Head of Health, Safety & Security

Job title: Head of Health, Safety and Security

Location: Birmingham or London

Role of Department:

• To set the strategic direction, policy and systems in relation to Health, Safety, Environmental Management, Security, Quality and Assurance.
• To provide assurance to the Executive and Board, lead major strategic projects and offer expert advice to the business.

Accountabilities:

• To be responsible for providing strategic health, safety and environmental management advice and support to leadership and delivery teams.
• To be accountable for providing leadership and overseeing the functional line management of embedded QHSSE Managers within Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) and those that support other development and delivery areas.
• To be responsible for providing support to leadership on the Safe Decision Making and Common Safety Method for Risk evaluation and Assessment (CSM-RA) compliance requirements.
• To be accountable for validating and approving subcontractor Health, Safety and Security (HSS) Performance (pre-contract award) and support sub-contractor on-boarding.

Required criteria -

Skills:

• Providing Strategic Advice
• Managing Through Systems
• Problem Solving
• Analysis skills

Knowledge:

• All aspects of health and safety, including occupational health, health and safety elements of the Works Information and Environment Management policies, procedures and processes.
• Analytical skills - being able to analyse data to review incidents and trends to guide action.

Type of Experience:

• Experience of leading Health and Safety in a high-risk environment (i.e. a regulated industry - which may include but is not limited to nuclear, construction, airlines, etc).
• Experience in leading health, safety, well-being, security, environment and sustainability collaboratively with clients and supply chain.
• A professional qualification in Health and Safety or able to demonstrate the equivalent experience of a Chartered Member.

Dimensions

• Up to five direct reports
• Up to eight indirect reports (dependent on programme needs)
• Relationship management with joint venture partners

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.