Health, Safety & Well-being Manager

We are a vibrant, forward-looking business operating in several infrastructure construction market sectors. We are a growing business with strong values and a vision to provide clients with a tailored approach to delivering social value through successful infrastructure projects. We operate in a sector where demand is expected to outgrow supply and where the attraction and retention of good people must be our primary focus. We seek to provide our people with a working environment that is rewarding and challenging, where people can enjoy working, feel valued and develop their skills.

This Health, Safety & Well-being Manager is a key senior role in the Enable Investment Holdings business, accountable for the Occupational Health, Safety & Well-being Management procedures in the group of companies. The Manager of HSW will lead the HSW team and will be accountable for promoting Health and Well-being, promoting a Safe Working Culture in Enable Group, promoting a ‘right first time’ approach. Ultimately the Manager of HSW, with the support of their team, will be responsible for ensuring that group operations are carried out in compliance with requirements of our standards, licenses, operating procedures, and the law of the land. The Health Safety Well-being team cover all aspects of the group operations, across all regions. Location of this role can be flexible, but travel to London and our sites will be expected.

• You will be required to provide leadership to the Health, Safety & Well-being Team upholding our core company value, “We care about people” – we provide our people with a challenging work environment which supports diversity, career development, and progression.
• Improving Health, Safety Well-being performance and improving the culture within the business is a never-ending mission. You will be required to consider the best tools the company can utilise to continually raise our standards.
• We have a Behavioural Safety programme entitled “Watch my Back” you will evaluate this programme and be challenged with improving it.
• You will inherit a team and organisation structure that may require development. You will need to assess the organisation structure, and the capabilities of your team putting development plans in place where necessary.
• It will be your responsibility to maintain an organisation structure suitable to meet the requirements of the business in terms of project delivery and overhead budgets.
• Some of the biggest opportunities to promote our business occur through safety engagement and a high level of engagement in safety forums. You will represent the group in industry forums, and it is expected that you will be highly visible and a key player in such environments.
• You will be required to provide the businesses with periodic reports on safety & health performance.
• Our business has led the development of an incident reporting and investigation tool for the rail industry. This is a field we consider ourselves to be specialists in. You will lead the team and take a leading role in the event of an accident or incident.
• Auditing is an essential part of the ‘Plan, Do, Check, Act’ approach of the ISO standards against which our procured are audited. You and your team will be required to carry out frequent audits and inspections. You will also be heavily involved in external audits through liaison with the auditing bodies.
• You will ensure that we maintain our status of accreditation against ISO 45001:2018.
• You are required to assist and lead any safety and well-being training within the group to promote and develop the safety culture.

• Minimum 10 years relevant industry experience, and a minimum of 5 years in a leading role.
• Experience working with the rail industry safety culture an advantage.
• An excellent understanding of safety leadership and how to foster a safety culture within an organisation.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, professional client-facing person, approachable and generous (with time), able to continuously challenge oneself and others seeking for best solutions.

• Chartered IOSH – CMIOSH.
• NEBOSH qualified.
• Lead Auditor.
• Working knowledge of ISO, RISQS and other professional bodies.
• Experience of working in the rail and infrastructure sectors.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a dedicated and professional HSW team with industry-leading innovative solutions to Health & safety and a culture that promotes HSW throughout the group. On offer is an attractive salary + bonus, pension, Healthcare, 25 days leave + bank holidays + your birthday off and other fringe benefits such as childcare vouchers and cycle to work schemes alongside a Health & Well-being app for all employees. Get in touch to learn more about this great opportunity with a growing group.