Regional Safety, Health and Environment Lead

Willmott Dixon; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction firm is seeking a Regional Safety, Health, and Environment Lead. This role involves championing SHE standards across its Midlands and Northern operations, ensuring compliance and excellence in safety practices. Candidates should possess significant experience in SHE, along with necessary qualifications and the ability to lead a high-performing team. This position offers a competitive benefits package and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Full discounted private medical

Life assurance

Incentive bonus

Car scheme with low carbon options

Qualifications

• Experience in Construction/Interiors is necessary.
• Commitment to ongoing CPD.
• Valid driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver SHE services to meet business needs.
• Lead investigations and support audits.
• Review and report on SHE performance data.

Skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Leadership and team management

Strategic and operational acumen

Relationship-building skills

Education

Level 6 qualification in Occupational Safety and Health

Degree in Safety, Health & Environment

Tools

CSCS Card

IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management

SEATS certification

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Regional Safety, Health and Environment Lead

At Willmott Dixon Construction, we're committed to creating environments where our people and projects thrive. As a leading UK main contractor, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional safety, health, and environmental (SHE) standards, ensuring the well-being of our teams and the communities we serve. We're looking for a dedicated individual to join us as our Regional Safety, Health, and Environment Lead.

Why You're Needed: As the Regional Safety, Health, and Environment Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in championing SHE excellence within your region which covers Midlands and the North (main offices in Birmingham, Oldham, with other delivery offices in Rotherham, Gateshead and Nottingham). You'll serve as the local point of contact for Senior Managers and LCO Boards, ensuring a consistent and efficient approach to delivering SHE services that align with our strategic direction. This will be a 12 month fixed term contract role.

The Role

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver SHE services to the region, meeting business and customer needs (leading investigations, support audits, implementing new procedures, training/educating others, report writing,etc.).
• Demonstrate leadership and expertise in SHE with customers, supply chain, and internal teams.
• Increase organizational knowledge and consistency in SHE through best practice sharing.
• Lead, motivate, and manage a high-performing SHE team, providing expert guidance and support.
• Review and report SHE performance data, driving continuous improvement.

Essential and Desirable Criteria

Key Success Indicators:

• You're recognized as the local SHE leader, valued by the business, customers, and supply chain.
• Safety, health, and environmental performance consistently meet or exceed targets.
• Customer needs are not just met but exceeded, leading to positive feedback and repeat business.
• Your SHE services are delivered efficiently and effectively, to your regional businesses.
• Timely and accurate SHE data is completed to demonstrate team’s high performance.

Are you passionate about safety, health, and environmental excellence? Do you thrive in a dynamic role where you can make a tangible difference? We're seeking a Regional Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) Lead to join our brilliant team at Willmott Dixon.

Willmott Dixon is passionate about its people, with a real focus and drive around continuous development, offering you a career of a lifetime!

Personal Qualities

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• CSCS Card.
• Level 6 qualification in Occupational Safety and Health.
• Associate membership with IEMA.
• IEMA Certificate in Environmental Management.
• SEATS certification.
• Valid driving license.
• Commitment to ongoing CPD.
• Degree in Safety, Health & Environment.
• Relevant operational experience in Construction/Interiors.

Additional Information

Attributes We're Looking For:

• Strategic and operational acumen.
• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills.
• Ability to drive change through understanding people (behavioural change).
• Proven leadership and team management capabilities.
• Curiosity and a willingness to learn.
• Self-motivation, positivity, and resilience.

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.

Benefits: In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon’s purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Construction is changing and we are at the forefront of that change. Pioneering new ways to build, innovating the way construction is viewed and establishing ourselves as one of the top employers in any industry. It truly is an amazing company in one of the most exciting industries with a vast array of professional career paths. Adding to that our numerous people awards, we understand everyone has a unique potential and ability to make a difference and succeed; if you want your skills developed and talent recognised, why not join our business!

Willmott Dixon was awarded No 1 in the Best "Big" Companies (2022) to work for and already holds the Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2022. We are the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.