EHS Officer

Basildon, Essex Monday to Thursday 8:00am - 5:00pm | Friday 8:00am - 1:00pm Pension | Life Assurance | Early Finish Fridays

Are you passionate about creating safer workplaces and driving positive change?

We're seeking an ambitious and proactive EHS Officer to join a growing Environment, Health & Safety function within a leading manufacturing environment.

This is a newly created role offering the opportunity to make a real impact across a busy site of approximately 200 employees. Working closely with senior HSE leadership, you'll play a key role in embedding a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance, and championing continuous improvement initiatives across the business.

If you enjoy being out on the shop floor, building relationships with operational teams, and influencing positive behaviours, this could be the perfect next step in your EHS career.

What You'll Be Doing

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• Supporting compliance with Health, Safety and Environmental legislation, policies and procedures.
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• Conducting workplace inspections, audits, safety observations and risk assessments.
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• Investigating accidents, incidents and near misses, ensuring effective corrective actions are implemented.
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• Coordinating health and safety training, inductions and awareness initiatives.
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• Maintaining EHS records, reports, compliance documentation and KPI data.
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• Supporting emergency preparedness, occupational health and fire safety programmes.
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• Monitoring contractor and employee compliance with safe systems of work.
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• Promoting a positive, proactive and engaging safety culture across the site.
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• Assisting with environmental and sustainability initiatives.
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• Contributing to continuous improvement projects focused on health, safety and environmental performance.
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About the Environment

You'll be working within a fast-paced engineering and manufacturing facility operating 24/7, supporting approximately 200 employees.

Key operational areas include:

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• Manufacturing machinery
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• Spray shop operations
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• X-ray inspection activities
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• Pedestrian walkways
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• Moving mechanical equipment and machinery
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This is a highly visible role with a strong shop-floor presence, partnering closely with production, engineering and operational teams to ensure safety remains at the heart of everything they do.

What We're Looking For

Essential

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• NEBOSH General Certificate, IOSH qualification or equivalent.
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• Experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
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• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and risk assessment processes.
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• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
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• Ability to influence and build relationships at all levels.
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• Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities.
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Desirable

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• Knowledge of ISO 14001.
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• Knowledge of ISO 45001.
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• Knowledge of ISO 50001.
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• Experience supporting environmental compliance or sustainability programmes.
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What's In It For You?

Newly created role with genuine opportunity to make an impact

Join a growing EHS function

Work closely with senior leadership

Support a large and diverse manufacturing operation

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Early finish every Friday

Long-term career development opportunities

Additional Information

Due to the nature of the organisation's customer base and projects, applicants must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.