HSE and Assurance Manager

BT Group; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic HSE and Assurance Manager to lead teams in ensuring regulatory compliance and operational excellence. This role involves managing the implementation of global HSE policies, fostering strong relationships with stakeholders, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong coaching and presentation skills, alongside relevant qualifications such as GradIOSH and AIEMA. Join a company at the forefront of digital infrastructure transformation, where your contributions will significantly impact the future of connectivity in the UK.

Benefits

Business Needs Vehicle provided

Field-based role with travel opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum GradIOSH or equivalent required for health and safety.
• AIEMA or equivalent needed for environmental compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams to implement global HSE policies and local procedures.
• Facilitate partnerships to achieve HSE objectives and standards.
• Conduct audits and improve working processes within HSE.

Skills

GradIOSH or equivalent

AIEMA or equivalent

Change agent

Solution-focused achiever

Coaching skills

Presentation skills

Storytelling with data

Job description

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HSE and Assurance Manager

Posting Date: 24 Apr 2025

Unit: Networks

Location: 1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive with Great Benefits

The HSE and Assurance Manager manages teams in technical, strategic, and administrative activities of the HSE function, ensuring regulatory HSE compliance, development of HSE systems, processes and programmes, enabling operational excellence and safeguarding employees and communities.

• Full UK Drivers Licence needed
• Business Needs Vehicle provided
• Field based role/ frequent national travel required/ occasional international travel
• Must be able to interview in person in London or Birmingham BT office

What you’ll be doing

• Manages teams in the implementation of the global HSE policies, its mission and vision set, aligning with the wider global strategy.
• Manages teams in maintaining and implementing local operating procedures that meet the requirements of both the Group’s HSE Integrated Management System and local laws.
• Manages assigned initiatives contributing to the implementation a HSE continuous improvement plan and operational compliance programme.
• Manages teams in fulfilling the HSE function’s reporting capabilities leading the development of management information reports for the global Risk, Business Assurance and Compliance management team expectations.
• Manages teams and activities that ensure Group stakeholders adhere to robust processes that exceed the minimum legal HSE compliance requirements within the operating countries it is present in and establishes and embeds a HSE assurance programme to monitor legal compliance.
• Facilitates working partnerships and peer to peer relationships both within the function and across operations and wider stakeholders, to facilitate the achievement of objectives whilst promoting the best working practice and consistently high standards of HSE.
• Coordinates the necessary relationships with third parties, including enforcement agencies and audit bodies, clients and customers to reduce risk and continually improve the Group’s HSE reputation.
• Coordinates activities that ensure all Group and Group supplier locations are risk profiled and that the risk profiling drives the HSE compliance monitoring and assurance programme.
• Champions, continuously develops and shares with team knowledge on emerging trends and changes in HSE.
• Coaches talent, and manages others, to develop capabilities and ensure performance through upskilling, development and recruitment.
• Conduct impartial Multi ISO Audits and produce reports including findings and consulted corrective actions.
• Implements ways to improve working processes within HSE.

Skills & Experience Required

• GradIOSH or equivalent– minimum (H&S)
• AIEMA or equivalent – minimum (Enviro)
• Change agent
• Solution-focused achiever
• Coaching skills
• Presentations skills
• Story telling with data

About us

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.

Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.

While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.

Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.