Regional Head Chef

Mott Macdonald; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy is seeking a Head of Health, Safety and Quality to lead the team across sectors like Transportation and Environment. Responsibilities include strategic direction, managing a cross-sector team, and business development. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills, business acumen, and a degree with Chartered Professional status. This role offers a flexible, hybrid working environment along with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Enhanced family leave policies

Learning and development opportunities

33-35 days of holiday

Flexible benefits program

Qualifications

• Proven experience in establishing high-performance teams.
• Track record of maximizing market opportunities.
• Ability to operate in complex consultancy environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Health, Safety and Quality team across various sectors.
• Develop strategic direction and growth for the team.
• Oversee recruitment and manage day-to-day resource allocation.

Skills

Leadership

Business acumen

Collaboration

Client-facing skills

Communication

Influencing

Education

Degree qualified

Chartered Professional status

Job description

Head of Health, Safety and Quality

As the Head of Health, Safety and Quality, you will lead the Health, Safety and Quality team across multiple sectors, including Transportation, Social Infrastructure, Environment & Water, Energy & Defence, and Built Environment, for both internal and external clients.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver strategic direction and growth plan for the Quality Health and Safety Team, ensuring alignment with the wider Specialist Advisory Services offering.
• Serve as Team Lead for 60+ cross‑sector Health and Safety and Quality resources, comprising specialists and multidisciplinary members.
• Manage day‑to‑day resourcing, minimise downtime, and support career development of team members.
• Oversee recruitment and resourcing to ensure the right skill mix to deliver on current workload and growth strategy.
• Be actively involved in project delivery.
• Contribute to sub‑sector business plans with a view on revenue and profit from Health, Safety and Quality opportunities.
• Lead business development and work‑winning activities related to Health, Safety and Quality.
• Develop an integrated Health, Safety and Quality offering for internal and external APD clients.
• Guide the team to deliver projects and programmes while adhering to internal procedures.
• Sponsor development of best‑practice delivery in Quality Health and Safety Management.
• Serve as an ambassador at external forums, promoting the team’s work and the Mott MacDonald brand. Offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

Qualifications and Experience

• Engaging and inspiring people leader with demonstrable experience establishing new teams, setting direction, culture and driving high performance.
• Sound business acumen and commercial mindset, with a track record of maximising opportunities in market.
• Effective collaborator and advisor capable of positioning and selling the wider Advisory offering to clients, working closely with APD Sector Portfolios and Specialist Advisory teams.
• Strong client‑facing skills, building and managing relationships, and maximising business development opportunities at all client levels.
• Accountable for driving successful outcomes for clients while ensuring profitability for Mott MacDonald.
• Ability to operate effectively in a multi‑layered matrix consultancy, infrastructure or construction environment through collaboration, influencing, collective decision‑making and common agendas.
• Excellent communicator, able to engage and influence at all internal and external levels within Mott MacDonald and client organisations.
• Degree qualified and Chartered Professional status held with an accredited body.

Company Commitment

Mott MacDonald values equality, diversity and inclusion, and promotes fair employment practices and inclusive opportunities for all.

We provide flexible working arrangements, including a hybrid work policy, and support disabled employees with reasonable adjustments.

Benefits

Health & Wellbeing:

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support everyday health costs and treatments.
• Access to PEPPY, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial Wellbeing:

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4× your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6× your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return‑to‑work support due to long‑term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.

Family & Carers Leave:

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave, paying up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning & Development:

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training and self‑development options.

Networks, Communities and Social Outcomes:

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Holiday:

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high‑street retailers.