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Senior Health & Safety Manager

Job description

Job Title: Senior Health & Safety Manager
Location: Malvern - Regional Office / Site Visits Required
Sector: Construction - Multi-Sector Projects

About the Role

Are you an experienced construction professional with a strong track record of Health & Safety? We're seeking a proactive Senior Health & Safety Manager to oversee Helath & Safety across all areas of the business. This role offers leadership responsibility, commercial impact, and opportunities for career growth in a supportive environment.  You'll be joining a workplace that truly values career progression, diversity, inclusion, and work/life balance. Whether you're aiming for senior leadership or to deepen your commercial expertise, you'll find structured support, mentorship, and opportunities for personal development.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, implement and maintain the health & safety strategy, policies and procedures to meet industry standards, including the company's zero-tolerance approach to non-compliance.
  • Drive behavioural change through initiatives such as the "No More Excuses" programme, empowering operatives and teams to proactively raise safety concerns. 
  • Conduct risk assessments, audits, inspections and investigations of incidents or near-misses; identify trends and ensure corrective actions and lessons learned are shared across projects.
  • Lead and support site teams, subcontractors and the supply chain to ensure full compliance with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated construction regulations.
  • Manage the H&S competence and training programmes, including site inductions, toolbox talks and maintaining records for employees, contractors and visitors.
  • Monitor and report on H&S performance metrics, undertaking trend analysis and presenting findings to senior leadership.
  • Collaborate with construction, procurement, design and operations teams to influence safety by design, value-engineering for safe methods and continuous improvement.
  • Champion wellbeing, health surveillance and occupational health initiatives in line with our commitment to employee welfare. 
  • Participate in tender and bid processes to ensure health & safety considerations are embedded at the earliest stage of project lifecycle.

About You

  • Proven experience (typically 5+ years) in a health & safety leadership role within construction or a closely related sector.
  • Strong working knowledge of UK H&S legislation, building safety reforms and construction best practice.
  • Qualified to NEBOSH Construction Certificate or Diploma (or equivalent); Chartered membership of Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) or equivalent preferred.
  • Excellent audit, investigation and reporting skills; able to influence senior stakeholders and drive positive action.
  • Confident in leading cultural change, mentoring teams and engaging across operational functions.
  • Professional approach, proactive mindset, and high integrity aligned with our value of "safety first".

What's on Offer

We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, work/life balance, and long-term career development:

  • Health Cash Plan 
  • Health & wellbeing support
  • Private medical insurance
  • Car scheme or allowance
  • Enhanced parental leave.
  • Professional membership support
  • Cycle to Work scheme 
  • Death in Service benefit

 

If you are a passionate Health & Safety professional ready to make a tangible impact and lead best-in-class safety programmes, we'd like to hear from you. 

 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

 

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