Health And Safety Manager

Are you an experienced Health & Safety professional looking to step into a highly influential role on one of the UK's largest and most complex infrastructure programmes?

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading Tier 1 contractor delivering critical logistics and construction support to the HPC project. This is a rare opportunity to take a senior H&S leadership role within a fast-paced, multi-disciplined, safety-critical environment.

The Role

As Health & Safety Manager, you will oversee all H&S activity across the organisation's operations on the HPC project. You'll act as the focal point for safety standards, culture, compliance and best practice-driving continuous improvement and ensuring alignment with the site-wide Construction Phase Health & Safety Plan.

You will:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Health & Safety Advisors
• Manage the monthly project KPIs, incident reporting and improvement plans
• Oversee RAMS, SSOW and all site safety documentation
• Act as the delegated Fire Safety Officer for the contract
• Collaborate closely with Environmental, Quality and other Tier 1 integrated H&S teams
• Ensure compliance with all HPC Health, Safety, Environmental and Wellbeing standards
• Participate in audits, inspections, investigations and site-wide safety initiatives
• Support training needs analysis, briefings, inductions and continual learning
• Maintain safety reporting via platforms such as Notify and Insight

This is a site-based role requiring travel via the HPC bus system (approx. 45 minutes each way).

About You

We're looking for a confident and proactive leader with solid construction or engineering H&S experience. You'll thrive in a collaborative environment and bring strong communication skills, analytical capability and the ability to influence at all levels.

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience managing a team of H&S professionals
• Strong knowledge of construction H&S legislation and logistics operations
• NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate
• CITB Managers & Professionals H&S Test
• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Office)
• Experience in multi-disciplined, safety-critical environments
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Ability to pass HPC vetting (3-year work history required)

Desirable:

• IOSH accreditation
• CSCS (white professional card)
• Fire Safety qualifications or fire duties experience
• SMSTS
• Previous HPC site experience or existing HPC pass