Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager

Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager, Snowdonia, North Wales
We are recruiting for a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager to lead and be accountable for health and safety on a major infrastructure scheme in Snowdonia. The project involves the construction of a new tunnel and the installation of high voltage power cables beneath an estuary, replacing an existing overhead section and reducing visual impact in a protected landscape.
This is a senior, site facing role reporting into the Project Director, with responsibility for providing visible leadership, driving best practice, and ensuring the project team and supply chain are fully supported to deliver safely.

Salary and package
Salary up to 80,000
Car allowance available

The role
You will provide leadership across safety, health and sustainability, advising directors, managers and supervisors on their statutory duties, and ensuring robust controls and compliance with company procedures and relevant legislation. You will manage surveillance, audits and inspections, oversee incident investigations, track trends through reporting and statistics, and lead improvement initiatives and campaigns.
Key responsibilities
Lead best practice across safety, health and sustainability across the project
Advise and support project leadership to discharge health and safety responsibilities under legislation and company procedures
Ensure management controls are in place so personnel understand statutory duties and responsibilities
Drive compliance with company requirements and contract requirements across site teams and the supply chain
Plan and carry out regular inspections, audits and surveillance, producing actions and recommendations
Lead and oversee accident and incident investigations, analyse trends, and implement preventative actions
Collate and review health and safety statistics to identify areas for improvement
Develop and deliver lessons learned sessions, campaigns and improvement plans
Prepare and review health and safety documentation including plans, procedures, method statements, and third party submissions
Provide reports, presentations and information as required
Ensure compliance with partner KPIs and exercise stop work authority where health and safety controls are in question

Experience required
Proven leadership on major civil engineering or infrastructure schemes in a senior health and safety role
Experience on tunnelling, shafts, underground works, heavy civils or similarly complex projects is highly desirable
Strong working knowledge of health and safety plans and procedures and contractor management
Track record of delivering audits, inspections and incident investigation processes with clear corrective actions
Confident engaging with directors, managers, supervisors, contractors and client stakeholders
Experience managing reporting, statistics, trends and continuous improvement planning
Comfortable working within a structured health and safety management system and competence systems such as Themis
Qualifications and certifications
Relevant CSCS card for the role
Suitable health and safety qualification aligned to a senior construction environment, for example NEBOSH Construction or equivalent
Professional membership status would be beneficial, for example IOSH

If you would like to be considered, please send your CV and I will come back to you with full project details and next steps.