Marine HSEQ Director Marine HSEQ Director

The Crown Estate; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marine organization in Greater London is seeking an experienced HSEQ leader. You will provide strategic leadership for Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality across the Marine business, ensuring compliance and driving the Safety First strategy. The ideal candidate will have significant marine industry experience and a CMIOSH or equivalent degree. This role offers competitive compensation along with a focus on work-life balance and flexible working options.

Benefits

28 days paid holiday

Flexible working policies

Market leading family friendly policies

Private healthcare

Performance related bonus

Qualifications

• Significant marine industry experience, including operational HSEQ leadership.
• Strong understanding of risk management, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance.
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the Safety First strategy within Marine.
• Provide expert HSEQ advice to the Marine team.
• Develop and maintain action plans and risk assessments.
• Build effective relationships with customers and regulatory bodies.
• Oversee HSEQ performance monitoring and continuous improvement.

Skills

Risk management

Quality assurance

Excellent communication

Presentation skills

Stakeholder relationship building

Education

CMIOSH or equivalent degree in HSEQ

Job description

Purpose of Role: Provide strategic leadership for Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) across the Marine business. Ensure robust legal and technical frameworks, drive the Safety First strategy, and foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to influence industry standards and create the safest marine environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation of the Safety First strategy within Marine, ensuring compliance and best practice.
• Provide expert HSEQ advice and assurance to the Marine team advising on a variety of legal accountabilities across leasing and investing versus supply chain management and employer obligations.
• Develop and maintain action plans and risk assessments, ensuring alignment with legal and industry standards.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with customers, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.
• Oversee HSEQ performance monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure effective management systems, training, and governance are in place.
• Lead incident investigation, reporting, and knowledge sharing.
• Promote a high-performance, inclusive team culture and support professional development.
• Deliver ad hoc projects and provide out-of-hours support as required.

Benefits

• We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore, we offer everybody 28 days paid holiday, 2 volunteering days and the option to purchase further holiday.
• Flexible working: We value work‑life balance highly, therefore we have flexible & hybrid working policies.
• Market leading family friendly policies.
• We want the support we offer to be inclusive of everyone, reflective of the wide range of situations people face in life.
• As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more.
• We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

Qualifications

• CMIOSH or equivalent degree in HSEQ.
• Significant marine industry experience, including operational HSEQ leadership.
• Strong understanding of risk management, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance.
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence at all levels.
• Excellent communication, training, and presentation skills.
• Experience in incident investigation and performance monitoring.
• Willingness to travel and work flexibly.