EHS Manager | Blyth

EHS Manager – Hyperscale Data Centre – Blyth, UK

• The senior EHS leadership position on a major hyperscale data centre development.
• A long‑term pipeline of data centre and mission‑critical projects throughout the UK.
• Career progression opportunities towards Regional EHS Manager or EHS Director.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Structured professional development and support towards Chartered status.
• Exposure to complex construction, energisation and commissioning activities.
• The opportunity to develop and lead a multidisciplinary EHS team.
• A collaborative working environment within an experienced international contractor.

• The senior EHS leadership position on a major hyperscale data centre development.
• A long‑term pipeline of data centre and mission‑critical projects throughout the UK.
• Career progression opportunities towards Regional EHS Manager or EHS Director.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Structured professional development and support towards Chartered status.
• Exposure to complex construction, energisation and commissioning activities.
• The opportunity to develop and lead a multidisciplinary EHS team.
• A collaborative working environment within an experienced international contractor.

EHS Manager Job Overview

A leading Tier 1 Contractor is seeking an experienced EHS Manager to join the senior project leadership team on a major hyperscale data centre development in Blyth, Northumberland.

The EHS Manager will lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the project's Environmental, Health and Safety strategy. You will manage the site-based EHS team and provide clear direction to construction management, engineering teams, specialist subcontractors and supply‑chain partners.

Working closely with the Project Director, Regional EHS Manager, client representatives and project stakeholders, you will ensure that all CSA, mechanical, electrical and commissioning activities are planned and delivered in accordance with company procedures, client standards and applicable UK legislation.

This is an excellent opportunity for an EHS Manager, HSE Manager or Health and Safety Manager looking to lead EHS delivery on one of the UK's most significant mission‑critical construction projects.

Key Responsibilities of the EHS Manager

Below are key responsibilities and duties.

EHS Strategy and Leadership

• Lead the implementation of the project Environmental, Health and Safety strategy.
• Develop and maintain the project EHS plan in alignment with company and client requirements.
• Provide visible EHS leadership across all construction, testing and commissioning activities.
• Establish clear EHS objectives, priorities and performance expectations.
• Promote a proactive, positive and inclusive safety culture throughout the project.
• Advise the Project Director and senior management team on EHS risks and strategic priorities.
• Ensure EHS considerations are incorporated into project planning and decision‑making.
• Challenge unsafe practices and ensure appropriate corrective measures are implemented.
• Promote accountability for EHS performance at every level of the project.
• Act as the senior point of contact for all project EHS matters.

EHS Team Management

• Lead, manage and develop the project EHS team.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities and reporting arrangements for EHS personnel.
• Allocate resources to provide suitable EHS coverage across all project areas and shifts.
• Set objectives and monitor the performance of EHS Leads, EHS Advisors and support personnel.
• Review the quality and consistency of inspections, audits, investigations and reports.
• Provide coaching, mentoring and technical guidance to EHS team members.
• Identify training and development requirements within the EHS function.
• Lead regular EHS team meetings and communicate project priorities.
• Support the recruitment, onboarding and retention of EHS personnel.
• Promote a collaborative and consistent approach to EHS management.

Legislative and Management‑System Compliance

• Ensure project activities comply with applicable UK health and safety and environmental legislation.
• Oversee compliance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
• Develop and maintain the Construction Phase Plan and supporting documentation.
• Implement company EHS policies, standards and management‑system requirements.
• Support compliance with ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management systems.
• Monitor changes in legislation, industry guidance and client standards.
• Ensure statutory inspections, registers, licences and certifications remain current.
• Maintain accurate and auditable records of project EHS activities.
• Coordinate responses to regulatory, client and certification‑body requirements.
• Escalate significant compliance issues to senior project and regional management.

Risk Management and Work Planning

• Ensure suitable risk‑management processes are embedded throughout the project.
• Oversee the review and approval of risk assessments and method statements.
• Ensure RAMS are task‑specific, technically appropriate and communicated to the workforce.
• Lead EHS input into construction sequencing, logistics and commissioning plans.
• Chair or participate in reviews for complex and high‑risk activities.
• Ensure changes in design, scope or methodology trigger appropriate risk reviews.
• Monitor permit‑to‑work, isolation and lockout/tagout systems.
• Review lifting plans, temporary works and specialist construction methodologies.
• Ensure risks are eliminated or reduced as far as reasonably practicable.
• Maintain oversight of project‑level EHS risks and associated mitigation measures.

