Health & Safety Manager

Company: Fawkes & Reece
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Location: Chippenham
Job Description:

Overview

As Health, Safety & Environmental Manager, you will oversee HSE across Southwest projects, ensuring legal compliance and client standards while promoting best practice. You will drive continuous improvement in safety culture and lead high-risk activity planning with the delivery team. You’ll conduct inspections, audits, and incident investigations, and actively engage teams in behavioural safety. This role offers exposure to large-scale schemes and clear progression within a leading contractor.

Pay / Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • comprehensive package
  • progression opportunities
  • development & exposure
  • large-scale project experience

Responsibilities

  • Ensure compliance with legal standards, client expectations, and company standards
  • Support planning and delivery teams for high-risk activities
  • Regularly perform safety inspections and audits
  • Advise on incidents, accidents, or near misses
  • Promote HSE awareness and behavioural improvement across the team

Key requirements

  • Experience in a similar role on high-value schemes (10M–100M) is advantageous
  • HSE Advisor ready to step up considered
  • Knowledge of ISO 45001/ISO 14001/ISO 9001
  • Relevant qualifications including NEBOSH & IOSH
  • Proactive safety leadership
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Team engagement and coaching
  • ISO 45001/14001/9001 knowledge
  • Safety inspections and audits
  • Incident investigation and reporting

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Posted: November 1st, 2026