Head of Health & Safety - Home Based, Travelling Nationally
Company
Location
York YO32
Employment Hours
New Jobs
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£75,000 - £80,000 a year
Job Highlights
- Lead on all Health, Safety and Environmental matters across diverse projects, ensuring compliance and a positive safety culture.
- Proven experience in senior Health & Safety roles within construction or modular building, with strong communication skills.
- Home-based position with national travel, offering a salary up to £80,000, bonuses, car allowance, and family medical scheme.
Job Requirements/Description
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop?
We're looking for an experienced construction Head of Health & Safety to lead on all Health, Safety and Environmental matters and performance across our permanent, design and build, and turnkey projects valued up to £20m. Reporting to the Head of Construction • GB Sales, you will play a key role in the senior leadership team, ensuring compliance, promoting a positive safety culture, and supporting the successful delivery of projects across the business.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to lead the delivery of HSE excellence across the business, ensuring compliance with all legal and company standards while driving a positive safety culture. Through proactive risk management, incident prevention and continuous improvement, you will help reduce accidents, share best practice and support the achievement of ambitious HSE performance targets.
***Proven experience in a senior Health & Safety leadership role within the construction or modular building industry***.
Role Details:
Skills
Health & Safety, Environmental Management, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Communication, Project Management, Leadership, Analytical Skills, Problem Solving, Auditing.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
Description
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop?
We're looking for an experienced construction Head of Health & Safety to lead on all Health, Safety and Environmental matters and performance across our permanent, design and build, and turnkey projects valued up to £20m. Reporting to the Head of Construction • GB Sales, you will play a key role in the senior leadership team, ensuring compliance, promoting a positive safety culture, and supporting the successful delivery of projects across the business.
This is an exciting opportunity for you to lead the delivery of HSE excellence across the business, ensuring compliance with all legal and company standards while driving a positive safety culture. Through proactive risk management, incident prevention and continuous improvement, you will help reduce accidents, share best practice and support the achievement of ambitious HSE performance targets.
***Proven experience in a senior Health & Safety leadership role within the construction or modular building industry***.
Role Details:
- Annual Salary up to £80,000 depending on experience
- On-target annual bonus of up to 15%, with the potential to earn up to a maximum of 30% based on business performance.
- Car Allowance of £7,500
- Location – Home based with regular travel across the UK, including occasional overnight stays.
- Permanent
- Eligible for Family Private Medical Scheme
- Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
In this role you will be required to:
Partner with business unit leaders to deliver HSE action plans that strengthen culture, compliance and performance.- Assess HSE risks and performance, developing and implementing improvement initiatives tailored to business unit needs. permanent, design and build, turnkey projects up to £20m please.
- Provide proactive advice and guidance to managers and employees on all aspects of HSE.
- Lead and influence the adoption of safe behaviours and practices, supporting the development of a proactive safety mindset across teams.
- Oversee investigations into significant incidents within the business unit, ensuring root cause analysis is applied and lessons are embedded.
- Communicate HSE priorities and progress to the senior leadership team and wider workforce, promoting visibility and accountability.
- Provide expert advice on compliance-related projects to ensure safe and effective outcomes.
- Develop and deliver initiatives that reduce workplace accidents and improve wellbeing.
- Engage with external HSE forums and working groups to capture and apply industry best practice.
Our Ideal Candidate
Proven experience in a senior Health & Safety leadership role within the construction or modular building industry.- Proven experience in leading HSE improvement plans with a strong track record of delivering results.
- Experience in the delivery of HSEW initiatives & improvements
- In-depth knowledge of CDM 2015 Regulations.
- Holds a NEBOSH Diploma (or working towards completion).
- Member of IOSH.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Educated to degree level, or equivalent experience
- Valid UK driving licence
Skills
Health & Safety, Environmental Management, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Communication, Project Management, Leadership, Analytical Skills, Problem Solving, Auditing.
NOTE: If we receive a high volume of applications for a role, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than scheduled.
Benefits & Opportunities
Contributory pension including life insurance benefit- A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
- Learning & development opportunities and resources
- A chance to give back to your community with two annual volunteering days
About Portakabin
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes, in various sectors including manufacturing, education, health, transport, utilities and construction. Delivering our products sustainably, and safely to our customers is of utmost importance.
Portakabin now employs more than 2,200 people across the UK and Europe. Our people are at the heart of business and the reason for our success. We offer career progression, support and development opportunities giving our employees space to grow.
Portakabin is a Disability Confident Committed and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and to the fair and consistent treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and value the contribution that diverse experiences bring to our teams.
Reasonable adjustments will be made throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes where required. If you need any additional support or experience any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on resourcing@portakabin.com
Portakabin is a Disability Confident Committed and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and to the fair and consistent treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and value the contribution that diverse experiences bring to our teams.
Reasonable adjustments will be made throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes where required. If you need any additional support or experience any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on resourcing@portakabin.com
Company
Location
York YO32
Employment Hours
New Jobs
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£75,000 - £80,000 a year