Project Health & Safety Manager

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A Little More About Your Role

This is a key leadership role, responsible for driving and managing health and safety excellence across all stages of design and construction, encompassing a diverse set of design and site risk on a complex operational site. The successful candidate will be based at our Derby location, but provide day‑to‑day health and safety support and leadership to the project team across all our key project office locations. You will act as a key client and stakeholder contact, ensuring that safety is integrated into every aspect of design and delivery.

Responsibilities and leadership areas include:

• Leadership: Support the delivery of the leadership teams’ ambition of ‘excellence’ in project health and safety performance; report on project progress of KPIs, key compliance metrics and contract deliverables.
• Operational Delivery: Communicate project operational/leadership level briefings, reports and updates; lead on client/stakeholder H&S engagement and reporting; manage and deliver project site H&S support, advice, and guidance on site working activity risk management; conduct project site visits/inspections; conduct compliance checks against the standards of site risk assessment completion, CDM, and mandatory training; incident investigation, lessons‑learned capture, fast facts, incident close‑out management; manage and support the delivery of stand‑downs and communications pertinent to the project.
• Performance Monitoring: Monitor and report on KPIs at project levels, demonstrating performance level in relation to contract goals and targets; monitor project reviews and incident investigations to identify trends and improvement areas.
• Key Interfaces: Project Leadership Team, client H&S team, WSP Corp UK HSEQ team.

What We Will Be Looking For You to Demonstrate

• Extensive experience in major scheme health and safety management within construction design and engineering projects.
• Proven track record of delivering Principal Designer duties under CDM Regulations.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Excellent knowledge of UK H&S legislation and industry best practices.
• Ability to produce clear, concise reports and communicate effectively with clients and project teams.
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., NEBOSH Diploma, IOSH Chartered Membership).
• Successful applications will be required to be security‑cleared prior to appointment.

What’s In It For You?

• Work‑life balance: Hybrid working policy with flexibility to work from home two days a week and opportunities to collaborate in modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusivity & Belonging: Welcoming varied backgrounds, encouraging authentic selves, celebrating integrity, supporting inclusion and belonging.
• Health & Wellbeing: Thrive programme, virtual GP service, reasonable workplace adjustments, Gymflex scheme (up to 40% off annual gym memberships), comprehensive menopause support package.
• Flex your time: “WSP My Hour” allows one hour each day for personal activities with flexibility to make up the time earlier or later; part‑time and flexible working arrangements; option to purchase additional leave; use of bank holiday entitlement.
• Your development: Supportive environment investing in growth through training, mentoring, or Chartership.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Join our close‑knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. Please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.