Health And Safety Lead Manager - Logistics & Data Centre
Logistics & Data Centre Construction Division
UK & Ireland (National Travel Required)
We are seeking an experienced Health & Safety Lead Manager to lead our Health, Safety, Environmental and Compliance strategy across a portfolio of complex logistics, industrial and mission-critical construction projects throughout the UK and Ireland.
This senior leadership role will be instrumental in driving a positive safety culture and ensuring compliance across major developments, including hyperscale data centres, logistics parks, distribution hubs, automated warehousing facilities, manufacturing plants and critical infrastructure projects.
Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, you will work closely with clients, project teams and senior stakeholders to deliver industry-leading safety performance across multiple high-value projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and implement the company's Health & Safety strategy and continuous improvement programmes for the Logistic and Date Teams
- Promote a proactive, behavioural safety culture across all business operations.
- Provide expert health and safety advice to senior leadership teams and project stakeholders.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant UK and Irish Health & Safety legislation and industry standards.
- Oversee and maintain ISO 45001, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 management systems.
- Conduct audits, inspections and assurance reviews across multiple projects.
- Lead investigations into incidents, near misses and safety concerns, implementing corrective actions and lessons learned.
- Support project teams during pre-construction, design, commissioning and operational phases.
- Manage relationships with clients, principal contractors, regulators and external auditors.
- Develop and deliver training, competency frameworks and behavioural safety initiatives.
- Monitor performance against key safety KPIs and drive improvements
About You
You will have
- NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety.
- Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH).
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Minimum 6 years' Health & Safety experience within the construction sector.
- Minimum 3 years' experience within a senior Health & Safety leadership role.
- Experience supporting hyperscale or enterprise data centre developments would be highly advantageous.
- You'll have a proven track record of leading Health & Safety across large-scale construction projects, ideally within: -
- Data centres and critical infrastructure environments.
- Logistics, warehousing and industrial developments.
- Major MEP installations and commissioning activities.
- Multi-site project portfolios across the UK and Ireland.
- Complex contracts exceeding £20m in value.
What We're Looking For
- A visible and influential safety leader.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong understanding of CDM Regulations and construction safety legislation.
- Experience leading audits, compliance programmes and incident investigations.
- Commercial awareness with the ability to balance programme delivery, quality and safety objectives.
- Passion for driving continuous improvement and achieving world-class safety performance.
Why Join Us?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing business and play a key role in shaping health, safety and compliance standards across high-profile retail construction projects throughout the UK and Ireland.
You'll have the opportunity to influence business performance, drive cultural change and play a pivotal role in delivering safe and successful projects across the logistics, industrial and data centre sectors.
Apply now to become part of a team committed to safety excellence and operational success.
