Senior HSSW Manager – Major Infrastructure Projects

Advance TRS; Havant; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Advance TRS is seeking an experienced Health, Safety, Security and Wellbeing (HSSW) Manager for the Havant Thicket Reservoir Project. The role is site based with hybrid elements, reporting to the Project Delivery Director, and will shape the project’s HSSW framework across contractors and the supply chain.

You will lead a values‑driven safety culture, deliver HSSW policies and management systems, oversee incident investigations and contractor assurance, and champion workforce wellbeing while

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a senior HSSW or equivalent leadership role.
• Led HSSW leadership on major infrastructure or complex capital programmes.
• Strong contractor assurance, performance management and governance.
• Thorough knowledge of UK health and safety law including CDM Regulations and HSG65.
• Experience developing and implementing occupational health and safety management systems.
• Strong risk management, incident investigation and continuous improvement.
• Experience working with principal contractors and complex supply chains.
• Workforce wellbeing and fatigue management expertise.
• Excellent stakeholder management and senior leadership influence.
• Strong data analysis using HSSW leading and lagging indicators.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible, values-led HSSW leadership across the project and establish health, safety, security and wellbeing as core delivery priorities.
• Develop and implement the project HSSW strategy, policies, procedures and management systems.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System in line with HSG65 and relevant regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain a robust contractor assurance regime across principal contractors and the wider supply chain.
• Hold contractors to account through clear performance metrics, regular reviews and formal governance forums.
• Lead audits, inspections, assurance activities and contractor performance reviews.
• Develop and monitor leading and lagging HSSW indicators to identify trends and drive early intervention.
• Ensure underperformance is proactively addressed through structured improvement plans and escalation where required.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, including CDM Regulations, and promote industry best practice.
• Embed robust risk management processes, including risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
• Oversee the investigation of incidents and high-potential events, ensuring root causes are identified and lessons are embedded across the programme.
• Provide independent HSSW assurance to the Project Delivery Director and project governance forums.
• Lead corrective and preventative actions to drive continual improvement.
• Champion workforce wellbeing, including mental health, occupational health and fatigue management.
• Ensure appropriate occupational health provision, screening, surveillance and specialist support are in place.
• Maintain a strong site presence, engaging with frontline teams, supervisors and contractor leadership.
• Lead and support safety tours, briefings, inductions and HSSW campaigns.
• Develop clear and insightful HSSW reporting for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Analyse HSSW trends, risks and opportunities to support effective project decision-making.
• Engage effectively with regulators, emergency services, local authorities, industry bodies and other key stakeholders.
• Develop proportionate security strategies to protect people, assets and Category 3 Critical National Infrastructure.
• Coordinate security standards and incident response arrangements across contractors and stakeholders.
• Promote a culture of learning, openness, accountability and continuous improvement across the programme.

Skills

HSSW leadership

Contractor governance

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Job description

Advance TRS is seeking an experienced Health, Safety, Security and Wellbeing (HSSW) Manager for the Havant Thicket Reservoir Project. The role is site based with hybrid elements, reporting to the Project Delivery Director, and will shape the project’s HSSW framework across contractors and the supply chain.

You will lead a values‑driven safety culture, deliver HSSW policies and management systems, oversee incident investigations and contractor assurance, and champion workforce wellbeing while