SHEQ Manager

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors.

Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.

Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators.

Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

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Lead the project SHEQ function and provide visible, competent and independent assurance that the project is planned and delivered safely, responsibly and to the required quality standards. The SHEQ Manager will translate United Infrastructure’s Zero Harm commitments and management systems into effective project controls, influence operational leadership and ensure that risks, non-conformances and improvement opportunities are acted upon promptly.

The role has authority to intervene and stop work where there is an immediate risk of harm, serious environmental impact, significant quality failure or breach of a critical control. The postholder will foster a fair and learning culture in which people are expected to speak up, challenge respectfully and not walk by unsafe or unacceptable conditions.

• Act as the project’s senior SHEQ lead, advising the Project Director/Manager and reporting functionally to the Head of HSSEQ.
• Provide visible leadership across work areas, engage with the workforce and supply chain, and reinforce Zero Harm, Don’t Walk By and Just Culture expectations.
• Coach managers and supervisors so that ownership of SHEQ remains firmly within operational leadership.
• Lead project SHEQ meetings, contribute to project reviews and provide clear, evidence-based escalation of material risk.

• Maintain the project SHEQ plan, legal and client compliance arrangements, risk profile and assurance schedule.
• Ensure SHEQ requirements are embedded into design development, construction planning, procurement, work packaging, mobilisation and change control.
• Review and challenge RAMS, construction phase controls, environmental plans, inspection and test plans, permits and task briefings in proportion to risk.
• Monitor compliance with applicable legislation, client standards, consents, licences, United Infrastructure procedures and ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 management systems.
• Coordinate specialist advice and
  ** escalate matters
  ** that require corporate, legal, technical or client intervention.

• Develop and deliver a risk-based programme of inspections, audits, leadership engagements and supply-chain assurance activities.
• Maintain accurate project SHEQ data and dashboards, validate leading and lagging indicators, identify trends and present concise performance reports.
• Ensure actions are specific, owned, proportionate and closed by agreed dates; challenge overdue or ineffective corrective actions.
• Verify competence, induction, authorisation and ongoing assessment arrangements for employees and contractors undertaking safety- or quality-critical…