HSEQ Director

HSEQ Director

Hemel Hempstead Circa 115,000 + Car and Excellent Benefits

Irwin and Colton have been engaged by a large civil engineering and construction company to recruit their Director of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ). This company has a turnover of 200m and delivers a range of major projects with an excellent track record of health and safety performance. This role is critical to ensure their health and safety standards and culture continue to be implemented on each project.

Responsibilities of the HSEQ Director will include:

• Working with senior management and stakeholders to develop and continually refine the health and safety strategy
• Leading the Health and Safety team ensuring the successful delivery of the strategy on site, managing and coaching the health and safety and site teams, to ensure compliance and a positive safety culture
• Influencing, engaging and coaching key internal and external stake holders to drive change
• Conducting major health and safety incident investigations to identify root cause and making recommendations to prevent reoccurrence
• Constantly assessing opportunities for health and safety improvements and sharing best practice across the organisation

The successful HSEQ Director will have:

• Proven experience in a similar role, within construction, civil engineering, utilities or related environments
• Leadership and management experience, with experience driving change across an organisation
• A strong technical knowledge across Health and Safety legislation
• Ideally NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) and Membership of IOSH or other relevant professional body

If you are interested and would like to find out more, please contact Isla Robson on or (phone number removed). Job reference:

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