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Trainee Safety Technician

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The Role: Trainee Safety Technician
Location: Aberdeen (with occasional travel to customer sites)
Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable Trainee Safety Technician to join a well-establoished Aberdeen team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to build a long-term career within the marine, industrial, offshore, and energy industries. You’ll receive comprehensive training, hands-on experience, and ongoing support while learning from experienced technicians.

Key Responsibilities:
Based primarily at the Aberdeen workshop, you’ll assist with the maintenance, inspection, testing, and preparation of specialist safety equipment. You’ll also visit customer locations when required, helping to ensure equipment is serviced and ready for operational use.

Responsibilities include:

  • Assisting with the inspection, maintenance, servicing, and testing of a variety of safety equipment.
  • Preparing equipment for customer hire, sales, servicing, and mobilisation projects.
  • Helping manage customer-owned assets alongside the company’s rental fleet.
  • Recording inspection findings, service reports, and equipment history using company systems.
  • Supporting the receipt, storage, and dispatch of equipment.
  • Maintaining a clean, organised, and safe workshop environment.
  • Completing routine administrative tasks and ensuring accurate documentation.
  • Working in line with company Quality, Health, Safety, and Environmental (QHSE) procedures.
  • Travelling to customer facilities, offshore installations, or marine locations when required.

Equipment You’ll Gain Experience With:
As part of your development, training may include work on equipment such as:

  • Portable and fixed gas detection systems
  • Breathing apparatus and respiratory protection equipment
  • Fall protection and working-at-height systems
  • Radiation monitoring instruments
  • Breathing air compressors
  • Nitrogen generation systems
  • Fire safety and firefighting equipment
  • Lifejackets, immersion suits, and other lifesaving equipment

About You:
No previous experience in this type of role is required. Full training will be provided. Looking for someone who is eager to learn, enjoys practical work, and has a positive attitude.
You’ll ideally have:

  • A practical and hands-on approach.
  • A willingness to develop new technical skills.
  • Good attention to detail and a methodical way of working.
  • Basic IT and administration skills.
  • Strong communication and teamwork abilities.
  • A commitment to working safely and following established procedures.
  • A dependable, professional attitude.
  • A full UK driving licence, or the willingness to obtain one within an agreed timeframe.
  • Flexibility to travel as business needs require.

Experience in engineering, mechanical, electrical, workshop, manufacturing, marine, industrial, or oil and gas environments would be an advantage but is not essential.

What We Offer:

  • Full training and ongoing support from experienced technicians.
  • Practical experience working with a wide range of specialist safety equipment.
  • Opportunities to gain recognised industry qualifications and certifications.
  • Clear career progression into Safety Technician and more senior technical roles.
  • A varied position combining workshop duties, customer site visits, and administrative responsibilities.
  • The opportunity to work across the marine, offshore, industrial, and energy sectors.

Apply now! For more information, contact Ashley at Major Recruitment Aberdeen.

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Health & Safety Manager

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Health & Safety Manager

Location: Haslingden, Lancashire – with responsibility across six local sites
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience
Hours: 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday

An established and growing engineering and manufacturing business is seeking an experienced Health & Safety Manager to lead and further develop its H&S function across six sites in Haslingden, Bacup and Darwen.

This is a visible, hands-on role offering genuine ownership. You will work closely with operational teams and senior management to ensure consistent standards, legal compliance and a positive safety culture across the business.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead Health & Safety across all six sites

  • Develop and continuously improve H&S policies, procedures and management systems

  • Conduct risk assessments, audits and site inspections

  • Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, implementing effective corrective actions

  • Provide practical guidance to managers and employees

  • Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with current UK legislation

  • Deliver H&S training, toolbox talks and safety initiatives

  • Promote consistent standards and a proactive safety culture across all locations

  • Support the business as it continues to grow and expand its operations

About You

  • NEBOSH qualified – essential

  • At least five years’ professional Health & Safety experience

  • Strong manufacturing, engineering or similarly high-risk operational background

  • Experience supporting a large or multi-site business

  • Thorough knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation

  • Confident conducting audits, risk assessments and incident investigations

  • Practical, proactive and comfortable spending time within operational environments

  • Able to influence and communicate effectively at every level

Hours and Benefits

  • Monday to Thursday: 8.00am-4.00pm

  • Friday: 8.00am-2.30pm/3.00pm

  • 23 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays

  • Company pension

  • Free on-site parking

  • Employee discounts and wellbeing services

  • Opportunity to shape the H&S function within a growing multi-site business

This position would suit an accomplished Health & Safety professional who combines strong technical knowledge with a practical, collaborative approach and wants to make a visible impact within a busy manufacturing environment.

