Director HSE

Kanadevia Inova; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading innovation company in sustainable waste management seeks an HSE Director in Farnborough, UK. This role involves leading the HSE Management System, ensuring compliance with international standards, and overseeing HSE performance across projects. Applicants should have extensive global construction experience and demonstrate strong leadership in health and safety. The position offers competitive benefits, including a salary starting from £100,000, annual reviews, pensions, and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Annual salary review

Bonus award

Pension scheme up to 10% employer contribution

Life insurance 4x Salary

Private medical and dental insurance

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in HSE with the ability to drive cultural transformation.
• Extensive global construction experience with a proven record of high HSE performance.
• Fluent in English with confidence to engage and advise senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain the HSE Management System ensuring compliance.
• Oversee HSE performance, conduct audits, and analyze trends.
• Manage HSE resources and ensure competency and budget control.

Skills

Leadership in Health, Safety & Environment (HSE)

Analytical and solutions-driven

Strong presentation and reporting skills

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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Company Description

Welcome to Kanadevia Inova, a global innovation leader in the waste infrastructure space, where we believe in creating a sustainable future through technology and innovation.

Transforming Waste into Value

At Kanadevia Inova, we pride ourselves on being at the forefront of waste-to-X technology. We are not just waste managers; we are creators of value from what communities discard. Your role at Kanadevia Inova directly contributes to turning something once considered useless - waste - into something invaluable: energy, heat, hydrogen, fertilizer, and beyond.

Find out more about Kanadevia Inova at www.kanadevia-inova.com.

Job Description

Kanadevia Inova is seeking a HSE Director for the UK, who will partner with the Group HSE Director, Business Units, and Country Operations to provide strategic HSE support, establish integrated management systems, and guide organisational growth.

This following is a list of non-exhaustive duties which may evolve with business needs.

• Lead and maintain the HSE Management System, ensuring compliance with international standards (ISO 14001, ISO 45001, Achilles), legal registers, and best practices across all sites and operations.
• Oversee HSE performance across projects-conducting audits, leading accident investigations, analysing trends, and implementing initiatives that enhance safety culture and reduce risk.
• Manage project and country-level HSE resources, ensuring competency, budget control, emergency preparedness, technical supervision, and continuous alignment with company and legal expectations.
• Provide regular training, prepare HSE documents for bids, deliver performance reports, support senior management requests, and develop strong client relationships to strengthen Kanadevia Inova's market position.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to forecast future HSE resource needs, support mobilisation planning, and ensure operational readiness across all current and upcoming projects.

Qualifications

Job Specific Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), with the ability to set strategic direction and drive cultural transformation across international construction and process-engineering environments.
• Extensive global construction experience, delivering technical guidance and creative vision across headquarters and large-scale project sites, with a proven record of high HSE performance.
• Strong people leadership capabilities, including direct line management of teams up to 30 members, resource planning, performance optimisation, and organisational change management.
• Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks in environment and occupational health & safety, with the ability to translate requirements into robust processes, standards, and business improvements.
• Highly analytical and solutions-driven, with expertise in gap analysis, continuous improvement, client relationship management, and complex problem-solving across construction and plant engineering operations.

Competence in working methods

• Excellent presentation, communication, and reporting skills, with advanced proficiency in MS Office and evidence-based HSE communication.
• Strong capability in assessing training needs and implementing relevant, high-quality HSE training solutions available in the global market.
• Proven leadership in organising and prioritising departmental workloads, managing performance expectations, and ensuring operational efficiency.
• Skilled negotiator with established auditing competence and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Fluent in English, with the professional confidence to engage, challenge, and advise senior leaders, clients, and cross-functional teams.

Additional Information

• Salary from £100,000 per annum
• Annual salary review and bonus award
• Pension scheme up to 10% employer contribution
• Life insurance 4x Salary
• Disability insurance
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Career path options

For HR agencies: Please note that we do not accept applications coming from agencies. Thank you.