EHS - Health, Safety, Security & Environment Manager

Assystem UK Ltd; Olney; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem UK Ltd is seeking an experienced EHS leader to drive Environmental, Health, Safety and Security management across the PACE programme. You will establish governance, embed best practices, and promote a proactive culture of safety and environmental responsibility across project delivery.

The role requires a STEM background, chartered professional status, and about a decade of operational EHS experience in complex environments.

Qualifications

• A STEM degree (minimum 2:1) or equivalent qualifications and demonstrable professional experience.
• Chartered membership of a relevant professional body, or equivalent experience demonstrating a high level of professional competence in EHS management.
• Typically 10 years' operational experience, with strong understanding of health, safety, security and environmental management in complex environments.
• Proven experience leading health and safety teams and embedding a proactive risk management culture.
• Strong knowledge of EHS legislation, regulatory requirements, industry standards and management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of EHS and security arrangements across PACE with consistent standards and clear accountability.
• Establish and maintain robust management processes, procedures and controls to support compliance and risk management.
• Promote visible safety leadership and a proactive safety culture with workforce engagement.
• Provide assurance, performance monitoring and reporting for risks and compliance improvements.
• Oversee incident reporting, investigation and learning to prevent recurrence.
• Coordinate security and environmental management activities and ensure controls are understood and applied.
• Build relationships with client representatives, partners and internal stakeholders to align expectations and standards.
• Support mobilisation and operational readiness by establishing EHS and security plans and assurance arrangements.

Skills

EHS leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Auditing

Communications

Education

STEM degree (2:1)

Chartered professional body

Job description

Lead and drive Environmental, Health, Safety and Security (EHS) management across PACE, ensuring robust governance, effective risk management and compliance with relevant requirements while fostering a proactive culture of safety, security and environmental responsibility.

Opportunity Overview

Establish and implement effective EHS and security management arrangements that embed best practice, strengthen safety leadership and promote a positive, proactive culture across PACE. Ensure appropriate management systems, assurance processes and compliance controls are in place to support safe, secure and environmentally responsible project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• EHS & Security Leadership: Lead the development and implementation of EHS and security arrangements across PACE, ensuring consistent standards, clear accountability and effective risk management.
• Management Systems & Controls: Establish and maintain robust management processes, procedures and controls to support compliance, manage operational risks and drive continual improvement.
• Safety Leadership & Culture: Promote visible safety leadership and a positive safety culture, encouraging proactive risk identification, workforce engagement and shared responsibility for health, safety and security.
• Assurance & Reporting: Provide effective assurance, performance monitoring and reporting, ensuring risks, compliance issues and improvement opportunities are identified, communicated and appropriately managed.
• Incident Management & Learning: Oversee incident reporting, investigation and lessons learned, ensuring corrective actions are implemented and insights are used to prevent recurrence and improve performance.
• Security & Environmental Compliance: Coordinate security and environmental management activities, ensuring relevant obligations, standards and controls are understood, implemented and maintained.
• Client & Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong working relationships with client representatives, delivery partners and internal stakeholders to align expectations, address concerns and maintain consistent EHS and security standards.
• Delivery Readiness: Support mobilisation and operational readiness by ensuring EHS and security plans, resources, procedures and assurance arrangements are established and effective before delivery activities commence.

Qualifications

• Education & Qualifications: A relevant STEM degree (minimum 2:1) or equivalent qualifications and demonstrable professional experience.
• Professional Accreditation: Chartered membership of a relevant professional body, or equivalent experience demonstrating a high level of professional competence in EHS management.
• Operational Experience: Typically 10 years' operational experience, with a strong understanding of health, safety, security and environmental management within complex delivery or industrial environments.
• EHS Leadership: Proven experience leading health and safety teams, promoting effective safety leadership, developing team capability and embedding a proactive culture of risk management and continuous improvement.
• Legislation & Standards: Strong knowledge of relevant EHS legislation, regulatory requirements, industry standards and management systems, with the ability to translate these into effective policies, procedures and operational controls.
• Assurance & Compliance: Demonstrable experience in assurance, auditing, performance monitoring and compliance management, with the ability to identify risks, address gaps and drive effective corrective actions.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders, collaborate with clients and delivery partners, and promote consistent EHS standards across multidisciplinary teams.

Company Description

Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements.

These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people's ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

Summary Type: Full-time

Function: Engineering

Experience level: Not Applicable

Industry: Electrical And Electronic Manufacturing