Head of QSHE

Morgan Ryder; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering services company is seeking a SHEQ Lead to drive safety, health, environment, and quality standards nationwide. This hands-on leadership role involves engaging with teams on customer sites and ensuring compliance with regulations. Candidates should have proven SHEQ leadership experience and a qualification in Engineering or Environmental Science. The role offers a salary up to £65,000 and exceptional workplace amenities at Alderley Park.

Benefits

Exceptional working environment

Ongoing professional development

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a SHEQ leadership role within Engineering Services.
• Strong knowledge of safety, environmental, and quality management systems.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance SHEQ accreditations and management systems.
• Conduct inspections and SHEQ reviews at customer sites.
• Lead the creation of a digital SHEQ compliance platform.

Skills

Leadership in SHEQ

Communication skills

Knowledge of safety regulations

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving mindset

Education

Recognized qualification in Engineering or Environmental Science

Job description

SHEQ Lead

Engineering Services

Location: Alderley Park, Cheshire (UK-wide remit)
Salary: Up to £65,000 + excellent benefits

Are you an experienced SHEQ professional ready to make a real impact in a forward-thinking engineering services business?

This is your opportunity to take ownership of Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality across a rapidly growing UK-wide organisation and do it from one of the most inspiring workplaces in the country.

The Company

Our client is a leader in Engineering Services, known for delivering innovative solutions that combine technical excellence with an unwavering commitment to safety, quality, and sustainability. As the business continues to expand, they’re seeking a SHEQ Lead to join the senior leadership team, driving standards, culture, and compliance across multiple sites and service operations nationwide.

Based at Alderley Park, you’ll work in a world‑class science and innovation campus featuring cutting‑edge facilities, landscaped parkland, woodland trails, cafés, and fitness centres, a setting designed to inspire excellence and wellbeing.

The Role

This is a hands‑on leadership role that goes far beyond the office. You’ll be regularly out on customer sites, engaging directly with contractors, engineers, and project teams, ensuring safety, quality, and environmental standards are consistently met and continuously improved.

You’ll lead by example, coaching teams, supporting safe working practices, and embedding a proactive safety and quality culture across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and continually enhance all SHEQ accreditations, certifications, and management systems.
• Develop and roll out Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across all on‑site and remote operations.
• Visit customer sites nationwide to carry out inspections, audits, and SHEQ reviews.
• Work closely with contractors and subcontractors to ensure compliance with all company and legal requirements.
• Lead the creation of a digital SHEQ compliance platform to unify processes and reporting across the group.
• Conduct detailed risk assessments, safety briefings, and incident investigations.
• Collaborate with project and operational teams to embed SHEQ excellence into day‑to‑day engineering activities.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and drive behavioural safety initiatives.
• Act as a trusted partner to senior leaders, providing guidance, insight, and clear communication on SHEQ performance.

About You

You’re a natural leader, passionate about raising standards and embedding a culture of accountability and care. You’ll have:

• Proven experience in a SHEQ leadership role within Engineering Services, Facilities, or Technical Operations.
• Strong knowledge of relevant safety, environmental, and quality management systems and regulations.
• A recognised qualification in Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related field.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to influence at all levels.
• A proactive, solutions‑focused mindset and the drive to implement meaningful, lasting change.

What's on Offer

• Salary up to £65,000
• An exceptional working environment at Alderley Park, modern offices, beautiful grounds, and on‑site amenities.
• A collaborative, innovative culture where your ideas will be heard and valued.
• Ongoing professional development and genuine opportunities for career progression.
• The chance to shape the SHEQ strategy for a growing, nationally recognised group.

If you’re ready to lead with purpose and elevate SHEQ standards across a thriving engineering organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 Apply Now, send your CV to Sharon at Morgan Ryder Associates and take the next step in your career.

Our commitment:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.