HSEQ Lead in Somerset

The HSEQ Lead focuses on developing and embedding effective health, safety, environmental, and quality practices across operational teams. Working closely with stakeholders, the role supports the delivery of consistent standards while encouraging a culture of shared responsibility and accountability. Through collaboration, coaching, and governance, this position helps teams strengthen their approach to compliance and performance. The role combines strategic planning with practical support, ensuring that systems, processes, and behaviours align to create safe and efficient working environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage HSEQ plans to support continuous improvement across sites
• Support, coach, and guide operational teams to strengthen HSEQ awareness and ownership
• Ensure alignment with management systems, policies, and regulatory requirements
• Promote key HSEQ programmes and initiatives across the business
• Lead or support incident investigations, identifying root causes and actions
• Oversee audit and inspection programmes to maintain high standards
• Drive environmental processes and ensure compliance with requirements
• Manage contractor processes, including governance and ongoing improvements
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to support collaboration and trust
• Champion a positive HSEQ culture and encourage safe behaviours

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of health, safety, environmental, and quality principles
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence and engage others
• Ability to build effective relationships across teams and stakeholders
• Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
• Organised approach to managing priorities, tasks, and projects
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and evolving environment
• Experience working with management systems and compliance processes
• Strong problem solving skills with attention to detail
• Commitment to promoting safe working practices and behaviours
• Ability to balance operational needs with compliance and performance goals

The Company ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience. Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people. We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference.

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer. ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background. We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers. We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme. Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.