HSEQ Director
Salary: £100k
Benefits: Executive car/allowance, generous pension and bonus, healthcare
Location: UK (hybrid / regional site travel)
Sector: Civil Engineering & Infrastructure
Our client, a rapidly expanding UK civil engineering contractor, is seeking an experienced HSEQ Director to lead, shape and elevate its health, safety, environmental and quality strategy across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure projects.
Reporting directly to the Board, the successful candidate will champion a proactive safety culture, drive environmental compliance and support sustainable business growth across regional and national operations.
The Role
- Strategic Leadership: Develop, implement and continuously refine the overarching HSEQ strategy in line with UK regulatory frameworks and ISO standards.
- Cultural Excellence: Drive a behavioural safety culture across all site operations, promoting engagement, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Compliance & Governance: Ensure robust compliance with CDM Regulations, HSE standards and client-specific requirements across complex civil engineering environments.
- Team Leadership: Lead and mentor the central HSEQ advisory team, providing strong operational support to project delivery teams.
- Environmental & ESG: Oversee environmental mitigation plans, waste reduction initiatives and ESG integration across site delivery.
- Incident Management: Champion root-cause investigation protocols, risk mitigation strategies and executive-level reporting to the Board.
The Person
- Proven track record as an HSEQ Director, Head of HSEQ or Senior HSEQ Manager within the UK civil engineering or major infrastructure sectors.
- Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH), with relevant environmental qualifications such as IEMA being advantageous.
- Strong understanding of UK CDM Regulations and complex civil engineering operational delivery.
- Excellent executive-level communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and operational teams.
- Willingness to travel across the UK as required by site operations.
Unfortunately, due to our high number of applications we are unable to respond to all applicants. If you do not hear back within 2 weeks of submitting your application, please assume your application has been unsuccessful.
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