HSE Manager

An established civil engineering and infrastructure contractor is looking for an experienced HSE Manager to join their team in London.

This is a key regional HSE role supporting multiple projects across the area, championing health, safety, and environmental standards while providing leadership and guidance to HSE Advisors and site teams.

The Role

As HSE Manager, you will support a number of projects to meet the requirements of the Health, Safety & Environmental Management systems. You will report to the Head of HSE for your area. Supporting HSE Advisors, site teams and managers through your inspections by recognising hazards, seeking to minimise risks whilst creating, maintaining and improving the health, safety & environmental standards. Championing HSE initiatives in the region whilst ensuring that legislation is adhered to.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the provision of Health & Wellbeing within the business under the direction of the Head of HSE & HSE Director
• Support the communication and promotion of the monthly themes
• Promote the value of occupational health at a regional level
• Provide consistent and accurate HSE advice to HSE Advisors and Site Teams where applicable
• Render support to the region on HSE initiatives, issues and problems
• Produce regional HSE statistics monthly, identify trends and take proactive initiatives
• Line manage HSE Advisors under your control and mentor them to support professional development
• Provide client support for the region under your control
• Attend client HSE forums as required and provide lessons learnt feedback and sharing of best practices
• Form collaborative relationships with client HSE management
• Contribute to and support company-level HSE communications and embed at the regional level
• Produce and communicate HSE alerts following incidents to promote learning, prevention, and continual improvement
• Manage monitoring of regional HSE trends, highlighting areas for improvement
• Manage the production and cascade of monthly PI posters with closing the loop information
• Deliver awareness training and lead site standdowns
• Ensure corporate incident reporting timeframes are met — 2 hours escalation, 2 days for initial reports and alert communication, and 2 weeks for detailed investigation reports
• Support HSE Advisors and complete investigation reviews for HSE investigations
• Keep Head of HSE and local management informed on status and provide reviewed reports within expected timeframes
• Identify immediate, underlying, and root causes within applicable investigation reports
• Act as an independent investigator in other areas of the business under the direction of the HSE Director
• Conduct regular visits to support your Advisory Team within the area of your control
• Perform HSE detailed inspections monthly with agreed monthly targets
• Act as a role model for HSE in the area under your control
• Monitor HSE Advisor inspections and ensure findings are closed out on time
• Approve regional vendors from the HSE perspective
• Provide management support for Facilities Managers at regional company premises on HSE-related issues
• Monitor HSE standards at regional company premises and ensure legal obligations are being upheld

Essential Requirements:

• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent as a minimum
• CSCS Safety Professional Card
• Sentinel PTS (Personal Track Safety)
• London Underground Basic Track Awareness (LUL BTA)
• Temporary Works Coordinator/Supervisor
• Kelvin TOPSET or equivalent incident investigation training
• Extensive HSE experience within a civil engineering environment
• Experience supporting rail and London Underground projects with familiarity of Network Rail and LUL safety requirements
• Temporary Works experience including management, inspections, audits, and assurance
• Strong incident investigation, report writing, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Analytical skills to interpret detailed information and regulations
• Proficient in MS Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Desirable:

• IOSH or CEnv qualification
• Working towards NEBOSH Diploma Level 6
• Level 3 AET or PTLLS