Senior Health & Safety Manager

Location: London
Salary: £75,000 – £85,000 + excellent benefits
Contract: Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid working
Are you an experienced Senior Health, Safety & Security professional with a background in major civils and infrastructure projects?
We are recruiting for a Senior Health, Safety & Security Manager to join a nationally significant transport and infrastructure programme in London. This is a high-impact, client-side leadership role, providing strategic and operational oversight of health, safety and security performance across complex, high-risk construction and delivery environments.
The Role
This is a senior position with real influence across a major infrastructure portfolio. You will play a key role in assuring safe delivery, driving behavioural and cultural improvement, and providing visible leadership across multiple delivery partners and contractors.
Working closely with senior stakeholders and supply chain partners, you will ensure robust governance, assurance and continuous improvement throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
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Provide senior leadership and assurance across health, safety and security on major civils and infrastructure works
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Promote and embed a strong behavioural safety culture across client teams and Tier 1 / Tier 2 contractors
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Oversee compliance with centrally defined HSS policies, standards and frameworks
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Support operational assurance across occupational health, safety and security disciplines
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Lead and support incident investigations, ensuring lessons learned are embedded across the programme
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Act as a visible, trusted advisor to senior leaders, project teams and delivery partners
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Influence and challenge delivery teams to drive continuous improvement in HSS performance
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Champion Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in all aspects of leadership and delivery
About You
You will be a credible, senior HSS professional with experience operating in large, complex infrastructure or major civils environments, ideally on multi-stakeholder programmes.
You will bring:
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NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent level qualification / experience)
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Proven experience leading Health, Safety & Security assurance within major infrastructure, transport or civils programmes
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Strong knowledge of occupational health & safety legislation, governance and risk management
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Experience leading or supporting complex investigations and presenting findings to senior stakeholders
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Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage at board and executive level
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Ability to manage competing priorities and operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-profile environment
Why Apply?
This is a rare opportunity to play a key leadership role on a high-profile London infrastructure programme, shaping safety culture and standards at scale, while benefiting from a supportive and flexible working environment.
How to Apply
If you’d like to find out more, simply apply and I’ll be in touch to discuss the role in confidence.
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