Health And Safety Manager

Advance TRS; Havant; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Advance TRS is looking for an experienced Health, Safety, Security and Wellbeing Manager to lead the Havant Thicket Reservoir Project on site with hybrid working. You will report to the Project Delivery Director and shape the project’s HSSW framework across contractors and supply chain.

You will establish a high-performance safety culture, oversee risk management, audits, incident investigations and reporting to governance forums, ensuring CDM compliance and best practice across the programme.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in senior HSSW, HSEQ or equivalent leadership roles.
• Proven leadership on major infrastructure or complex capital programmes.
• Strong knowledge of UK health & safety legislation including CDM and HSG65.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible, values-led HSSW leadership across the project and establish health, safety, security and wellbeing as core delivery priorities.
• Develop and implement the project HSSW strategy, policies, procedures and management systems.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System in line with HSG65 and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain a robust contractor assurance regime across principal contractors and supply chain.
• Hold contractors to account through performance metrics, reviews and governance forums.
• Lead audits, inspections, assurance activities and contractor performance reviews.
• Develop and monitor leading and lagging HSSW indicators to identify trends and drive early intervention.
• Ensure underperformance is addressed through improvement plans and escalation.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, including CDM Regulations, and promote best practice.
• Embed risk management processes, including risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Oversee incident investigations and root-cause analysis and lessons learned.
• Provide independent HSSW assurance to senior leadership and governance forums.
• Champion workforce wellbeing, including mental health and fatigue management.
• Maintain strong site presence and engage with frontline teams and contractor leadership.
• Develop HSSW reporting for governance forums and decision-making.

Skills

HSSW leadership

Stakeholder management

Auditing & governance

Risk management

Data analytics

Job description

Job Role: Health, Safety, Security and Wellbeing Manager (HSSW)

Location: Havant Thicket Reservoir Project - Site Based / Hybrid

About the Role

We are currently looking for an experienced HSSW Manager to join the Havant Thicket Reservoir Project, a major nationally significant infrastructure programme for our client.

Reporting directly to the Project Delivery Director, you will take a senior leadership role in driving exemplary standards of health, safety, security and workforce wellbeing across the programme.

This is a high-profile opportunity for an experienced HSSW professional to shape and lead the project’s HSSW framework, working closely with principal contractors, supply chain partners, project leadership and key external stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing a high-performance safety culture, providing independent assurance and holding delivery partners to account for the safe, secure and responsible execution of the works.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide visible, values-led HSSW leadership across the project and establish health, safety, security and wellbeing as core delivery priorities.


• Develop and implement the project HSSW strategy, policies, procedures and management systems.


• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System in line with HSG65 and relevant regulatory requirements.


• Establish and maintain a robust contractor assurance regime across principal contractors and the wider supply chain.


• Hold contractors to account through clear performance metrics, regular reviews and formal governance forums.


• Lead audits, inspections, assurance activities and contractor performance reviews.


• Develop and monitor leading and lagging HSSW indicators to identify trends and drive early intervention.


• Ensure underperformance is proactively addressed through structured improvement plans and escalation where required.


• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including CDM Regulations, and promote industry best practice.


• Embed robust risk management processes, including risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.


• Oversee the investigation of incidents and high-potential events, ensuring root causes are identified and lessons are embedded across the programme.


• Provide independent HSSW assurance to the Project Delivery Director and project governance forums.


• Lead corrective and preventative actions to drive continual improvement.


• Champion workforce wellbeing, including mental health, occupational health and fatigue management.


• Ensure appropriate occupational health provision, screening, surveillance and specialist support are in place.


• Maintain a strong site presence, engaging with frontline teams, supervisors and contractor leadership.


• Lead and support safety tours, briefings, inductions and HSSW campaigns.


• Develop clear and insightful HSSW reporting for senior leadership and governance forums.


• Analyse HSSW trends, risks and opportunities to support effective project decision-making.


• Engage effectively with regulators, emergency services, local authorities, industry bodies and other key stakeholders.


• Develop proportionate security strategies to protect people, assets and Category 3 Critical National Infrastructure.


• Coordinate security standards and incident response arrangements across contractors and stakeholders.


• Promote a culture of learning, openness, accountability and continuous improvement across the programme.

About You

• Extensive experience in a senior HSSW, HSEQ, health and safety or equivalent leadership position.


• Proven experience delivering HSSW leadership on major infrastructure, construction, utilities or complex capital programmes.


• Strong experience of contractor assurance, performance management, auditing and governance.


• Thorough knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, including CDM Regulations and HSG65.


• Experience developing and implementing occupational health and safety management systems.


• Strong understanding of risk management, incident investigation, assurance and continuous improvement.


• Experience working with principal contractors and complex supply chains.


• Strong understanding of workforce wellbeing, occupational health and fatigue management.


• Experience of security and resilience management within a major project or critical infrastructure environment would be advantageous.


• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and contractor organisations.


• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use HSSW data, leading and lagging indicators to identify trends and drive improvement.


• Confident operating at both strategic and operational levels, with a willingness to maintain a strong site presence.


• Strong commitment to creating a positive, collaborative and accountable safety culture.


• Able to demonstrate strong values around Excellence, Integrity and Future Focus.


• The successful candidate will need to be comfortable working within a major project environment and engaging directly with site-based teams and contractors.