QSHE & Culture Lead

QSHE & Culture Lead

Client Framework: Rolls-Royce

Can you change the way people think about health and safety, not just the way they comply with it? Mitie is looking for an experienced QSHE & Culture Lead to join the leadership team supporting our prestigious Rolls-Royce construction framework. We're not looking for someone who simply knows policies, conducts audits and monitors compliance.

We need a construction safety leader who can engage people, influence behaviours and create genuine cultural change. You'll have the credibility to challenge when something isn't right, but also the personality to bring people with you. From stand-downs and toolbox talks to coaching leaders and engaging contractors, you'll help create an environment where people speak up, take ownership and see great safety as more than a box-ticking exercise.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and develop the SHEQ and safety culture strategy across the Rolls-Royce framework.
• Build engagement through stand-downs, toolbox talks, coaching, mentoring and behavioural safety initiatives.
• Influence project teams, contractors and leaders to encourage positive intervention, open reporting and personal accountability.
• Provide strategic SHEQ governance and assurance across construction projects, ensuring compliance with CDM 2015, Mitie procedures and client requirements.
• Build strong relationships with Rolls-Royce HSE stakeholders and help lead wider health and safety conversations across the framework.

This role is different

Technical competence is important, but your ability to engage and influence people will be equally important.

We need someone who is comfortable being visible across projects. Someone who can walk onto site, engage with teams, challenge poor practice constructively and create an environment where people feel confident speaking up about risks, near misses and non-conformance.

You'll have the opportunity to lead stand-downs, develop the framework's approach to psychological safety and behavioural change, and co-chair a global health and safety forum connecting colleagues across the US, Singapore and mainland Europe.

The goal isn't simply compliance. It's creating a culture where people take genuine ownership for safety and quality.

What we're looking for

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent.
• Strong health and safety leadership experience gained within construction.
• A solid understanding of CDM Regulations 2015 and construction safety requirements.
• Demonstrable experience of creating behavioural or cultural change, not simply maintaining existing systems.
• An engaging, confident leadership style with the ability to influence everyone from site teams and contractors through to senior client stakeholders.

Experience within highly regulated environments such as aerospace, manufacturing, defence or major infrastructure would be advantageous. Chartered IOSH membership, Lead Auditor qualifications and additional Environmental or Quality qualifications would also be beneficial.

Why this opportunity?

This is an opportunity to join a prestigious Rolls-Royce framework in a role with the freedom to make a genuine impact.

You'll sit within the leadership structure rather than operating solely as a day-to-day site auditor. You'll have the platform to shape how safety is discussed, understood and lived across the framework, while developing the team and building a culture that goes beyond minimum compliance.

If you're an experienced construction safety professional who believes the strongest health and safety cultures are built through people, conversations and leadership, we'd love to hear from you.

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