EHS Specialist

Watford, United Kingdom
Last month
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10 Mar 2026 (Last month)

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The EHS Specialist will be responsible for deploying and establishing EHS policies and procedures in accordance with local regulations and Medtronic’s standards. The role includes conducting workplace and task-specific risk assessments including ionising radiation, ergonomics, manual handling, driver safety, fire safety, PPE, biological agents, chemicals, and more for onsite activities and the field-based organisation.

Join our team as a EHS Specialist, based at the Watford Office in Croxley Business Park. In this dynamic position, you will provide EHS support to office-based and remote employees, as well as field, sales, and service/repair teams who regularly work in hospital environments across the region. You will be required to attend the office once or twice a week. This is a temporary, part-time maternity cover role (30 hours per week).

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

  • Provide leadership and direction for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of key EHS risk programs such as driver safety, ionising radiation, biohazards, emergency preparedness, and ergonomics. Programs must ensure regulatory compliance, align with Medtronic EHS Standards, and support EMEA and Corporate strategies and goals
  • Implement a targeted health, safety, and environmental risk management program that ensures the identification, assessment, and control of illness and injury risks, minimises environmental impacts, and meets all local regulatory requirements
  • Partner with Medtronic sub-regions, business units, and functions at all levels of the organisation to provide EHS technical expertise and promote a positive EHS culture
  • Liaise with external agencies including Fire Services, Health and Safety authorities, and Environmental agencies. Partner with internal stakeholders to integrate EHS into core processes and business decisions
  • Facilitate EHS engagement and communication through regular EHS meetings, active participation in programs, corporate and local reporting, newsletters, and other communication channels
  • Implementing Medtronic wide standards on a local level
  • Perform compliance-based tasks such as conducting effective incident investigations and root cause analyses, supporting EHS audits, and completing corrective actions within agreed SLAs
  • Carry out any additional duties as required by the business flexibility is essential

Required Knowledge and Experience:

  • A relevant qualification such as a NEBOSH Certificate or EHS accreditation
  • Strong working knowledge of EHS and risk management legislation and principles Experience in local and/or regional EHS regulatory compliance as well as implementing and managing EHS programs
  • Experience delivering training and presentations, working on projects, or developing project management skills. Strong computer literacy, particularly in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Microsoft Teams
  • Highly organised, self-motivated, able to work independently and as part of a team, proactive, and able to prioritise workload in a constantly changing environment. Outgoing, approachable, and demonstrating a strong “can-do” attitude
  • A flexible approach, strong analytical skills and problem-solving will be required in the role.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: United Kingdom: 38,720.00 GBP - 58,080.00 GBP |

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here

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