Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary package

About the Role
At Balfour Beatty, our work shapes the infrastructure people rely on every day. We are seeking an experienced Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager to help drive our Zero Harm ambitions, strengthen our safety culture and support the delivery of complex construction and civil engineering projects across the UK. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive HS&W professional who combines technical expertise with visible leadership, strong stakeholder engagement and a passion for continuous improvement.

As Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager, you will partner with operational leaders, the Head of HS&W and wider teams to support the implementation of Balfour Beatty’s HS&W strategy, UK Business Management System requirements and Zero Harm Action Plans. You will provide expert advice from design through to delivery, influence safe ways of working, support assurance activities and help embed a culture where health is treated with the same importance as safety.

Key Responsibilities:
- Providing HS&W input from design through to implementation, including support for Health and Safety by Design and the Principles of Prevention.
- Driving HS&W performance through visible leadership, practical guidance and effective assurance.
- Producing formal reports, inspections and reviews against regulatory, BMS and project requirements.
- Supporting accident, incident and near miss investigations and ensuring learning is captured and shared.
- Supporting bids, proposals and PQQs with high-quality and innovative HS&W responses.
- Engaging with internal teams, customers, regulators, supply chain partners and external HS&W forums.
- Delivering approved HS&W technical training and supporting behavioural safety programmes.
- Coaching, mentoring and developing individuals to build capability and support a strong talent pipeline.

Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

Experience
- Health, Safety and Wellbeing qualifications such as NEBOSH Diploma, NVQ Level 6 or comparable.
- Proven experience of leading and managing teams.
- Strong competence in incident and accident investigation.
- Good understanding of CDM 2015 – Roles and Responsibilities.
- Broad experience of complex construction and civil engineering projects.
- Ability to prepare formal written reports and publications on HS&W topics to executive level.
- Ability to engage and converse at all levels.

About you
- Motivational, leadership and coaching skills.
- Ability to influence and promote a positive HS&W culture.
- Demonstrate commitment to continual learning to refine, develop and apply expertise to add distinctive value to customers and Balfour Beatty.

Qualifications
- Essential: Relevant Health, Safety and Wellbeing qualifications (NEBOSH Diploma, NVQ Level 6 or comparable).
- Desirable: Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) or working towards it.
- Desirable: Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) competence.
- Desirable: Additional relevant skills and qualifications in any technical area.
- Desirable: Recognised Internal Auditor qualification.
- Desirable: Environmental and Sustainability qualification.