Group Health and Safety Manager in Shepperton

Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety, Fire and Compliance (HSFC), the Group Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for leading the Health and Safety team, ensuring compliance with Health and Safety laws and instilling a positive culture of Health and Safety across all sites.

Principle Accountabilities

• Ensure a safe workplace environment without risk to health or safety of employees, tenants, clients, contractors and members of the public.
• Monitor, maintain and periodically review all health and safety policies, processes, safe systems of works and risk assessments.
• Ensure procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated.
• Ensure the company meets its statutory obligations in all areas pertaining to health, safety, welfare and compliance at work, including statutory training and reporting.
• Responsible for quality assurance activities that assess the effectiveness of the safety management system such as workplace inspection and audit schedules.
• Liaison and support for productions, tenants and internal departments to ensure best practice H&S management is implemented across the sites.
• Managing emergency procedures and planning including responding to incidents, investigating accidents in a timely manner to ensure that facts are identified and preventative and remedial actions are taken.
• Report incidents to relevant authorities where required and liaise with such authorities in relation to investigations.
• Responsible for the wellbeing and development of the Health and Safety Advisors and Health and Safety Compliance Advisors.
• Responsible for health and safety‑related training across the organisation, including delivering the training, developing an annual calendar of toolbox talks and working with HR to select e‑learning modules.
• Deputising for the Head of Department.

Essential Criteria

• NEBOSH or NCRQ Diploma or NVQ Level 6.
• NEBOSH General Certificate.
• CertIOSH membership.
• Experience of managing Health and Safety in Real Estate and/or Construction.
• Experience in managing a diverse team, including mentoring.
• Operational health and safety experience.
• Understanding of statutory requirements and their application.
• Sound ability to implement sensible safety controls that are operationally practical.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and attention to detail.
• Strong decision making and influencing skills.
• Ability to work autonomously with a self‑starter attitude.
• Able to commute reliably from, to and between Pinewood and Shepperton Studios to meet the business needs.

Desirable Criteria

• NEBOSH Fire Safety Certificate.
• ISO45001 qualifications.
• CMISOH (or working towards) membership.
• Experience of managing H&S in compliance with HSG65 and ISO45001.

Other Information

• Role location: Pinewood and Shepperton Studios – the role is predominately a site‑based role due to the nature of the job and therefore not suitable to frequent working from home days.
• Competitive starting salary and discretionary annual bonus of up to 15% of salary.
• 25 days’ holiday as standard with the option to buy 5 additional days, plus English public holidays.
• An extra day of leave to celebrate your Birthday.
• Pension scheme 5% employer contribution and 3% minimum employee contribution.
• Comprehensive private medical healthcare from Bupa, including cover for pre‑existing conditions, dental and optical cover.
• Income Protection for yourself, up to 75% of salary.
• Life assurance of 4 x annual salary.
• £3.20 per day Pinewood canteen subsidy.
• Two days per year volunteering allowance for our local communities.
• Invest@Work Saving Account with Fidelity.
• Various other staff perks including but not limited to, gym and retail discounts, free film screenings and staff events.

Our Values

• Teamwork
• Respect
• Integrity
• Pioneering
• Passionate
• Can‑do

Closing date for applications is 31 March 2026. Pinewood Group is an equal opportunities employer. We are highly committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture for our people and actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.