Are you an experienced Health & Safety Strategy Lead with a passion for driving safety culture and implementing strategic plans across complex infrastructure projects?
Do you have expertise in executive-level engagement, safety culture improvement, and strategy implementation?
Salary: £65,400 to £81,780 plus double matched pension up to 6% (12% employer contribution)
Location: London or Birmingham, 2 days in office per week. Occasional site attendance.
This role is an excellent opportunity to work on the largest infrastructure project in Europe.
Essential requirements:
- Chartered status (preferred), or significant, high-level experience in H&S leadership roles.
- Familiarity with rail systems, operations, or similar regulated environments (e.g. aviation, nuclear, defence etc.).
- NEBOSH qualification or equivalent in national safety and risk.
- Extensive experience in Health & Safety leadership, particularly in complex and regulated industries such as rail, construction, nuclear, or aviation.
- Strong understanding of H&S systems, with a proven track record of implementing safety culture and improvement strategies.
- Ability to influence and engage executive and senior leadership teams, with comfortable, effective communication at the SLT (Senior Leadership Team) level.
- Proven experience in developing and executing operational plans and strategic interventions across large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Excellent presentation skills and stakeholder engagement skills.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development and implementation of the Health & Safety (H&S) strategy across a major infrastructure programme, including civil, station, system, and corporate H&S systems.
- Drive the execution of a route-wide safety strategy, ensuring alignment with key focus areas and commitments, refreshing and updating as required over the coming years.
- Engage and collaborate with senior leadership, including the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), to influence and support early interventions that drive improvements in health, safety, and wellbeing.
- Provide high-level oversight for the H&S operational plan, tracking and reporting progress, and ensuring commitments are met with pace across all levels of the supply chain and integrated project teams.
- Lead communications and engagement initiatives, promoting safety culture across all areas of the programme, including contractors and supply chain partners.
- Oversee the maturity matrix and develop strategies to continuously improve health and safety culture within the organisation.
- Monitor and track interventions to ensure alignment with safety commitments, identifying opportunities for industry-leading change.
- Represent the safety strategy in presentations and briefings, influencing and engaging internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Work collaboratively with focus area leaders and support teams to hold accountability, challenge progress, and drive continuous improvement.
This is a strategic leadership role with responsibility for guiding and implementing the Health & Safety strategy across a major infrastructure programme. The position requires a blend of high-level strategic thinking and hands-on engagement with various teams and stakeholders, including the supply chain and SLT. You will be responsible for driving forward the organisation s commitments to safety culture, wellbeing, and operational safety, ensuring that safety by design principles are embedded across all aspects of the infrastructure.
The successful candidate will have a track record of leading complex safety strategies, ideally within regulated industries, and will be adept at communicating and influencing at the highest levels.
Deadline for applications: 3rd November