UK Head of Health & Safety

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Today, blu-3 is a world-class, fully integrated infrastructure provider delivering expertise to the UK and Europe’s largest construction projects.

Having grown from a small family firm, today we operate across the residential, commercial, public, technology, infrastructure and data centre markets offering a broad range of services including civil engineering, utilities and construction.

The company has secured a reputation for excellence in delivering high quality projects and operates internationally with a proud ethos of working with local suppliers.

OVERVIEW:

As the UK Head of Health and Safety, you will report directly to the Chief Delivery Officer. You will be responsible for driving implementation and monitoring the performance of health and safety to meet the company\’s ambitions within the UK business. You will work and develop a strong team to ensure the highest levels of safety whilst promoting and encouraging new initiatives and strategy to our site teams.

KEY ROLE DELIVERABLES:

• Provide direction, oversight and guidance for all aspects of health and safety within respective sectors of the UK business.
• Work directly with the Group Health and Safety Director to create and implement an effective Health and Safety strategy. Take a lead on rolling this out within the UK business and work collaboratively with the site and health and safety team to ensure a successful delivery of strategy on site to meet agreed targets.
• Set targets to measure performance and drive continuous improvement throughout the UK business. Continually assess and review opportunities for health and safety improvements and share best practices across the organisation.
• Implement an improvement process in the business to identify best practices, implement improvements, gather and feedback knowledge and inform the team on improvements.
• Conduct health and safety incident investigations and review those completed by the team to identify root causes and make recommendations to prevent re-occurrence.
• Ensure the UK team is kept updated on health and safety matters and ensure this is effectively communicated to site teams for implementation in day-to-day works.
• Build and lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of accountability, proactive working, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure regular reviews on safety processes to identify any gaps or room for process improvements.
• Lead all engagement with key stakeholders in the UK business to drive a positive health and safety culture, from employees right through to board level across the clients.
• Ensure effective team management, including overseeing projects/contracts compliance & performance, monitoring department budget costs, and ensuring client needs are met.
• Maintain awareness of relevant current business issues and keep abreast of all changes in the sector including legal, technical, and contractual trends.
• Any other reasonable requests as required by Management.
• It is expected that all of your behaviours and day-to-day activities will be underpinned by the blu-3 company core values.

Ideally, we are looking for:

• Degree or equivalent professional qualifications and memberships in construction, safety and/or risk management such as NEBOSH Diploma and IOSH.
• Knowledge of utility and civil construction sectors with demonstrable leadership experience within a similar role in the construction, civil engineering, or similar related industry.
• A strong technical knowledge and extensive experience across relevant health and safety legislation, compliance, and regulations.
• Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of managing teams and driving for the highest levels of safety across the organisation.
• Experience in influencing, engaging, and coaching senior management and site-level operations.
• Excellent motivator and team builder with a confident, proactive, and resilient approach to work.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders of all levels internally and externally to the business.
• Good presentation and negotiation skills with a problem-solving mindset.
• Confident when dealing with challenging and sometimes difficult individuals.
• Good working knowledge of relevant local, national, and international legislation health and safety legislation.
• Ability to demonstrate a flexible, collaborative, and practical approach to HSE management.

We operate a preferred supplier list for our external recruitment agencies. Any CVs that are speculatively sent to us by agencies outside of this list will be treated as a free gift and we will not be liable for any fees if we contact the candidate directly.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Management, Strategy/Planning, and Engineering

Industries

Civil Engineering and Construction

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