Health & Safety Manager

Colt Technology Services; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking an HSE Manager based in London to ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in HSE roles, particularly in construction projects, and will support ISO certification initiatives. Responsibilities include conducting inspections, developing management systems, and liaising with various stakeholders. Excellent communication skills and strong expertise in HSE legislation are required for success in this role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in a similar HSE role ideally within construction projects.
• Experience working in both construction and operational environments.
• Knowledge of HSE legislation including CDM 2015.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with HSE legislation in the UK.
• Develop and implement HSE management systems.
• Support HSE Director in certification processes.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Incident investigation

Proficiency in MS Excel

Proficiency in MS Word

Proficiency in MS PowerPoint

Education

BSc or MSc in Occupational Health, Safety and Environment

NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent)

Job description

This role is based in London and requires at least 2‑day presence on‑site weekly. The HSE Manager will work with a variety of stakeholders at all levels in our London operations and construction teams to develop and implement, maintain and improve the health, safety and environmental management. Implement and maintain frameworks to support and enhance the HSE management within the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with relevant HSE legislation in the UK, maintain and audit against the legal database.
• Ensure Colt DCS minimum standards are maintained and audit against internal standards.
• Work closely with the Head of HSE and other team members to develop, maintain and improve DCS operational and construction standards.
• Drive consistency, sustainability and effectiveness in the management of HSE functions and processes that are revised and improved based on leading performance monitoring, audits and external evaluations.
• Support the interface between construction and operations to ensure that HSE is correctly transitioned from a project's construction phase to a live facility.
• Assist the HSE Director and Head of HSE for UK and Europe to develop, prepare and plan for ISO 45001 certification.
• Assist the HSE Director and Head of HSE for UK and Europe to maintain ISO 14001 and expand to new sites.
• Liaise with the certification body and internal stakeholders to arrange external audits.
• Develop and maintain HSE management system documents to support the planning and implementation process.
• Support customer requests and attend meetings and customer audits; maintain good working relationships with customer (HSE) personnel.
• Play an integral role in the team and provide support and statistics to colleagues to help identify trends and implement improvement plans.
• Develop a positive team culture through achievement of results, teamwork, development, accountability, competency and professionalism.
• Support the creation and delivery of internal training programmes and subject‑specific initiatives aligned to the development and roll‑out of management system elements and statutory requirements.
• Administration of database systems including HSE communication sites and preparation of documents for issue.
• Conduct workplace inspections, produce inspection reports, and develop action plans as and when required.
• Ensure any actions arising from audits, risk assessments or inspections are closed‑out.
• Maintain accident and incident records and undertake investigations as required.
• Assist with the organisation and administration of HSE campaigns.
• To perform additional duties within the scope of the position as requested by the Head of HSE for UK and Europe.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in a similar HSE role ideally within data centre (or similar) construction projects or large‑scale engineering environments.
• Experience of working in both construction and operational environments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Good knowledge of HSE legislation (including CDM 2015).
• Experience at developing and implementing management systems in line with ISO 45001 and 14001.
• Ability to write technical documentation to a high standard.
• Incident investigation experience.
• Audit against international standards and global company standards.
• Proven track record of working with diverse multi‑country teams.
• Ability to adapt and guide teams through dynamically changing environments.
• Willingness to travel to London sites.
• Exceptional attention to detail with a passion for quality and accuracy.
• Excellent computer literacy with specific proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Additional European language an advantage.
• Chartered membership of IOSH an advantage.
• Fluent in the English language.
• Relevant BSc or MSc (Occupational Health, Safety and Environment), NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent).