HSE&C Lead

Job Description:

The HSE&C Lead - Warminster provides hands-on leadership and expert guidance to ensure Health, Safety, Environment & Carbon (HSE&C) risks at the Warminster manufacturing plant are identified, assessed, and effectively controlled.

This role enables safe, reliable, and compliant operations by ensuring adherence to all applicable regulatory, legislative, bp/Castrol and Operating Management System (OMS) requirements. The role actively intervenes and calls out when HSE&C performance or OMS conformance is below required standards and drives continuous improvement in HSE&C culture and performance across the plant.

The position plays a key role in embedding a consistent and proactive HSE&C approach that protects people, assets, the environment, and the reputation of Castrol.

• Lead the implementation of the site HSE&C plan in alignment with the Global Castrol HSE&C strategy.
• Enable safe, compliant, and reliable manufacturing operations at the Warminster plant.
• Drive HSE&C performance through the effective use of leading and lagging indicators, audits, inspections, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Actively influence and advise the Plant Manager and site leadership team to ensure compliance with all applicable HSE&C legislation, standards, and internal requirements.
• Ensure leaders and supervisors understand and fulfil their HSE&C accountabilities, providing coaching and practical support as required.
• Build sustainable HSE&C capability at the Warminster plant by developing and delivering fit-for-purpose HSE&C training programs for plant employees and contractors.
• Ensure HSE&C risks are embedded into operational decision-making, including plant projects, process changes, and capital investments, with appropriate mitigation measures identified and implemented.
• Support and ensure effective implementation of OMS and HSE&C systems, tools, and Group Defined Practices (GDPs), including but not limited to:
• Control of Work (CoW)
• Risk Management and Risk Assessment
• Incident Reporting, Investigation, and Learning
• Crisis and Continuity Management (C&CM)
• Lead site HSE&C processes including annual risk assessments, compliance assurance, incident classification and reporting, and regulatory notifications.
• Support line management to achieve and maintain conformance with external HSE management system standards such as ISO 14001, ISO 45001 (or OHSAS 18001 where applicable), and relevant industry standards.
• Act as the primary local HSE&C contact for internal and external collaborators, including regulators, auditors, and corporate HSE&C functions.

Exercises RAPID accountability in line with delegated authorities and site governance.

Authority to stop unsafe work and advance HSE&C risks to the Plant Manager and relevant leadership as required.

Education

• University degree or equivalent work experience.
• Formal HSE&C qualification required (e.g., NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent).

Experience

• Significant experience in process safety and operational safety within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Proven experience in HSE&C or operational roles with substantial HSE&C accountability at site level.
• Strong working knowledge of HSE regulatory requirements in the United States.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong generalist HSE&C background with solid knowledge of manufacturing plant operations and technical environments.
• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and hands-on at plant level.
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to challenge, coach, and support leaders at all levels.
• Effective communicator with the ability to engage frontline employees, leadership teams, and external collaborators.
• High personal standards for safety leadership, integrity, and accountability.

Why join us
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits ( to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!


We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement
No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:
This position is not available for remote working

Skills:
Accounting for people, Accounting for people, Agility core practices, Communication, Continuous Learning, Cost-conscious decision-making, Crisis and emergency response management, Driving and transport safety, Fire incident response, Hazard communication, Hazard Identification, Health risk management, HSE data knowledge, HSSE auditing and self-verification, Human Performance, Incident investigation and learning, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Large scale evacuation, Managing exercises and drills, OMS and bp requirements, Personal Safety, Process safety culture, Process Safety Management, Project and construction safety, Reporting and classification {+ 5 more}

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