Head of Health and Safety Groundworks and Civil Engineering

Head of Health and Safety

Built on an open culture and laid–back environment, this forward–thinking civils and residential groundworks company are subcontractors to PLC housebuilders including Barratts, Persimmon, and Taylor Wimpey. The owners have strong corporate groundworks experience, and the business is at GBP50m turnover and on a strong growth trajectory, expanding into new regions.

What’s in it for you?

• Open culture: a friendly, approachable team where the director’s door is always open. Everyone works closely together, supporting each other and understanding each other’s pressures.
• Flat structure: free from unnecessary layers, you’ll be one conversation away from making change.
• Autonomy: you’ll be given the scope and responsibility to grow and develop.
• Progression: growing sustainably, there are lots of opportunities for progression in current and new regions.
• Laid–back environment: you’ll be working in a relaxed atmosphere with open communication with management and directors.
• Communication: as part of a growing and forward–thinking business, you’ll be kept up–to–date on what is going on and be well informed on where the business wants to go.
• Trusted and valued: they really care about looking after their employees.
• Tight–knit teams: everyone is very helpful, creating a strong team atmosphere. They socialize together and enjoy coming to work every day.

As Head of Health and Safety you’ll be responsible for:

• Working in partnership with senior management teams to set the highest possible standards of leadership in the promotion of HSEQT procedures and best practice, ensuring compliance with both company procedures and legal obligations.
• Monitoring HSEQT performance through inspections, audits, and engagement, producing performance reports to inform senior management teams and directors' decision making.
• Leading on improvements, initiatives, and targeted campaigns to address areas of poor performance, developing the maturity of our management system, and improving lines of communication and wider business culture.
• Leading on event investigations, identifying root causes, lessons learnt, and controls to prevent reoccurrence, continually improving our HSEQ performance.
• Providing accurate advice, support, guidance, and innovative solutions to our management and operations teams, ensuring that industry best practice is adopted as a minimum.
• Developing safe systems of work in consultation with our operational teams, developing effective controls within RA, MS, and SSOW documentation.
• Accountability for training needs analysis, functional responsibility for continually reviewing, arranging, and booking training courses in line with business needs, being an ambassador for learning and development company-wide.
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with external customers, supply chain partners, external auditors, and regulators, upholding the company Purpose, Vision, and Values.
• Championing road safety company-wide, upholding our commitment to Global Fleet Safety.

Requirements:

• NEBOSH Diploma, NCRQ Diploma, or NVQ Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Graduate Member IOSH.
• CSCS Card Black Card.
• Relevant sector experience in a similar role (5 years minimum).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maximize and manage their own time effectively in order to meet deadlines.
• Good interpersonal skills and a willingness to work with people at all levels of an organization.
• Work collaboratively and engage with fellow employees/staff.
• IT literate and a comprehensive understanding of Windows–based programs to include Word, Excel, and Outlook.

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