Health and Safety Officer

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Health and Safety Officer
12month FTC
£35,000- £37,000

South East Manchester/ Hybrid

Hamilton Woods are currently recruiting for a social housing provider to recruit for a Health and Safety Officer to cover maternity on a 12m FTC. The role will require one day in their offices, with some travel to site.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Health ad Safety Officer:

  • Assisting the H&S Manager in leading and embedding a strong and robust health and safety culture across the organisation
  • Implementing H&S Team actions.
  • Assisting with the development of policies and procedures in relation to health and safety.
  • Supporting management in ensuring effective H&S systems are being operated within
  • Contributing to the risk assessment processes, including safe systems of work and COSHH, under the guidance of the H&S Manager.
  • Working with the H&S Manager and the HR team to help identify H&S training requirements.
  • Assisting in the delivery of H&S training where appropriate.
  • Preparing and and reporting on H&S performance.
  • Overseeing the accident and incident management system and ensure investigations are completed in a timely manner.
  • Providing advice and guide investigations for accidents, incidents and near misses

Essential Requirements of the Health and Safety Officer:

  • NEBOSH Certificate in Health and Safety
  • Experience of working within a H&S team
  • Experience dealing and responding to H&S queries
  • Experience being involved in risk assessments, accidents, near misses, audit and investigations
  • Full UK Driving Licence and access to own vehicle

To be considered for this exciting role, please contact Bethan Hall- Director at Hamilton Woods or apply online with a covering note of your experience and suitability referencing the job ID number. Due to the exceptionally high level of applications if you have not heard back from HWA within 7 – 10 days, it is regrettable that we cannot respond to all applicants, and please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

HSE Manager

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We have a great opportunity for an experience Health & Safety and Environmental (HSE) Manager to join a successful Tyneside based Engineering company

The core focus of the role will be to lead all HSE activities throughout the business and deliver a coherent HSE strategy and plan throughout the company

Duties will include

  • Create, develop, implement and sustain the Health, Safety and Environmental Plan
  • Develop and maintain occupational health, safety and environmental systems and procedures based upon approved policy plans.
  • Provide continuing advice, guidance and assistance to Line Management on matters pertaining to occupational health, safety and environmental obligations.
  • Prepare specialised documentation and liaise with external organisations and authorities on all relative matters.
  • Assist in accident investigation and ensure preventative measures are implemented.
  • Manage the group incident, near miss and safety observation management system.
  • Present OH&S statistics and report monthly to senior management and group.
  • Implement action plans and improvement projects though line of sight and other formats to maintain the Company philosophy on OH&S and environmental matters.
  • Statutory and Company Monitoring.
  • Stay up to date with current and upcoming changes in appropriate health, safety and environmental legislation.
  • Give advice on timescales and legal requirements of monitoring in line with current legislation regarding health and safety.
  • Make the necessary changes to procedures in line with legislation amendments.
  • Monitor employee, visitor and contractor behaviour and record all accidents, near misses and safety observations (positive and negative) and record in appropriate system.
  • Co-ordinate medical examinations, hearing tests, return to work programmes Training.
  • Initiate and co-ordinate education and training programmes for works grades so that they may develop their own potential.

To succeed in this role you will need a recognised Health & Safety qualification such as a NEBOSH Diploma and have 3-5 years experience in a HSE Management role. You will need a strong knowledge of ISO45001 and ISO14001 standards and experience of delivering HSE strategies and training programmes to internal stakeholders

This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding and successful business with a generous benefits package

If you would like more information please call Adam Jones at Major Recruitment or click Apply Now to send your CV and I will reply promptly

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