Regional H&S Manager - Midlands & South

Jones Bros Ltd; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Pension scheme

Travel allowances

Training and professional fees reimbur

Long-term career opportunities

Job summary

Jones Bros Ltd, a leading Civil Engineering Contractor, is recruiting a Regional Health & Safety Manager for Midlands & South. You will lead HSE across multiple projects, build a regional HSE team, and partner with Contracts Directors to ensure top-tier safety standards.

Reporting to the Senior HSE Manager, you will drive compliance, develop key safety plans, and mentor site teams, while travelling to project sites and maintaining strong client relations.

Qualifications

• Genuine passion for health, safety and environmental excellence.
• Experience managing people, performance, clients and relationships.
• Willingness to travel and work at project sites across the region, including overnight stays.
• Full UK driving licence.
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent and working towards next qualification.
• Certified member of IOSH (and working towards chartered status).
• Preferable 3/5 years working for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 civil engineering contractor.
• Strong communication skills, including reports, investigations and meetings.
• Able to communicate with all levels of workforce, contractors and regulatory bodies.
• Self-motivated, reliable, well-organised, flexible and team-focused.
• Strong HSE knowledge including risk assessments, RAMS and investigations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee regional HSE requirements for clients, workforce and contractors.
• Build and lead a regional HSE team across projects.
• Line-manage regional HSE advisors and set objectives.
• Develop and maintain regional PMP, CPP and KPI documents; prepare RAMS and briefings.
• Deliver toolbox talks, inductions and site safety briefings.
• Provide specialist HSE input to projects and work-winning activities.
• Review regional projects to identify risks and opportunities for site teams.
• Oversee incident management, investigations and reporting.
• Ensure HSE compliance across sites per the Business Management System.
• Coordinate cross-regional HSE standards and share best practices.
• Support regional monitoring through inspections, audits and trend analysis.
• Identify risk and mitigation actions; maintain regular progress reports.
• Prepare client-facing HSE representations for progress meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Team Building

People Management

HSE Knowledge

Risk Assessments

Communication

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

IOSH Member

Full UK Driving Licence

Job description

Regional Health & Safety Manager - Midlands & South

The Role

Due to continued growth, we have an exciting opportunity for a competent regional Health & Safety Manager to join our growing team, supporting all projects across their dedicated region.

Reporting to the company’s Senior Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) Manager, the successful candidate will work closely with their Contracts Director, regional site management teams and their own HSE team taking responsibility for managing and supporting site management and HSE advisors across a portfolio of projects throughout their region.

Founded in the 1950s, Jones Bros is a leading Civil Engineering Contractor delivering major infrastructure projects across the UK. Employing approximately 550 people and operating one of the country’s largest heavy plant fleets, we combine the capability of a major contractor with the values and culture of a family-owned business. We are committed to continuous improvement and investing in our people, providing opportunities to develop and progress within a supportive working environment.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Leadership - overseeing all regional specific/major project HSE requirements including clients, workforce and contractor requirements. Leading on HSE standards and establishing positive working relationships
• Team Building – recruiting and establishing a regional HSE team to support all regional projects
• People Management – line manager for specific/major project HSE advisors, setting priorities, objectives, targets and overseeing the running of an efficient and supportive HSE team
• HSE Management Plans – supporting the planning processes and production/maintenance of key management plans including regional and site Project Management Plan (PMP), Construction Phase Plan (CPP), Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Devising & Approving RAMS, Task Briefings etc
• HSE Briefings, inductions and site team engagement – overseeing the delivery of regional site safety inductions to all site team, workforce and visitors, support regional site teams preparing and delivering toolbox talks, behavioural safety programmes and HSE briefings
• Technical Advice & Support – providing specialist advice, support and input where required to deal with specific project issues with work winning, planning, managing and monitoring HSE considerations
• Project Review – reviewing regional projects to identify opportunities and unusual risks, to be briefed to regional site teams
• Incident Management – overseeing and delivering any part of site-based elements of the incident management process including incident control, notification and investigations
• HSE Compliance – using inspections and audit tools to ensure compliance with HSE management systems & procedures as part of our Business Management System both in self-delivering requirements, but also influencing behaviours, coaching & mentoring and compliance across all regional sites and teams
• Cross Regional HSE Support – collaborating with Regional Health & Safety Managers across other regions to ensure consistency in the application of HSE standards, policies and procedures across the business. Providing audit, inspection and assurance support as required, while sharing learning, best practice and continuous improvement initiatives across regional teams
• HSE Monitoring – providing support in terms of project monitoring requirements, including regular HSE inspections, audits, and trends
• Risk Identification & Mitigation – as appropriate
• Record Keeping –including regular HSE progress and status reports to the business
• Client Interface – satisfy client requirements by providing client HSE representation and attendance at regional and site progress meetings

Pre-Requisite Qualifications & Capabilities

To be successful in this role you must have the following qualifications and capabilities:

• A genuine passion for health, safety and environmental excellence
• Experience of managing people, performance, clients and relationships
• A willingness to travel and work at various project sites across the region, including overnight stays where required
• A full UK driving licence
• Minimum NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent and working towards next qualification
• Certified member of IOSH (and working towards chartered status)
• Preferable 3/5 years working for a Tier 1 or Tier 2 civil engineering contractor
• Highly developed professional communication skills, including writing and presentation of reports, investigations, preparing relevant documents, and participating in a range of meetings
• Be able to confidently and effectively communicate with all levels of the workforce, contractors, clients and regulatory bodies
• Be self-motivated, focused, reliable, well‑organised, flexible, and possess good team working ethic
• Strong HSE technical knowledge, with experience preparing and reviewing risk assessments, method statements, investigations, reports and other HSE documentation

Training & Development

We believe in developing our staff through building experience on the job as well as further academic and professional qualifications where appropriate for the individual.

• Discretionary bonus (eligibility applies)
• Company contributing pension scheme subject to meeting eligibility criteria
• Travel and subsistence allowances inc car/vehicle
• Training and professional membership fees reimbursed
• We can offer long term career opportunities where your pay will increase as you gain more experience.