Job title: Safety and Compliance Manager
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Renewables
Sub-Industry: Energy From Waste
Functional Expertise: EFW or ERF
Skills: Nebosh
Salary type: Annual
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Central Belt
Job ID: 50298

Job Description

Safety & Compliance Manager

  • Glasgow Area
  • Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
  • Monday – Friday | 37.5 Hours | Flexible Working Hours
  • Site-Based Role

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Safety & Compliance Manager to join a major industrial processing and energy operation in the Glasgow area.

This is a key operational leadership role within a highly regulated environment, focused on driving a strong safety culture, maintaining environmental and compliance standards, and supporting the safe and efficient operation of a large-scale processing facility.

This is a predominantly operational, “boots on the ground” position where visible leadership, workforce engagement, and proactive safety management are essential.

The Role

Reporting directly into the Plant Leadership Team, the Safety & Compliance Manager will act as the site lead for all Health, Safety, Environmental and Compliance activities across the facility.

Responsibilities will include:

  • Leading site health, safety and compliance activities across a complex operational environment
  • Managing and continually improving safety systems, procedures, SSOW and risk assessments
  • Supporting compliance with environmental permits, ISO standards and regulatory obligations
  • Leading incident investigations, root cause analysis and corrective actions
  • Monitoring contractor activities and ensuring compliance during maintenance and shutdown activities
  • Delivering audits, inspections and compliance reviews across the site
  • Driving behavioural safety initiatives and promoting a proactive safety culture
  • Delivering toolbox talks, training and workforce engagement activities
  • Supporting planned outages, shutdowns and maintenance activities from a safety and compliance perspective
  • Producing KPI reports, compliance data and site performance reporting
  • Liaising with regulators, inspectors and internal stakeholders as required
  • Working closely with Operations and Maintenance teams to support safe and efficient plant performance

Candidate Profile

We are keen to speak with candidates who have experience within highly regulated industrial or process environments such as:

  • Waste Management / Energy from Waste
  • Power Generation
  • Chemical Manufacturing / COMAH
  • Heavy Manufacturing
  • Recycling & Resource Recovery
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Utilities / Process Industries

Experience within the waste or Energy from Waste sector would be highly desirable, however strong adjacent process industry experience will also be considered.

Applicants should demonstrate:

  • Proven Health & Safety leadership within a complex operational environment
  • Strong understanding of Health & Safety legislation and compliance requirements
  • Experience with ISO45001 and awareness of ISO14001 / ISO9001 standards
  • Experience leading investigations, audits and contractor management activities
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Operationally focused mindset with a visible leadership style
  • NEBOSH qualification (or equivalent)
  • Ability to work effectively across Operations, Engineering and Maintenance teams

Additional Information

  • Site-based position
  • Flexible working hours
  • Standalone role with significant site responsibility

If you would like a confidential discussion regarding the opportunity, please apply today.