HS&E Manager

Galliford Try

  • Guildford, Surrey
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 6 hours ago
Job Category: H&SJob Description:Note for Recruitment Agencies:
We prefer to hire directly and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.We do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. If speculative CVs are sent, no fee will be applicable - please direct all queries to the relevant Resourcing Partner.Health, Safety & ENVIRONMENT MANAGER - BuldingguildofrdWhat you will be doing:An opportunity has arisen for a Health, Safety & Environment Manager to join the team at Galliford Try within our Build Division.Ideally, you will based in or around the Guildford area and will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the Region.As HS&E Manager for the Building Southern business unit, you will provide visible leadership and management of all Health, Safety and Environmental activities. You will be directly accountable for driving HS&E strategy, performance, and culture across the business unit and supply chain partners.Reporting to the Head of HS&E, you will lead and develop the HS&E team within your business unit, ensuring consistent standards, proactive risk management, and a culture that prioritises health, safety, and environmental excellence.This role requires a strong leader capable of influencing senior stakeholders, managing and developing a team of HS&E professionals, and ensuring our HS&E systems deliver both compliance and continual improvement.
  • Lead the Building Southern business unit on all HS&E matters, setting clear expectations, and holding operational and supply chain leaders accountable for performance.
  • Manage, coach, and develop HS&E Advisors, ensuring their work aligns with business priorities and delivers measurable improvements.
  • Translate the Group HS&E strategy into actionable plans for the business unit, ensuring delivery against both short-term targets and long-term cultural objectives.
  • Work proactively with the Business Unit Managing Director and senior leadership team to embed HS&E in decision-making and operational planning.
  • Build strong relationships with supply chain partners, driving consistent HS&E standards, compliance with our business management system, and cultural alignment.
  • Act as a role model and champion for our behavioural change programme, Challenging Beliefs, Affecting Behaviour, ensuring this is embedded across all levels.
  • Take ownership of business unit HS&E performance reporting, ensuring trends are identified, risks are escalated, and actions are closed in a timely manner.
  • Ensure high-quality incident investigations are completed, learning is shared, and preventative actions are embedded into business practices.
  • Lead on HS&E elements of business unit bids, pre-construction activities, and client engagement to ensure our proposals and delivery demonstrate best-in-class standards.
  • Support the development of industry-leading training and awareness programmes, ensuring managers and frontline staff are engaged and competent.
About You:
  • Strong leadership, management, and coaching skills, with experience in developing teams and individuals.
  • Extensive knowledge of the construction industry and practical delivery of site operations.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to influence, challenge, and support senior stakeholders.
  • Strategic thinker with the ability to translate Group HS&E strategy into practical delivery within a business unit.
  • Proven ability to drive cultural change and embed behaviours across a large and complex organisation.
  • Results-focused, with the ability to manage performance through clear objectives and accountability.
  • Alignment with Galliford Try values: Excellence, Passion, Integrity, and Collaboration.
  • Demonstrable experience of operating in a HS&E management role (or equivalent) with leadership responsibility.
  • Track record of delivering cultural change and performance improvement at a business unit or regional level.
  • Ability to travel extensively across the assigned business unit.
DESIRABLE
  • Degree or recognised qualification in Health, Safety and/or Environmental management.
  • Chartered or professional membership of IOSH, IEMA, or equivalent (or working towards).
  • Evidence of continual professional development.
What We Can Offer in Return:With an impressive order book of over £3.8 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.Our benefits:We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
  • Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
  • A wide range of corporate discounts
  • Cycle to Work schemes
  • Comprehensive pension plan
  • Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
  • Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
  • Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role
About us:Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction groups with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our Specialist Services business please contact Chloe Phillips on .Additional Information:Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.Don't meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.A full job description for this role is available upon request.#LI-CP1

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