High‑Risk Construction and Commissioning

• Establish appropriate controls for working at height, lifting operations, excavation and confined‑space entry.
• Oversee electrical safety, temporary power, energisation and controlled‑access arrangements.
• Ensure robust procedures are in place for hot works, pressure testing and system commissioning.
• Monitor controls for mobile plant, traffic management and material handling.
• Ensure suitable arrangements are implemented for heavy equipment installation and abnormal loads.
• Review controls associated with simultaneous operations and changing site conditions.
• Coordinate EHS planning for factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing and integrated systems testing.
• Ensure suitable emergency and rescue arrangements are in place for high‑risk work.
• Provide senior EHS oversight during critical project activities.
• Stop or suspend work where there is an immediate or unacceptable risk.

Subcontractor and Supply‑Chain Management

• Establish minimum EHS requirements for subcontractors and supply‑chain partners.
• Review subcontractor EHS competency and documentation before appointment and mobilisation.
• Participate in pre‑qualification, mobilisation and package kick‑off meetings.
• Ensure subcontractors provide suitably qualified and experienced EHS resources.
• Monitor subcontractor compliance and performance throughout the project.
• Chair subcontractor EHS forums and performance‑review meetings.
• Establish corrective‑action plans where standards are not achieved.
• Escalate recurring or serious non‑compliance to project and commercial management.
• Incorporate EHS performance into subcontractor reviews and decision‑making.
• Promote collaboration and the sharing of best practice across the supply chain.

Site Inspections and Auditing

• Develop and implement the project EHS inspection and audit programme.
• Ensure regular site inspections, workplace observations and compliance audits are completed.
• Conduct senior management safety tours with project and client representatives.
• Review inspection findings and verify that corrective actions are properly closed.
• Analyse recurring observations and implement project‑wide improvement measures.
• Coordinate internal, client, corporate and external certification audits.
• Support visits or inspections by relevant authorities where required.
• Ensure audit findings are communicated clearly to responsible stakeholders.
• Maintain an effective action‑tracking and close‑out process.
• Report significant trends and non‑conformances to the project leadership team.

Incident Management and Investigation

• Establish and maintain effective incident reporting and investigation procedures.
• Lead the project response to serious accidents, incidents, near misses and environmental events.
• Ensure incidents are reported and escalated within the required timescales.
• Oversee investigations, root‑cause analysis and evidence gathering.
• Ensure corrective and preventive actions address underlying causes.
• Review and approve investigation reports before issue.
• Monitor investigation actions through to verified close‑out.
• Communicate safety alerts and lessons learned across the project.
• Coordinate statutory reporting requirements where applicable.
• Analyse incident trends and implement targeted prevention programmes.

Training, Engagement and Safety Culture

• Develop and oversee the project EHS training and engagement strategy.
• Ensure all personnel receive suitable induction and role‑specific EHS training.
• Coordinate toolbox talks, management briefings, workshops and safety stand‑downs.
• Verify that workers hold the required competencies, qualifications and certifications.
• Promote hazard, near‑miss and good‑catch reporting.
• Establish behavioural safety and workforce engagement programmes.
• Engage with operatives, supervisors and management to understand frontline risks.
• Encourage employee participation in safety committees and improvement initiatives.
• Recognise positive performance and share examples of good practice.
• Monitor the effectiveness of training and engagement activities.

Occupational Health and Wellbeing

• Ensure occupational health risks are identified and appropriately controlled.
• Monitor exposure to noise, vibration, dust, chemicals and hazardous substances.
• Ensure suitable health‑surveillance arrangements are implemented where required.
• Promote employee wellbeing and mental health awareness across the project.
• Support fatigue‑management and working‑hours controls.
• Coordinate occupational health arrangements with HR and project management teams.
• Ensure appropriate welfare facilities are provided and maintained.
• Monitor workplace conditions that may affect employee health or wellbeing.
• Maintain confidentiality when managing occupational health information.

Environmental Management

• Lead the implementation of the project Environmental Management Plan.
• Ensure compliance with environmental legislation, permits and client requirements.
• Establish controls for waste, emissions, water use, noise and pollution prevention.
• Monitor the storage and handling of fuels, chemicals and hazardous substances.
• Ensure suitable spill‑prevention and emergency‑response arrangements are maintained.
• Oversee environmental inspections, audits and incident investigations.
• Monitor subcontractor environmental performance.
• Support waste reduction, recycling and responsible resource‑management initiatives.
• Maintain environmental records and report project performance.
• Collaborate with sustainability teams to support environmental targets.

