Head of EHS
Location: Remote (Up to 40% Travel)
Would you like to join a business engineering a more efficient, safer, and sustainable world through world-leading fluid technology solutions?
Are you an experienced EHS leader with an industrial manufacturing background, ready to make your mark as our next Head of Health and Safety?
Do you have a track record of implementing behavioral safety frameworks and driving cultural excellence across an international matrix environment?
A strategic and highly influential position has arisen for a Head of Health and Safety to join a premier global fluid technology solutions business, part of a FTSE100 multi-national industrial engineering Group.
Reporting via a solid line into the HR Director, with a strong dotted line into both the Managing Director and the Group EHS Director, you will serve as the senior-most EHS leader for the division. Operating primarily through influence, you will shape the global EHS strategy, lead integration for new acquisitions, and elevate safety culture across a diverse international footprint.
Why this Head of Health and Safety position is something you should apply for:
- Global Impact: You will head EHS operations for a diverse global workforce of approximately 2,100 colleagues across 8 Supply Operations, 11 Sales & Assembly Operations, and 29 Sales Operations Units spanning the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.
- Strategic Autonomy: You will lead the roll-out of the divisional EHS OGSM and the Group EHS Excellence Framework, taking the business on a true change-management journey with full leadership backing.
- A Collaborative Culture: The business prides itself on an inclusive, supportive, and cooperative team culture where everyone is empowered to reach their full potential.
- True Business Integration: This role balances robust environmental and safety compliance with strong commercial acumen, acting as a visible and vital global ambassador.
The successful Head of Health and Safety will:
- Bring extensive Health and Safety leadership experience within industrial manufacturing and peripatetic working environments.
- Have a proven track record of driving behavioral change safety programs, global assurance tracking, and conducting robust compliance audits.
- Demonstrate exceptional communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills to influence across all organizational levels without direct line authority.
- Be a motivated critical thinker capable of managing early-tenure diagnostics, gap analysis, and acquisition integrations.
- Hold a Level 6 Health and Safety Management Qualification (e.g., Bachelor’s degree) and Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) or an equivalent designation like BCSP-CSP. (Outstanding candidates with a clear 6-month plan to achieve this will be considered).
In return, the successful Head of Health and Safety will receive an attractive compensation package consisting of:
- Salary & Incentive: Competitive base salary + bonus scheme.
- Generous Pension: A ‘two for one’ matching pension scheme, capped at 10% of your salary, including life insurance cover.
- Private Medical: Comprehensive private medical insurance from day one, with options to extend coverage to your family.
- Annual Leave: 27 days of annual leave plus statutory bank holidays.
- Wellbeing & Volunteer Support: One paid Wellbeing Day per year alongside 3 paid days of Volunteer Leave each year and a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme for your household.
- Parental Leave: Enhanced, gender-neutral parental leave available from day one.
- Flexibility & Travel: Remote/hybrid flexibility with international travel across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions.
If this opportunity matches your expertise, please apply now through our retained partners and executive search specialists, GS2 Partnership.
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