Group Health & Safety Officer

Make the extraordinary, everlasting - with us.

At EC, we create extraordinary experiences in complex, fast-paced environments - and safety underpins everything we do. As Group Health & Safety Officer, you’ll take ownership of how we embed consistent, practical and robust safety standards across the business, ensuring that our people, partners and clients are protected at every stage.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role focused on creating rigour, consistency and accountability across our London operations, our South Bermondsey facility, and global event delivery.

The Group Health & Safety Officer is responsible for leading EC’s health & safety agenda across the organisation - from our South Bermondsey facility through to live events in London and internationally.

You will take a practical, delivery-focused approach to ensuring safety standards are consistently applied, understood and embedded. Working closely with operational teams, you will translate policy into action - bringing structure, clarity and accountability to how safety is managed in real-world environments.

You will collaborate closely with the Group Compliance Manager, particularly in areas of shared responsibility such as ISO standards (including ISO 45001), audits and broader compliance frameworks, ensuring a joined-up and effective approach across the business.

• You are a CMIOSH status
• You bring strong experience in health & safety within operational, production or event-led environments
• You are practical and delivery-focused - able to translate policy into real-world application
• You are confident working across multiple environments, from facilities to live events
• You build trust quickly and influence effectively across teams
• You are highly organised, detail-oriented and proactive in identifying and mitigating risk
• You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving business

• Relevant H&S qualification (e.g. NEBOSH, CMIOSH) – this is non-negotiable
• Proven experience in a Health & Safety role (events, production, logistics or similar environments preferred)
• Strong understanding of UK H&S legislation and best practice
• Experience with risk assessments and safe systems of work
• Experience with audits and compliance standards (ISO 45001 experience advantageous)

• Own and embed health & safety practices across all business areas, including events, production and facilities
• Ensure consistent application of H&S standards across UK and international operations
• Act as the go-to expert, providing practical guidance that supports safe and effective delivery
• Provide timely and accurate health & safety information to support tender submissions and RFP responses, ensuring all requirements are clearly addressed and aligned with best practice
• Own and manage relationships with external health & safety partners and suppliers, leveraging their expertise to provide robust training, guidance and independent challenge to continuously strengthen EC’s safety standards

• Oversee health & safety across all live event activity, ensuring appropriate risk assessments and safe working practices are in place
• Partner with project and production teams to ensure safety is embedded into planning and execution
• Support safe delivery in complex, fast-moving environments
• Be an approachable, trusted partner for teams - creating an environment where people feel confident to ask questions, seek guidance and collaboratively find practical, safe solutions
• Ensuring appropriate risk assessments and safe working practices are in place - supported by high-quality, practical RAMS through HandsHQ

• Collaborate with our Internal Operations Manager on H&S for the South Bermondsey facility, ensuring safe systems of work are in place and maintained
• Partner closely with the Internal Operations Manager and Scenic, Technical and Floral teams to ensure safe systems of work are embedded within workshop and build environments, including equipment use, materials handling and fabrication processes
• Conduct regular inspections, audits and reviews to ensure…