Health, Safety, Quality and Environment; HSQE) Business Partner

The Health, Safety, Quality and Environment (HSQE) Business Partner plays a key role in the operational and day-to-day support as well as shaping, implementing and continuously improving the Living Landscape’s Divisional HSQE strategies and supports our three underlying Divisions of Landscapes, Sports and Environment.

Acting as a trusted ambassador and advisor to our operational teams (from frontline to management) ensuring that robust HSQE standards and strong sustainable practices are embedded across the business while supporting the maintenance and growth of our external accreditations and compliance frameworks.

The HSQE Business Partner will work closely with site managers and H&S/Environmental representatives and will carry out an integral HSQE operational role within the HSE team including liaison with the HSE Training Coordinator and assisting with the cross-skilling and development of other members of the team.

The role is of a hybrid nature (home-based and predominantly working across our sites, nationally) and requires the availability for regular travel; sometimes at short notice to provide on‑site support and advice across the wide ranging and dispersed locations nationally on a regular basis and occasionally further afield where required.

• Strategic HSQE Partnership
  • Work closely with the Head of Health, safety and Environment and in turn in partnership with our site safety/environmental representatives and operational leaders to embed a proactive HSQE culture across all business units/sites.
  • Provide expert guidance on health, safety and environmental matters, ensuring alignment with compliance and other obligations, including but not limited to; legislation, industry best practice and company values.
  • Support the development and delivery of HSE improvement plans, risk reduction initiatives and behavioural safety programmes.
• Operational HSQE Management
  • Lead and support incident triage, investigations, ensuring root cause analysis and effective corrective actions are applied to reduce reoccurrence.
  • Conduct site audits, inspections and risk assessments, providing clear recommendations and follow‑up actions.
  • Monitor and analyse themes and trends in HSE performance data, producing reports and insights to drive continuous improvement.
  • Support the Head of Health, Safety and Environment with the HSQE mobilisation of new acquisitions and with internal merges.
  • Work with third parties to drive high standards of health, safety and environmental practice, ensuring effective HSQE onboarding through effective due diligence activities and direct engagement.
  • Assist in occupational hygiene assessments
• ISO & External Accreditation Support
  • Support the development and maintenance of ISO aligned management systems (e.g., ISO,9001, ISO 45001, ISO 14001) and other relevant external accreditations.
  • Assist with internal audits, external audit preparation, documentation control and ongoing compliance activities.
  • Champion consistent standards across the business, ensuring policies, procedures and processes remain up to date and effective as part of our HSQE management system.
• Training & Capability Building
  • Support our HSE Training Coordinator in the delivery of HSE training, briefings and workshops to enhance awareness and competence across the organisation.
  • Coach health, safety and environmental representatives and operational managers/teams to take ownership of HSE responsibilities and to embed best practice and a consistent and unified approach across Living Landscapes.
• Stakeholder Engagement
  • Build strong relationships with internal teams, clients, contractors and regulatory bodies.
  • Provide clear communication on HSQE expectations, performance and initiatives.
  • Maintain strong,…