Health Safety and Wellbeing Manager

About the role

At Balfour Beatty, our work shapes the infrastructure people rely on every day.

We are looking for an experienced Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager to help us drive our Zero Harm ambitions, strengthen our safety culture and support the delivery of complex construction and civil engineering projects across the UK.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a proactive HS&W professional who can combine technical expertise with visible leadership, strong stakeholder engagement and a passion for continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing

As Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager, you will partner with operational leaders, the Head of HS&W and wider teams to support the implementation of Balfour Beatty's HS&W strategy, UK Business Management System requirements and Zero Harm Action Plans.

You will provide expert advice from design through to delivery, influence safe ways of working, support assurance activity and help embed a culture where health is treated with the same importance as safety.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing HS&W input from design through to implementation, including support for Health and Safety by Design and the Principles of Prevention.
• Driving HS&W performance through visible leadership, practical guidance and effective assurance.
• Producing formal reports, inspections and reviews against regulatory, BMS and project requirements.
• Supporting accident, incident and near miss investigations and ensuring learning is captured and shared.
• Supporting bids, proposals and PQQs with high-quality and innovative HS&W responses.
• Engaging with internal teams, customers, regulators, supply chain partners and external HS&W forums.
• Delivering approved HS&W technical training and supporting behavioural safety programmes.
• Coaching, mentoring and developing individuals to build capability and support a strong talent pipeline.

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Health, Safety and Wellbeing Qualifications - Attained relevant NEBOSH Diploma, NVQ (Level 6 or comparable)
• Experience of leading and managing teams
• Motivational, leadership and coaching skills
• Ability to influence and promote a positive HS&W culture
• Strong competence in incident & accident investigation
• Good understanding of CDM 2015 - Roles and Responsibilities
• Ability to prepare formal written reports and publications on HS&W topics to executive level
• Demonstrate commitment to continual learning to refine, further develop and apply expertise to add distinctive value to customers and Balfour Beatty
• