Senior Health & Safety Manager

Bovis; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 10% pension contribution

Private medical health benefit (family

Life assurance

25 days annual leave

Wellbeing leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Gym membership discounts

Parental leave

Job summary

Bovis is seeking a Senior Health & Safety Manager to embed strategic H&S thinking across complex construction and infrastructure projects in the Manchester area. You will partner with project leaders and executives to shape safe delivery outcomes and drive continual improvement across teams and systems.

You will influence business‑wide standards, risk controls and culture, supporting bids and stakeholder governance with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Proven capability delivering health and safety in complex construction environments.
• Ability to influence health and safety at organisational level.
• Embed risk management strategy across diverse project portfolios.
• Cultural leadership, mentoring and continuous improvement expertise.
• Expertise in ISO 45001 systems and legislative interpretation.
• Excellent communication and negotiation at senior level.
• Audit and root cause analysis qualifications preferred.
• Subject matter expertise across high‑risk construction disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and integration of strategic H&S initiatives.
• Support bids and client engagement by demonstrating H&S capability.
• Provide subject matter expertise throughout the construction cycle.
• Coach senior stakeholders on system performance and obligations.
• Champion behavioural safety and wellbeing campaigns across projects.
• Influence risk management improvements and SHELT agendas.
• Represent the business in regulatory engagements, audits, and networks.
• Promote innovation and knowledge sharing across H&S community.

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

Chartered IOSH

Tools

Digital tools

Job description

The Senior Health & Safety Manager is a recognised subject matter expert, responsible for embedding strategic health and safety thinking into business operations within complex construction and infrastructure environments. This role partners with project leaders and executive stakeholders to shape healthy and safe delivery outcomes, influence risk management culture, and implement continual improvement across teams and systems. You will influence business-wide standards, systems, and strategic risk controls across multiple projects.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the development and integration of strategic H&S initiatives
• Support work winning by contributing to bids, client engagement, and demonstrating H&S capability in complex construction proposals
• Provide subject matter expertise throughout the construction cycle.
• Coach senior stakeholders on system performance and legislative obligations
• Champion behavioural safety and wellbeing campaigns across projects
• Influence SHELT agendas and drive strategic risk management improvements
• Represent the business in regulatory engagements, audits, and peer networks
• Promote innovation and knowledge sharing across the H&S community

Essential Capabilities including Qualifications and Experience

• NEBOSH Diploma and Chartered Member of IOSH (or equivalent status)
• Proven experience delivering health and safety in complex construction environments, preferably with a principal contractor or Tier 1 supply chain
• Experience influencing health and safety at organisational level
• Ability to embed risk management strategy across diverse project portfolios
• Proven skills in cultural leadership, mentoring, and continuous improvement
• Expertise in ISO 45001 systems, digital tools, and legislative interpretation
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills at senior level
• Audit and root cause analysis qualifications strongly preferred
• Recognised expertise in one or more high-risk construction disciplines (e.g. MEP systems, logistics strategy, temporary works, lifting operations, or complex interfaces) with ability to influence standards and controls across projects is desirable.
• Experience in incident investigation

We will provide:

• Up to 10% employer pension contribution
• Private medical health benefit (family cover available)
• Life assurance
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
• 3 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave
• Health and wellbeing support and initiatives
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services
• Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym’s nation wide
• Industry leading parental leave

About Us

Belong at Bovis

We offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equal treatment and equal opportunity are just the norm. We are a disability inclusive employer. If you need any adjustment or changes to the process, email us to let us know if you have a preferred communication method.

We build careers, develop skills, and invest in people. Imagine what more you can do here.

Bovis is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling and empowering our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Inclusion sets us all up for success and we particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/ or disabled.

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Job Info

• Job Identification 158
• Job Category EH&S
• Posting Date 08/17/2026, 01:59 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Manchester, United Kingdom United Kingdom