Senior Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Business Partner

Company Description

This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. You’ll join your colleagues in your local office at least two days a week with some travel to other offices.

As the UK’s largest independent full fibre network and wholesale platform of choice, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.

Our network is greener, more reliable and designed for the future. The products we run over it lead the way on speed, value and service – helping businesses to innovate, communities to thrive, and people to live more connected digital lives.

At CityFibre, you’ll be part of something bigger, helping to build a better-connected Britain, together.

Joining us as a Senior SHE Business Partner

A You will shape governance, assurance and ISO‑aligned standards, working with leadership to embed sustainable safety and environmental performance across a national network build operation

You’ll receive a competitive salary, a car allowance, and a performance related bonus.

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Embedding an ISO‑aligned SHE governance and assurance model across a complex, national operation
• Leading a risk‑based internal audit and assurance programme that drives real improvement
• Deploying SHE management systems so they are lived in operations, not just documented
• Using data, trends and assurance insight to prioritise risk and influence decisions
• Coaching leaders and teams to build ownership, capability and cultural maturity in SHE
• Providing pragmatic SHE leadership across assurance, investigations and continuous improvement

What you’ll bring to the role

A strong grounding in ISO‑aligned SHE governance, with the credibility and influence to embed standards, drive assurance and elevate safety culture across a complex operational environment.

You’ll also have:

• Proven experience embedding SHE management systems (ISO 45001 / 14001 / 9001) into live operations, not just maintaining certification
• Strong capability in governance, assurance and internal audit, including designing and delivering risk‑based audit programmes
• The ability to analyse SHE data, trends and assurance outputs and translate insight into meaningful business action
• Confidence influencing and coaching senior leaders to build ownership, competence and cultural maturity in SHE
• A pragmatic, solutions‑focused approach, able to challenge constructively and drive sustainable improvement
• Experience operating in regulated or high‑risk environments, working effectively across multi‑site operations and supply chains
• A higher‑level Health & Safety qualification (e.g. NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent) and strong working knowledge of UK SHE legislation and ISO standards

Life at CityFibre

Everyone deserves to feel heard, valued and truly included. Working alongside our Employee Communities, we’re committed to creating a workplace where people feel a genuine sense of belonging and pride in what they do. That’s why we’re proud to be a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality, endorsed by WORK180, a Disability Confident Leader, a Care Leaver Friendly Employer, and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.

We’ll support you to thrive inside and outside of work, with opportunities to grow your career and a flexible benefits package that adapts to your life – including generous annual leave (with an extra day off on your birthday), private medical insurance, health cash plans and family‑friendly policies.

Find out more about our culture, communities and benefits on our careers site.

Additional Information

CityFibre is partnering with Talent Works to manage our contingent worker vacancies. If you are successful in your application, you will be engaged by Talent Works to work on assignment at CityFibre.

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [email protected]. We want to help!