Safety & Assurance Manager

Cadent Gas; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

25 days holiday

Annual Performance Bonus

Generous pension scheme

Employee Assistance Line

Professional memberships

Job summary

Cadent is seeking a Safety & Assurance Manager to lead the Capital Delivery Risk Assurance Team and ensure safety, compliance and robust performance across all capital projects. You will provide independent challenge, drive improvement, and help manage key risks while shaping a strong safety culture throughout the organisation.

Working with the Director of Capital Delivery and senior leaders, you will develop and deliver risk-based assurance programmes, lead investigations and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Experience in safety, assurance, compliance or risk management environments.
• Ability to lead teams, manage performance and deliver strategic objectives.
• Strong understanding of CDM, RIDDOR, COSHH and related legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Capital Delivery Risk Assurance Team and oversee assurance activity across all project types and contract partners.
• Provide independent challenge, identify improvement opportunities and help manage key risks.
• Develop and deliver assurance programmes aligned to Capital Delivery priorities and risk profiles.

Skills

Leadership

Risk management

SHES advisory

Regulatory knowledge

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Education

Full UK driving licence

Health and safety qualification (certificate/diploma/degree)

ISO Lead Auditor qualification

Job description

Lead the assurance that protects our people, projects and performance

As our Safety & Assurance Manager, you'll play a critical role in ensuring Capital Delivery activities are delivered safely, compliantly and in line with Cadent's standards and expectations. This isn't just about auditing processes - it's about providing leadership, assurance and expert guidance that helps mitigate risk, improve performance and strengthen our safety culture across the business.

Working closely with the Director of Capital Delivery, Head of Safety & Engineering and wider leadership teams, you'll lead the Capital Delivery Risk Assurance Team, overseeing assurance activity across all project types and contract partners. You'll provide independent challenge, identify opportunities for improvement and help ensure key business and safety risks are effectively managed.

This is a highly influential role that combines leadership, strategic thinking and operational assurance, offering the opportunity to make a lasting impact on how Capital Delivery manages risk, safety and compliance.

Why you'll love this role:

• Risk & Assurance Leadership - Lead the delivery of second-line assurance across Capital Delivery activities, ensuring key risks are identified and effectively managed.
• Safety Culture Development - Champion a positive safety culture through visible leadership, proactive engagement and continuous improvement.
• Strategic Risk Management - Work with senior leaders to identify, quantify and manage key operational and business risks.
• SHES Advisory Support - Provide expert advice and guidance across Safety, Health, Environment and Security activities.
• Assurance Planning & Delivery - Develop and deliver comprehensive assurance programmes aligned to Capital Delivery priorities and risk profiles.
• Incident Investigation & Learning - Support investigations, identify root causes and drive the implementation of preventative actions and organisational learning.
• Stakeholder Influence - Build strong relationships across Capital Delivery, Operations, SHES teams and external stakeholders to drive positive outcomes.

What you'll bring:

• Safety & Assurance Expertise - Strong experience within safety, assurance, compliance or risk management environments.
• Leadership Experience - Proven ability to lead teams, manage performance and deliver strategic objectives.
• Regulatory Knowledge - Strong understanding of CDM, RIDDOR, COSHH and wider health, safety and environmental legislation.
• Risk Management Capability - Experience delivering assurance reviews, audits and risk-based improvement programmes.
• Analytical Skills - Ability to interpret performance data, identify trends and develop recommendations that drive improvement.
• Stakeholder Management - Experience influencing senior leaders, project teams and supply chain partners.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset - Passion for improving processes, behaviours and organisational performance.

Qualifications:

• Full UK driving licence
• Recognised health and safety qualification at certificate, diploma or degree level (or equivalent experience)
• ISO Lead Auditor qualification (or equivalent practical experience)

At Cadent, we're thrilled to be part of the future of UK energy!

We have a clear roadmap to drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving its net zero targets by 2050.

We're making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. Together, we're shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers, whom we put at the heart of everything we do.

What's In It for You

Here at Cadent, we recognise that our people are truly unsung heroes. Quietly confident, delivering every day - that's why we're committed to supporting our people to get the best out of themselves. For this role, we offer:

• MyChoices, our flexible benefits programme, gives you access to a range of salary sacrifice benefits, including Private Medical Insurance for you and your family, plus a 24/7 Bupa HealthLine.
• 25 days' holiday, plus 8 statutory days and an option to buy or sell holiday days
• An Annual Performance Bonus of up to 15% of your salary
• A generous pension scheme where the company double matches your contributions up to 12% i.e. if you contribute 6% a month, the company will contribute 12%
• A competitive salary that's reviewed each year against the market median salary for your role, skills, knowledge and experience
• Generous family policies and flexible benefits
• A free Employee Assistance Line where you can get support and advice on any of the challenges you're facing, completely confidentially
• Support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, examination fees and time off for study leave - so long as it's relevant to your role
• Plus many more benefits that help you join the dots between your work and home life!

We support a healthy work-life balance and are open to flexible working options.

Diversity and Inclusion

Don't meet every requirement? No problem! If you're excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification mentioned, we would still love for you to submit your application - you may just be the right person for this role or other opportunities at Cadent.

We value diversity and are committed to being an equitable employer. Our employee communities - Women in Cadent, Pride at Work (LGBTQ+), Embrace (ethnicity and religion), Thrive! (disability), the Cadent Military Community, the Grief Awareness Community, and the Men's Engagement Network (M.E.N) - can't wait to welcome you!

As a proud Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process and we will ensure that support is provided.