SHEQ Manager

SHEQ Manager

Department: Regulated Power

Employment Type: Permanent
- Full Time

Location: Perth
- Scotland

Reporting To: David Jackson

Are you passionate about creating safe, healthy, and compliant workplaces where people can thrive? We are seeking an experienced and proactive SHEQ Manager to lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of our health and safety programmes. In this pivotal role, you will help shape a strong safety culture across the organisation, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, reducing risk, and supporting the wellbeing of our employees.

Working closely with teams at all levels, you will provide expert guidance, deliver training, conduct risk assessments, and drive initiatives that make safety a core part of everything we do.

• Develop, implement, and maintain health and safety policies, procedures, and management systems, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and industry standards.
• Conduct risk assessments, identify workplace hazards, and implement effective control measures to minimise risks.
• Deliver health and safety training and guidance to employees and managers, promoting awareness and best practice across the organisation.
• Investigate accidents, incidents, and near misses, producing reports and recommendations to prevent recurrence.
• Lead health and safety audits, liaise with regulatory bodies and stakeholders, and drive a culture of continuous improvement in safety performance.

• Knowledge and application of SHEQ management principles and best practice within a utilities service / construction operational arena
• NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent as a minimum, Associate / Tech / Grad Member of IOSH and IEMA desirable.
• IT Skills – capable use of Microsoft Office software suite (Word, Excel etc.) and ability to interact with company systems
• Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel

OCU Group is one of the UK’s fastest-growing companies, delivering complex projects across power, utilities, water, and digital infrastructure. With sales growing five-fold to £1.1bn over the last five years, we are expanding both organically and through acquisitions, including recent growth in Australia and New Zealand.

For experienced professionals, OCU offers meaningful responsibility, the chance to influence delivery, and career progression in a business that invests in capability, autonomy, and high performance.

For those starting their careers, we provide structured routes through apprenticeships, graduate programmes, and training academies, with hands-on experience on real projects and supportive mentors to help you learn and progress.

We value safety, integrity, collaboration, and doing things properly and we support people who want to make a tangible impact.

Our commitment to inclusion

At OCU Group, we believe that diversity and inclusion are fundamental to building a workplace where people feel valued, supported and able to do their best work. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. As part of our commitment to fairness and equality, we may ask candidates to complete an equal opportunity monitoring form. This information is used for monitoring purposes only and plays no part in selection decisions.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. This means we are committed to offering an interview to candidates with a long-term health condition or disability who meet the essential criteria for the role. If this applies to you, please contact us at