Senior Health & Safety Manager - Power Sector

-; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction and engineering firm is seeking a Senior Health & Safety Manager to drive strategic and operational safety for high-voltage projects. The candidate will set health & safety objectives, lead risk assessments, and foster a culture of innovation and inclusion. With a Level 6 qualification and expertise in safety management, this role impacts the future of the UK’s energy infrastructure while offering comprehensive benefits including a competitive salary and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Base salary + car/travel allowance

Access to PMI

Enhanced pension and parental leave schemes

Life, dental, and critical illness insurance

Income protection

33 days' holiday

Qualifications

• Expertise in managing health and safety in high-voltage projects.
• Experience in power infrastructure projects and HV electrical safety.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety inclusion and wellbeing.
• Set strategic health & safety objectives.
• Oversee risk assessments for high-voltage environments.
• Lead investigations and promote learning.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and drive safety technologies.

Skills

Occupational health expertise

Environmental risk management

Safety risk management

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Education

Level 6 qualification and professional membership

Job description

Overview

Location: Flexible across project offices/sites (Suffolk to the East Coast of Yorkshire), with travel as required.

Join us in shaping the future of the UK's energy infrastructure! Laing O'Rourke is delivering the Great Grid Upgrade Programme, a landmark initiative to modernise and expand the electricity transmission network—critical to achieving net zero and integrating renewable energy.

We're seeking a Senior Health & Safety Manager to lead strategic and operational safety across complex, high-voltage projects. This is a senior leadership role with significant influence, driving innovation and fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing. In this role, you will set the strategic H&S direction across a major portfolio of work, take ownership of building and developing your own Health & Safety team, and play a pivotal role in shaping our safety culture.

Responsibilities

• Champion our Inclusion + Wellbeing approach to safety.
• Set and deliver strategic health & safety objectives.
• Oversee risk assessments for high-voltage environments.
• Lead investigations and promote learning from success.
• Collaborate with National Grid, regulators, and stakeholders.
• Drive adoption of cutting-edge safety technologies.

Qualifications

• Level 6 qualification and professional membership.
• Expertise in occupational health, environmental, and safety risk management.
• Experience in power infrastructure projects and HV electrical safety.
• Strong leadership, influencing, and communication skills.

Why join us?

• Be part of a programme that powers the UK's net zero future.
• Work in a high-profile leadership role with real impact.
• Shape safety culture through innovation and inclusion.

Benefits

• Base salary + car/travel allowance
• Access to PMI
• Enhanced pension and parental leave schemes
• Life, dental, and critical illness insurance
• Income protection
• 33 days' holiday (including bank holidays!)
• Professional development opportunities

Ready to make a difference? Apply now and help us rethink safety for a sustainable future.

About Us

Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

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