Health and Safety Lead
// Role Summary
Lead health and safety operations for a high-risk aerospace manufacturing environment in Prestwick, driving standards and ensuring employee well-being. This role is crucial in translating safety strategy into practical, daily operations.
// Key Responsibilities
- Full responsibility for site-wide health and safety performance.
- Lead and direct the on-site Health & Safety team.
- Drive incident investigations, audits, and assurance activity.
- Influence leaders to embed safety into decision-making.
- Requires strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation in manufacturing/engineering.
- NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) and working towards/holding IOSH Chartered status essential.
// Role Specification
Health & Safety Lead
Join one of Ayrshire’s largest engineering employers, Prestwick Aerosystems, continuing a long-standing aircraft manufacturing heritage. We manufacture wing structures for Airbus commercial aircraft globally. As part of our Environmental, Health & Safety function, you will take full responsibility for delivering safety across our high-risk aerospace manufacturing environment. Your role will be pivotal in driving standards, influencing leaders, and ensuring our people go home safe every day.
You will act as the vital link between strategy and operations, transforming policy into actionable plans. You will lead a dedicated team of specialists, fostering a culture where safety is non-negotiable.
How you will contribute to the team:
- Lead and direct the on-site Health & Safety team, setting priorities, driving performance, and ensuring consistent delivery of safety activity across operations.
- Take full ownership of site-wide health and safety performance, ensuring risks are identified, controlled, and continuously reduced in line with regulatory requirements.
- Lead incident investigations, audits, and assurance activity, driving root cause analysis and holding the business accountable for effective corrective action.
- Influence and challenge leaders at all levels to embed health and safety into operational decision-making and day-to-day behaviours.
About you:
- Strong working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and its application in manufacturing or engineering.
- Proven experience leading or supervising health and safety activity within a regulated environment.
- Experience delivering risk assessments, audits, and incident investigations.
- Possess a NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) and be working towards or holding IOSH Chartered status.
What we will offer you:
- A 37-hour working week with a half-day Friday.
- Competitive salary (£49,047 – £53,000) and an annual bonus linked to company performance.
- 33 days annual leave (rising with service).
- Pension scheme (4% employee / 8% employer) and life assurance (4x salary).
- Access to a Virtual GP, Employee Assistance Programme, and wellbeing support.
- Opportunities for ongoing professional development and training.
- Free onsite parking.
Location: Prestwick, Ayrshire
Hours: 37 hours per week
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Grade: F
Work Location: 100% Site-based
Travel Required: Occasional
Security Checks: BPSS, Disclosure Scotland, pre-employment medical (including drug & alcohol testing).
Right to Work in the UK: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available. Appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Prestwick Aerosystems is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.