Head of Health Safety and Environment
Core
Lead the 'Safer Every Day' culture and provide strategic HSE leadership for major infrastructure delivery programmes, ensuring safe, responsible, and sustainable project outcomes.
Role type
Senior leadership HSE head (infrastructure)
Builds
Major infrastructure programmes (water, resilience, environmental protection)
Domain
Utilities / Water / Infrastructure
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Strategic HSE leadership, governance and assurance, incident investigation, regulatory compliance, team leadership and coaching, stakeholder influence, cultural transformation, risk management, sustainability integration
Preferred skills
Alliance/joint venture delivery experience, organizational development, training and competence frameworks
Technologies
Digital solutions for HSE management
Responsibilities
Embed 'Safer Every Day' culture across programmes, develop and implement HSE strategy, oversee HSE performance of delivery partners, lead incident investigations, establish performance measures and governance processes, influence senior stakeholders and regulators, champion innovation in HSE, lead and develop high-performing teams, promote wellbeing and inclusion, monitor emerging legislation and regulatory requirements
Seniority
Senior, strategic leadership