EHS Manager

GlaxoSmithKline; Barnard Castle; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Site Name: UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle
Posted Date: Apr 2 2025

GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK’s blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of ~$2Bn annually.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

The Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Manager oversees the site's EHS Advisor team, providing guidance on regulatory compliance for health, safety, and environmental issues that impact daily operations. They foster a culture of safety through education initiatives and set EHS benchmarks for site employees, embodying these standards by setting an example. The attitudes, values, and behaviors of the EHS Manager greatly shape and direct the team's performance.

In this role you will…

1. Ensure adherence to health, safety, and environmental laws and GSK guidelines, instruct employees about their responsibilities, and aid in preserving employee wellbeing and preventing accidents. Additionally, ensure the facility sustains proper interaction with employees and safety representatives regarding EHS issues.
2. Ensure that the site maintains a timely response to actions arising from accidents and/or incidents that arise from investigations. Ensure that the EHS team provides information about accident and incident prevention to line managers to assist them with their investigations.
3. Manage and contribute to EHS self-inspection (L1) and internal (L2) audits and support the site during level 3 and 4 audits.
4. Support the EHS Director (and provide cover as required), Senior Leadership Team, and other EHS team members to ensure EHS is maintained to a high standard on site and can influence management decisions. Support the EHS Director and other departmental heads in devising strategic opportunities to enhance EHS controls for the site. Able to fulfill EHS Advisor duties as required.
5. Contribute to and support a learning environment for EHS topics for all staff on site and network with other EHS staff from within GSK to share good practice; also maintain a network with outside industry and trade bodies. Keep up to date with modern processes and techniques, with specific reference to EHS.
6. Assist to ensure the site maintains an adequate pool of competent and trained staff with specific EHS knowledge e.g. EHS team, HAZOP Chair, DGSA, Human Factors specialists etc.

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

1. Degree in related subject such as Chemistry, Engineering etc
2. NEBOSH General Certificate
3. Relevant EHS/management experience

Closing Date for Applications: 16th April 2025

Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.

When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.