Emergency Preparedness and Response

• Develop and maintain project emergency‑response plans.
• Establish clear arrangements for fire, medical, environmental and rescue emergencies.
• Coordinate emergency drills, evacuation exercises and scenario testing.
• Ensure trained first aiders, fire marshals and emergency‑response personnel are available.
• Liaise with security, logistics and construction teams regarding emergency arrangements.
• Coordinate with external emergency services where appropriate.
• Review drill findings and ensure improvement actions are completed.
• Verify that emergency routes, equipment and assembly points remain accessible.
• Ensure emergency procedures reflect changing construction and energisation conditions.

Client and Stakeholder Management

• Act as the principal EHS contact for the client and senior project stakeholders.
• Attend and lead client EHS meetings, reviews and performance presentations.
• Build effective relationships with client representatives, consultants and subcontractors.
• Coordinate responses to client observations, audit findings and information requests.
• Represent the contractor during regulatory, corporate and certification reviews.
• Provide clear and accurate EHS advice to the Project Director and leadership team.
• Work with design, construction and commissioning teams to integrate EHS requirements.
• Communicate significant risks, incidents and improvement plans to relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain a professional approach while protecting the contractor's interests.

Performance Reporting and Governance

• Establish project EHS targets, leading indicators and performance measures.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reports for project, regional and client management.
• Monitor inspection, audit, training, observation and incident trends.
• Ensure data is accurate, consistent and submitted within agreed timescales.
• Present EHS performance at project leadership and governance meetings.
• Identify underperformance and implement targeted improvement plans.
• Benchmark performance against company and industry standards.
• Maintain project EHS dashboards, registers and action trackers.
• Provide data and supporting evidence for management‑system reviews.
• Ensure lessons learned are captured and shared across the business.

Project Close‑Out and Continuous Improvement

• Ensure EHS requirements are maintained through commissioning and project close‑out.
• Coordinate the close‑out of outstanding audit, inspection and incident actions.
• Support the safe demobilisation of subcontractors, temporary facilities and site operations.
• Ensure required EHS records are completed and archived.
• Prepare the final project EHS performance report.
• Lead lessons‑learned workshops and identify improvements for future projects.
• Share successful initiatives and best practice across the wider organisation.
• Contribute to the development of company EHS standards and procedures.
• Support continuous improvement across the contractor's UK project portfolio.

Essential Qualifications and Experience of the EHS Manager

• NEBOSH Diploma, degree in Occupational Health and Safety or an equivalent recognised qualification.
• Minimum seven years' experience within construction, engineering or industrial EHS.
• Significant experience in an EHS Manager, HSE Manager or senior EHS leadership position.
• Proven experience managing EHS on major or technically complex construction projects.
• Strong working knowledge of UK health and safety and environmental legislation.
• Detailed understanding of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
• Experience managing EHS teams and subcontractor safety performance.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 management systems.
• Demonstrated experience with audits, incident investigations and root‑cause analysis.
• Experience managing high‑risk construction, energisation or commissioning activities.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence senior management, subcontractors and frontline teams.
• Competence using Microsoft Office and digital EHS management platforms.
• Willingness to work in a site‑based environment in Blyth.
• Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience working on hyperscale data centres, mission‑critical facilities or large‑scale technology projects.
• Experience working for a Tier 1 Contractor or leading MEP contractor.
• Chartered membership of IOSH or progression towards Chartered status.
• Environmental management qualification or professional membership of IEMA.
• Experience with electrical energisation, LOTO and permit‑to‑work systems.
• Advanced incident investigation or root‑cause analysis qualification.
• Knowledge of integrated systems testing and data centre commissioning.
• Temporary works, lifting operations or fire‑safety training.
• Experience managing EHS across a large multicultural workforce.
• Experience using digital reporting, inspection and analytics platforms.

Apply for This EHS Manager Opportunity

This position would suit an experienced EHS Manager, HSE Manager, Health and Safety Manager or SHEQ Manager with a background in data centres, MEP construction, major building projects or other technically complex environments.

The successful candidate will initially be based on the hyperscale data centre project in Blyth, with potential opportunities to work across the contractor's wider UK project portfolio.