Job Description

Health & Safety Manager

About the role

We're looking for an experienced and proactive Health & Safety Manager to join our team and play a key role in driving our health and safety culture across a diverse portfolio of projects throughout the region.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys being out on site, building relationships with operational teams and influencing positive change. You'll work closely with project teams, managers and supply chain partners to ensure health and safety remains at the heart of everything we do.

You'll help develop, implement and monitor effective health and safety processes, championing best practice and supporting our ambition to be a safe, responsible and forward-thinking organisation – protecting our people, our partners and the communities in which we work.

Please note: The role will involve regular travel between projects across the region.

What you'll be doing

You'll be at the forefront of promoting and improving health and safety standards across our projects. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing day-to-day health and safety leadership, guidance and support to project teams.
• Building strong relationships with operatives, managers and other key stakeholders, encouraging open conversations and a positive safety culture.
• Supporting the implementation of organisational health and safety standards at project level, identifying opportunities for improvement and providing feedback to company directors.
• Helping deliver relevant and effective health and safety training, tailored to the needs of individual projects.
• Carrying out targeted inspections of health and safety management systems and supply chain audits, ensuring actions are monitored and successfully closed out.
• Planning and undertaking regular site inspections and engaging health and safety conversations with both site and office-based teams.
• Preparing and presenting clear, timely reports on health and safety performance, highlighting trends, inspection findings and areas for improvement.
• Representing the Health & Safety function positively, championing its strategy and objectives at meetings and conference calls.
• Reviewing work activities against safe systems of work, providing practical advice and taking appropriate action where required.
• Leading and supporting incident investigations, ensuring lessons are learned and corrective actions are effectively implemented.

What we're looking for

We're looking for someone who is knowledgeable, approachable and confident in influencing others. You'll have the experience and passion to help drive standards forward and make a genuine difference.

Ideally, you'll bring:

• Membership of a relevant professional body (IOSH).
• Previous site-based construction experience.
• Knowledge and experience of working within a highways construction and/or maintenance environment.
• A recognised professional health and safety qualification, minimum NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent.
• A current CSCS card.
• A full, clean UK driving licence.

Above all, we're looking for someone with a proactive approach, excellent communication skills and the confidence to engage with people at all levels to make health and safety everyone's responsibility.

What We Offer

· Competitive salary and benefits package.

· Long-term opportunity on a high-profile infrastructure project.

· Career progression within a growing civil engineering business.

· Collaborative and safety-focused working environment.