preparation for and participation in external audits.
- Understanding of risk management, incident investigation, and safety management systems.
- Experience in developing and delivering HSE strategies, policies, and improvement programmes.
- NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent Level 6 qualification) essential.
- Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) or actively working towards.
- Strong working knowledge of MEP and building safety risks, including electrical safety (EAWR 1989, safe isolation, permit to work), gas safety, F-Gas, pressure systems (PSSR), LOLER/PUWER, work at height, confined spaces, hot works, lone working, asbestos, legionella (ACoP L8) and fire safety.
- Working knowledge of CDM 2015 and the Building Safety Act 2022 as they apply to FM, minor works and projects.
- Proven experience managing subcontractor HSE performance across a multi-site supply chain.
- Full UK Driving Licence required for site travel.
- Environmental management qualification (IEMA or equivalent).
- Experience of SSIP schemes (CHAS, SafeContractor, Constructionline) and client contractor pre-qualification portals.
- Internal Auditor certification for ISO standards.
Responsibilities:
- Leading the implementation and ongoing development of Thermatic’s HSE policies, systems, and Integrated Management System (IMS) procedures across all divisions.
- Acting as the organisation’s HSE lead within the Senior Leadership Team, influencing strategic decisions and contributing to company-wide objectives.
- Overseeing incident and accident investigations, ensuring timely reporting, root cause analysis, and effective dissemination of lessons learned.
- Managing the HSE inspection and audit programme, conducting regular site inspections and coordinating with other compliance functions for full operational coverage.
- Supporting operational and account teams in developing and reviewing RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements), ensuring documentation is suitable and sufficient.
- Owning the subcontractor HSE framework, including pre-qualification, SSIP accreditation checks, onboarding, RAMS approval and on-site performance monitoring.
- Monitoring and reporting on HSE performance data and KPIs, providing accurate, insightful reports for the CEO, Senior Leadership Team, board meetings, and client reviews.
- Setting and delivering measurable HSE targets, including accident frequency and RIDDOR rates, near-miss reporting, audit non-conformity closure times and retention of all accreditations (ISO, SSIP).
- Maintaining and enhancing ISO 45001 (Health & Safety) and ISO 14001 (Environmental) accreditations, ensuring compliance and continual improvement.
- Leading environmental compliance, including waste duty of care, hazardous waste and WEEE, F-Gas refrigerant handling and records, and carbon reporting (SECR, PPN 06/21 Carbon Reduction Plans) to support client and public-sector requirements.
- Ensuring that equipment inspections, PPE checks, and other statutory compliance tasks are completed accurately and on schedule.
- Managing occupational health and wellbeing, including health surveillance for engineers (HAVS, noise, COSHH), driving at work, and mental health support.
- Supporting tenders and bid submissions by providing robust HSE input, statistics, and supporting documentation.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for clients on HSE matters, attending meetings, mobilisation visits, and review sessions to represent Thermatic’s safety standards.
- Working closely with project teams to embed HSE requirements into new mobilisations and contract start-ups.
- Managing HSE training matrices, ensuring all mandatory and role-specific training remains current and recorded.
- Leading and supporting internal and external audits, driving timely closure of non-conformities and identifying opportunities for improvement
