Health And Safety Champion X 2
Caterpillar Inc. · Stockton-on-Tees, England
FULL-TIME
Posted Sep 8, 2026
Job Description
Career Area
Operations
Job Description
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Job Title: Health & Safety Champion
Salary: £35,500
Contract: Full time & permanent
Location: Stockton-upon-Tees
The Opportunity
We are seeking a proactive Health & Safety Champion to support and strengthen our safety-first culture across operations. You will play a key role in driving health, safety and environmental improvements, coaching colleagues, and ensuring safe working practices are embedded across the business.
What You Will Do
As Health & Safety Champion, your accountabilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Deliver safety capability by designing and leading training programmes that build knowledge and confidence across Team Leaders and Section Managers
- Drive safety performance by analysing data trends to identify risks and implement targeted improvements
- Coach and influence behaviours by providing practical, hands-on support to embed safe ways of working across teams
- Strengthen compliance by reviewing and maintaining risk assessments, ensuring adherence to health, safety and environmental standards
- Lead proactive safety activity by conducting safety walks, facilitating safety forums, and reinforcing accountability at all levels
- Support continuous improvement by contributing to investigations, CI processes, and promoting best practice across the operation
NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined. Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.
What You Can Demonstrate
- Safety Awareness: Applies core health, safety and environmental principles to everyday tasks, actively identifying risks and promoting safe behaviours
- Communication: Delivers clear, effective messages that influence understanding and encourage adoption of safe working practices
- Coaching & Influencing: Guides and supports individuals and teams to improve safety performance through practical coaching and behavioural reinforcement
- Planning & Ownership: Organises and prioritises workload independently, taking accountability for delivering consistent and high-quality safety outcomes
What You May Have
- Demonstrates commitment to developing formal health and safety knowledge, actively working towards recognised qualifications (e.g. NEBOSH / IOSH) and applying learning in practice
- Proactively identifies opportunities to enhance safety processes, using structured thinking to drive better, safer ways of working
- Uses tools such as Excel and PowerPoint to interpret safety data, communicate insights, and support informed decision-making
Just a quick heads-up: We start reviewing applications as soon as they come in, so if you’re interested, don’t wait too long! We may close the advert early if we feel we’ve got a strong pool of potentially suitable applicants.
Don’t miss out, get your application in soon!
What You Will Get
One Company, Limitless Opportunities
Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.
Careers at Caterpillar are limitless, we have opportunities in Engineering, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and so much more. You can create the career you want. It’s your time and talent, make it count.
Our Sustainability Commitment
Caterpillar has a long-standing commitment to sustainability, one of our five Values in Action. It is part of who we are and what we do. We actively lead sustainable green initiatives to preserve the environment, help reduce poverty with the Caterpillar Foundation and stay involved in the communities we help build.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity to buy additional holiday, 3.5%
Bonus, contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will
double the employee's contribution up to 10%,
contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50%
of the employee's contribution, Employee Support Networks – join groups that
offer support, connection, and a sense of community,
optional flexible benefits including access to private health and dental care plans, EV car lease etc
Travel: Not required
Posting Dates
September 8, 2026 - September 15, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.
Operations
Job Description
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Job Title: Health & Safety Champion
Salary: £35,500
Contract: Full time & permanent
Location: Stockton-upon-Tees
The Opportunity
We are seeking a proactive Health & Safety Champion to support and strengthen our safety-first culture across operations. You will play a key role in driving health, safety and environmental improvements, coaching colleagues, and ensuring safe working practices are embedded across the business.
What You Will Do
As Health & Safety Champion, your accountabilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Deliver safety capability by designing and leading training programmes that build knowledge and confidence across Team Leaders and Section Managers
- Drive safety performance by analysing data trends to identify risks and implement targeted improvements
- Coach and influence behaviours by providing practical, hands-on support to embed safe ways of working across teams
- Strengthen compliance by reviewing and maintaining risk assessments, ensuring adherence to health, safety and environmental standards
- Lead proactive safety activity by conducting safety walks, facilitating safety forums, and reinforcing accountability at all levels
- Support continuous improvement by contributing to investigations, CI processes, and promoting best practice across the operation
NB. The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined. Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.
What You Can Demonstrate
- Safety Awareness: Applies core health, safety and environmental principles to everyday tasks, actively identifying risks and promoting safe behaviours
- Communication: Delivers clear, effective messages that influence understanding and encourage adoption of safe working practices
- Coaching & Influencing: Guides and supports individuals and teams to improve safety performance through practical coaching and behavioural reinforcement
- Planning & Ownership: Organises and prioritises workload independently, taking accountability for delivering consistent and high-quality safety outcomes
What You May Have
- Demonstrates commitment to developing formal health and safety knowledge, actively working towards recognised qualifications (e.g. NEBOSH / IOSH) and applying learning in practice
- Proactively identifies opportunities to enhance safety processes, using structured thinking to drive better, safer ways of working
- Uses tools such as Excel and PowerPoint to interpret safety data, communicate insights, and support informed decision-making
Just a quick heads-up: We start reviewing applications as soon as they come in, so if you’re interested, don’t wait too long! We may close the advert early if we feel we’ve got a strong pool of potentially suitable applicants.
Don’t miss out, get your application in soon!
What You Will Get
One Company, Limitless Opportunities
Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. We do business on every continent, principally operating through three primary segments – Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation – and providing financing and related services through our Financial Products segment.
Careers at Caterpillar are limitless, we have opportunities in Engineering, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and so much more. You can create the career you want. It’s your time and talent, make it count.
Our Sustainability Commitment
Caterpillar has a long-standing commitment to sustainability, one of our five Values in Action. It is part of who we are and what we do. We actively lead sustainable green initiatives to preserve the environment, help reduce poverty with the Caterpillar Foundation and stay involved in the communities we help build.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity to buy additional holiday, 3.5%
Bonus, contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will
double the employee's contribution up to 10%,
contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50%
of the employee's contribution, Employee Support Networks – join groups that
offer support, connection, and a sense of community,
optional flexible benefits including access to private health and dental care plans, EV car lease etc
Travel: Not required
Posting Dates
September 8, 2026 - September 15, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.
Benefits
- Pension
- Paid Time Off
Additional Details
- City
- Stockton-on-Tees
- State
- England
- Country
- GB
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