Health & Safety Manager

Equans Data Centres; Airdrie; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Life Cover 4x annual salary

Private Medical Insurance

Pension scheme

CSR days

Training and development opportunities

Employee networks and wellbeing apps

Job summary

Equans Data Centres is seeking a Health & Safety Manager to support a Data Centre project in Motherwell. The role provides expert guidance to project teams, drives continuous improvement, and fosters a proactive safety culture across data centre projects.

The successful candidate will lead audits, RAMS, and safety training, ensuring compliance with ISO 45001 and CDM regulations while collaborating with site leadership and supply chain partners.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and standards.
• Experience with CDM Regulations, HSG65 and ISO 45001.
• Ability to lead safety audits and RAMS processes.

Responsibilities

• Promote a safety-first culture and ensure compliance with the company Management System.
• Influence site management on best practice and regulatory requirements.
• Carry out audits, inspections and RAMS to support project teams.

Skills

Health & Safety compliance

CDM Regulations

ISO 45001

Audit & RAMS

Data Centre safety

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Education

NEBOSH / IOSH qualifications

Tools

Excel

Pivot Tables

PowerPoint

Job description

Equans Data Centres is seeking to appoint a Health & Safety Manager to support a Data Centre project in Motherwell.

The Health & Safety manager will provide expert guidance to project teams, drive continuous improvement and foster a proactive safety culture in data centres projects.

We are committed to providing cutting edge solutions and ensure that health and safety is a key element to business strategy. We operate in a truly safe environment and embrace the ‘Equans 12 Gold Rules’ as part of our daily work.

What you will deliver?

• Promoting a safety-first culture in the business and ensure compliance to the company's Management System.
• Influence site management on best practice and compliance requirements and ensure that all Health & Safety policies, procedures, rules and regulations are adhered to and are regularly reviewed, updated and communicated.
• Carrying out audits and routine inspections to report on the findings and recommendations to project team.
• Advise project and site leadership to align safety practices with business strategy.
• Carrying out accident investigations and report back to project leads and HSQ Director.
• Carrying out Tool Box Talks regarding high risk activities.
• Liaise with supply chain regularly to ensure compliance to company policies and procedures.
• Report all Health and safety observations via SafetyLens.
• Lead audits, inspections, risk assessment and management (RAMS, RACE) ensuring compliance with ISO 45001 regulations and internal policies.
• Exercise authority to stop unsafe work and provide expect advice throughout all project phases.
• Monitor, report and analyse H&S performance, incidents and trends and implement corrective action and lessons learned.
• Deliver targeted training and onboarding support and manage records and work proactively with managers and other key staff to establish and maintain a programme of continuous improvement in the management of Health and Safety.
• Keep up to date with all aspects of relevant health, safety & welfare at work legislation and communicate relevant changes to the business.
• Drive sub-contractor performance.

What we can offer you?

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays), Life Cover equivalent to 4 times annual salary
• Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes and Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), Veterans & Reservists, WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals. 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app

Who are we looking for?

• A Health & Safety professional with strong teamwork and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively.
• Extensive knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and standards, including CDM Regulations, HSG65 and ISO 45001.
• Able to challenge when unsafe acts or behaviours identified.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with the ability to write weekly summaries of site conditions.
• Proficient in delivering impactful training to groups.
• Skilled in creating and developing charts and graphs for monthly reports.
• Proficient in Health & Safety data systems with analysis tools and general IT applications including Excel and Pivot Tables.
• Strong analytical skills with a structured, accurate and proactive problem-solving mindset.
• Previous construction experience with the ability to work on their own, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
• Experience of using PowerPoint and preparing presentations.

Who are we?

Equans Data Centres is a strategic data centre partner. We deliver the whole data centre, providing full general contracting for hyperscaler and colocation data centre projects across Europe, through a single point of contact.

Leveraging Bouygues Energies & Services and Equans' experiences, we provide expertise in construction and engineering, global standardisation, precision localisation and total control of the supply chain. This enables us to deliver data centres with the best possible quality, speed to delivery and high repeatability and scalability – to realise client needs for cost transparency, low risk, continual availability, innovation and certainty of planning and outcomes.

With more than 1,200 highly skilled employees across 8 European countries, Equans Data Centres has delivered over 400,000m2 of data halls, exceeding 640MW of IT space for major data centres providers such as VIRTUS Data Centres, Digital Reality, Equinix, Vantage Data Centres, Stack Infrastructure, Data4 and many others.

What’s next?

As part our commitment to better reflect the markets within which we operate, we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010.

At Equans we’re committed to delivering a culture where everyone’s voice is heard and supported. We know the value a diverse workforce creates, delivering better results for our people, customers, and stakeholders. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of what we do, should you join Equans you’ll find a welcoming and open workplace where you’re supported and encouraged to be your true self at work.

You’ll also have access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), Veterans & Reservists, WOMEN Together (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals.

For this role, you must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer a re-location package with this job role. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check, as noted in the role requirements.

The EQUANS Resourcing Team supports this job advert. Agency involvement is not required. All related enquiries must come to the resourcing team not direct to EQUANS Managers