Head of QHSE, Power & Grid in England

Better places, thriving communities. Reporting to: Divisional QHSE Director, with dotted line into the Power and Grid Managing Director.

Lead the safety agenda. Deliver strategic change. Shape operational excellence.

Are you an experienced and confident QHSE leader with a passion for continuous improvement and risk management? Mitie is seeking a Head of QHSE to oversee the full spectrum of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment across our Power & Grid Business Unit—supporting transformational delivery of large-scale infrastructure programmes.

As the trusted partner to the QHSE Director and senior leadership teams across Rock, Custom Solar, ESM and G2, you'll lead from the front to ensure safe, compliant, and high-performing operations. This is an opportunity to influence strategy, set standards, build relationships, and drive a culture of excellence across multiple disciplines and sites.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Lead a cross-business QHSE team and drive high-impact improvement plans.
• Oversee compliance across Power & Grid operations, ensuring alignment with divisional and sector objectives.
• Deliver root cause analysis on incidents and non-conformances and embed preventative solutions.
• Shape and implement assurance programmes in partnership with the QHSE Director.
• Support tender activities with expert QHSE input and policy development.
• Leverage data and audit insights to build a proactive, performance-led safety culture.
• Build trusted client relationships and champion safe delivery within operational leadership teams.

What We're Looking For:

• Chartered QHSE professional (CMIOSH).
• Experience in training delivery, grid or electrical engineering environments.
• Proven experience in senior multi-site leadership roles.
• Strong working knowledge of CDM, civils, and infrastructure programmes.
• Expertise in internal audits, ISO standards, and incident reporting systems.
• Comfortable influencing at senior levels and managing cross-functional teams.
• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel and adapt as needed.

Bonus Skills (Desirable):

• Strong background in client-facing operations or commercial environments.

This is a rare opportunity to lead a strategic safety function and leave a lasting imprint on the resilience, quality, and delivery of essential infrastructure programmes.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to collaborate and communicate with peers for collective projects and interventions to influence the Group performance.
• Ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organisation.
• Ability to build and maintain close working relationships within the wider business.
• Flexible and adaptable approach.
• Confident and flexible approach to work with an ability to work to strict deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills.

Desirable:

• Training delivery.
• Work in a commercial, client-facing environment.
• Civil engineering.
• Electrical engineering.
• Grid infrastructure experience.
• Health and Safety responsibilities.

Follow Group and company policies and procedures at all times; report any apparent deficiencies in systems of work or equipment provided that may result in failure of service delivery or risk to health and safety or the environment; use all work equipment and personal PPE properly and in accordance with training received; report any issues or training needs to your Line manager and/or via your divisional incident reporting system.

Information Security:

• Ensure compliance with Mitie's information security procedures in all activities.
• Proactively identify and report security risks to your manager.
• Report actual and suspected security incidents.

Please note this job description is intended to give the post holder an appreciation of the role envisaged for this position and the range of duties undertaken. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed with the post holder throughout the period of employment. The job description may be varied from time to time by the Company to reflect changes in the post holder's role and/or the needs of the business.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we'll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days' holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices! We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there's a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000! Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

Since 1987, Mitie's 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK's leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Join our Mitie Team. Together our diversity makes us stronger.