Head of Hses - London, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty
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2 weeks ago

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About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity to become a Head of HSE as part of the wider Major Projects business.

This role will see you supporting the HSES Director in achieving the Zero Harm objectives and supporting the Balfour Beatty business across the UK.


What you'll be doing

  • Provide management advice, support, and direction to all project HSES teams to enable them to support their project teams to deliver Zero Harm, in a coherent and coordinated manner.
  • Undertake Health and Safety compliance evaluations, tours and audits as required and to ensure sufficient assurance of project activities.
  • In conjunction with Executive General Managers / Managing Directors / Directors, carry out project and business sector HSE performance reviews and reporting using lagging and leading indicators.
  • Work with the HSES Director, to develop and ensure the delivery of the Highways HSES Strategy and deputise for the HSES Director where required.
  • Review and investigate accidents, incidents and near miss events in accordance with Balfour Beatty standards to identify and effectively share lessons learned across Major Projects and the wider BB.
  • Ensure actions and recommendations are tracked and the SIER process is applied, and that HSE, Customer and Balfour Beatty accident reporting requirements are fulfilled.
  • Monitor, collate and interpret health and safety performance data including close out of inspection and accident investigation reports, and provide management reports on a routine basis.
  • Manage the recruitment of HSES Professionals across BBMP, coach, mentor and manage HSES Professionals where required.
  • Work with the wider BB HSES team to promote Zero Harm and continuous improvement of performance through special projects, local initiatives and HSES improvement plans.

Who we're looking for

  • NEBOSH Diploma or NCRQ qualification.
  • Must have good understanding and operational experience of Health and Safety legislation, regulations and guidance.
  • Utilities and/or Construction industry experience and in particular CDM.
  • Experience of working in Major Infrastructure Projects.
  • Prior experience of providing leadership and support to operational and functional teams at a senior level.
  • Prior experience of developing proactive relationships with challenging customers.
  • Ability to set and drive strategic plans for continuous improvement.

Why work for us

  • Medical health cover
  • Pension Scheme
  • Company car or car allowance.
  • Annual bonus
  • Payment of an annual professional membership.
  • Family friendly policies
  • An opportunity to lead some of the biggest highway developments in the UK travel network.

About us
Balfour Beatty's Enabling Functions includes our centralised HR, IT, Procurement, Finance, Health & Safety, Sustainability and Comms teams. Together we support Balfour Beatty to deliver projects on behalf of our clients.


As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment.

We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.


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Job Reference:
BBUK04397
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