Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Reporting to the Assurance Delivery Director, the Head of Health, Safety and Wellbeing will play a key leadership role

in our Highways division. This is a high-profile role, working with business directors, operational leaders and the wider Highways industry to shape strategy, drive cultural change, and ensure the highest standards of health, safety and wellbeing.

This is a hybrid working role with a requirement to be in our Warwick HQ on an ad-hoc basis, as well as other UK based site travel when needed.

What you’ll do:

Lead the Health, Safety & Wellbeing strategy, ensuring it supports business priorities and drives measurable improvements in safety, health and welfare outcomes

Own and continually evolve the division’s Health & Safety Management System, ensuring it is robust, practical and aligned with legislation, ISO45001, client requirements and the changing needs of the business.

Drive a proactive safety culture of visible safety leadership, governance and continual improvement, embedding heath, safety and wellbeing into everyday operations.

Lead and inspire a team of Health & Safety professionals, to ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality assurance, support and advice.

Build strong relationships with customers, stakeholders and industry forums to influence standards and best practice.

Provide expert leadership on H&S significant risk management, overseeing effective incident response and investigation, ensuring lessons are learned, corrective actions are implemented and senior stakeholders have clear visibility of performance, risks and key H&S KPIs.

Champion a positive safety and wellbeing culture, embedding proactive approaches to physical, mental and occupational wellbeing and promoting psychological safety across the organisation.

Who you are:

You are an experienced Health & Safety professional with proven strategic experience in complex, operational environments, as well as a confident senior leader who can influence at all levels, shape strategy and embed a proactive safety and wellbeing culture.

Key Requirements:

Experience in transportation technology or related sectors, ideally in the Highways industry.

Proven experience delivering business-wide health and safety improvement and culture change, with strong knowledge of legal and client requirements.

Strong team leadership / management skills

Strong communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Skilled investigator with experience in delivering formal management investigations under legal privilege

NEBOSH Diploma or similar level of formal H&S qualifications

CMIOSH

Full UK driving license

What we offer:

At Telent, we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage diverse perspectives across our teams.

The additional benefits with this role:

Car Allowance

Private Medical Cover

34 days holiday, including public holidays, plus the option to buy or sell days annually OR 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually

Company pension scheme

A range of family friendly policies

Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal

Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

We are guided by our values and behaviours:

Be Inclusive

Take Responsibility

Collaborate

Be Customer-focussed

Join us and help deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

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