Group Health & Safety Director

Overview

In this role you will lead the group health and safety strategy across a national facilities management portfolio, reporting to the Executive Leadership Team and Board. You will strengthen governance, assurance and risk management while overseeing high-risk maintenance, contractor management and statutory compliance. You’ll build a high-performing safety function, embed safety as a core enabler of operational excellence and commercial performance, and support contract mobilisations and strategic bids to enable growth.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the Group Health & Safety Strategy across multiple divisions
• Strengthen governance, assurance frameworks and operational risk management
• Oversee high-risk maintenance and construction activities and contractor management
• Drive statutory compliance and lead incident investigations
• Develop and embed a robust safety assurance framework across the business
• Build capability and a high-performing safety function across the wider organisation
• Support major contract mobilisations, strategic bids and client relationships with safety as a central priority

Key requirements

• Senior leadership experience in facilities management, property services or similar complex environments
• NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent)
• Professional membership in relevant safety bodies
• Commercial awareness and ability to influence Board-level decisions
• Ability to engage effectively with frontline operational teams
• Proven track record in governance, risk management and incident investigations

• leadership
• influencing at executive/board level
• stakeholder engagement
• health & safety governance
• risk management
• incident investigations

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