Health and Safety Manager

Location: Inverness

Salary: £80,000 + £6,325 Car Allowance

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week

Additional Company Benefits: Exceptional Career Development Opportunities, Company Car/Car Allowance (Depending on job grade), Pension matched up to 8%, 25 days annual leave – plus holiday (opportunity to buy/sell leave will be implemented from January 2026), Private medical insurance, Free 24/7 EAP

Overview: First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic national construction business who are looking to recruit a Health and Safety Manager on a permanent basis due to growth based at either their Inverness depot.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish and provide leadership in best practice in safety, health and Sustainability matters on Project in Scotland.
• Advise and support team from the Project in Scotland, including Director, Managers and Supervisors to discharge their H & S responsibilities regarding their employees and others to whom they have a duty as defined by legislation and procedures.
• Ensure management controls are in place so that all personnel are aware of their statutory duties and responsibilities and to provide advice as and when required.
• Take a lead with site management teams to ensure compliance with all requirements.
• Manage & carry out surveillance/ regular inspections/ audits of sites and workplaces to determine whether work is being carried out in accordance with policy, procedures and the relevant statutory provisions. Where appropriate make recommendations for improvement.
• Lead, partake and oversee accident/ incident investigations in accordance with the procedure and, analysing all data, making recommendations to avoid any reoccurrences.
• Manage, collate & review H & S statistics on Project in Scotland to identify trends and areas for improvement.
• Develop and implement lessons learnt sessions, H & S campaigns and improvement plans in agreement with procedure.
• Manage and where required be involved in the preparation & review of documents including H & S plans and procedures, methods statements and those of 3rd parties.
• Maintain records as necessary to ensure compliance with legislation, procedures and contract requirements.
• Provide reports, presentations and information as directed.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant schedule of partners KPIs.
• Stop work at any time H & S elements of the works are in question.
• Develop, organise and oversee the induction process; ensuring everyone at a Project in Scotland has attended a project induction and a BRAVE day.

Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrable experience leading Health & Safety on complex construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of UK H&S legislation and compliance frameworks.
• Experience conducting audits, incident investigations, and safety performance analysis.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive behavioural change.
• Experience managing H&S systems, procedures, and site-wide initiatives.
• Track record of delivering measurable safety improvements on major programmes.
• Relevant H&S qualifications (e.g., NEBOSH or equivalent).
• Experience within renewable energy, hydro-electric, or major civil engineering projects (desirable).
• Knowledge of large-scale infrastructure delivery in remote or challenging environments (desirable).
• Experience working with Tier 1 contractors or joint ventures (desirable).
• Familiarity with digital H&S systems (e.g., Themis or similar) (desirable).