Senior Health & Safety Manager – The Great Grid Partnership

Location: Flexible across project offices/sites (Suffolk to the East Coast of Yorkshire), with travel as required

We're looking for a Senior Health & Safety Manager to lead Health & Safety strategically across The Great Grid Partnership, supporting our Infrastructure business to deliver a safe, inclusive, and positive working environment as we upgrade and expand the UK's electricity network. In this role, you will set the strategic H&S direction across a major portfolio of work, take ownership of building and developing your own Health & Safety team, and play a pivotal role in shaping our safety culture.

Your role

• Provide governance advice and support necessary to assist project leadership teams and staff to fulfil their safety responsibilities to the high standards demanded by the business.
• Facilitate and coach operational teams on Inclusion & Wellbeing and the respective engagement tools, which will allow the team to engage effectively with the workforce.
• Carry out relevant Health & Safety assurance activities, providing confidence to the business that operational effectiveness of all relevant processes are being delivered.
• Manage a team of health and safety professionals to provide support to a portfolio of infrastructure projects.

What we're looking for

• Level 6 health & safety qualification (or equivalent).
• Experience on civils, infrastructure, or energy projects.
• Strong understanding of occupational health, wellbeing, and safety risk management.
• Confident in coaching, training, auditing, and investigating.
• Member of a relevant professional body (IOSH, IIRSM, etc.).

We also take care of our people! Our competitive package includes:

• Base salary + car/travel allowance
• Access to PMI
• Enhanced pension and parental leave schemes
• Life, dental, and critical illness insurance
• Income protection
• 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays!)
• Professional development opportunities

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

We know a CV can only tell part of the story – we'd love to hear more about you and what you bring. Please email your interest to Gbristow@laingorourke.com