Health & Safety Business Partner – Earth & Environment Health & Safety Business Partner Earth & Environment (E&E)

Overview

In this role you support the Earth & Environment business in the UK as the Health & Safety partner, delivering practical advice, assurance and challenge to project delivery. You’ll work with leaders, project teams and suppliers to embed H&S into planning and operations, driving safety priorities and improvement plans. You’ll focus on principal contractor environments, risk controls and incident learning, influencing culture and accountability. This is a hands-on, high-impact role that shapes safe delivery across projects.

Responsibilities

• Advise E&E leaders and project teams on H&S, integrating safety into planning and delivery
• Support delivery of safety priorities and improvement plans aligned with the UK&I HSEQ Strategy
• Influence leadership to strengthen visible safety leadership and early engagement
• Provide competent H&S guidance in Principal Contractor environments across mobilisation, welfare, inductions and permits
• Apply Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 in practice and guide duty-holder requirements
• Review RAMS, safe systems of work and construction-phase controls and challenge changes in site conditions
• Manage fieldwork risk areas (driving, lone working, remote sites, weather, access, lifting, plant) and conduct site visits and inspections
• Plan and deliver project reviews, inspections, audits and track actions to close out
• Investigate incidents, near misses and hazards; identify root causes and implement corrective actions
• Analyze H&S data to identify trends and communicate recommendations to leadership
• Contribute H&S input to bids, client requests and supplier onboarding
• Deliver safety communications, toolbox talks and coaching to improve safety behaviours

Key requirements

• Relevant degree, diploma or equivalent H&S qualification
• Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) or working towards Chartered status
• Significant practical experience of Principal Contractor works and managing contractor interfaces
• H&S experience in construction, infrastructure, environmental, engineering, consultancy or major projects
• Ability to review and challenge RAMS, safe systems of work and project controls on site
• Proven ability to prioritise in a busy, fast-moving environment
• Strong influencing, stakeholder-management, investigation, analytical, reporting and communication skills
• Ability to translate legislation into practical, proportionate solutions
• Willingness to travel across UK offices and project sites

• Influencing and stakeholder management
• Investigation and analytical thinking
• Communication and reporting
• RAMS review and challenge
• Safe systems of work and project controls
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015

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