Head of Health and Safety in Camberley

Our client is looking for an experienced Head of Health & Safety to lead and develop safety standards across a growing national engineering and infrastructure business.

This is a senior leadership role combining strategic responsibility with hands-on operational support. You will play a key role in strengthening health and safety governance, managing operational risks and ensuring compliance across installation, maintenance and commissioning activities.

Working closely with the Board, senior management, operational teams, contractors and clients, you will drive continuous improvement, promote a positive safety culture and ensure the highest standards of compliance across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the company's Health & Safety strategy, policies and procedures.
• Advise the Board and senior management on health and safety, compliance and operational risk.
• Ensure compliance with UK legislation, industry standards and client requirements.
• Maintain and improve Health & Safety management systems, including ISO 45001.
• Oversee risk assessments and method statements (RAMS), audits, inspections and compliance programmes.
• Support safe installation, commissioning and maintenance activities across multiple sites.
• Lead incident and accident investigations, identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
• Develop training programmes, monitor competence and promote a strong safety culture.
• Work with contractors, customers and site owners to ensure safe systems of work.
• Identify opportunities to improve safety performance and reduce operational risk.

The Person Our Client Is Looking For

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent Level 6 qualification.
• Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) or working towards chartered status.
• Proven experience in a senior Health & Safety leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and relevant industry standards.
• Experience developing and implementing Health & Safety management systems.
• Knowledge of ISO 45001 and experience managing audits, inspections and RAMS.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience investigating incidents and implementing effective corrective actions.
• Ability to provide practical guidance to senior management and operational teams.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel nationally.

This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive Health & Safety professional to take ownership of safety strategy, influence senior decision-making and make a real impact within a growing engineering and infrastructure organisation.

Please note:

As you can appreciate we are currently overwhelmed with applications of individuals looking for both short term and permanent work and we can therefore only contact those applications that have relevant skills for positions that we currently have available. Should you not hear from us within a week, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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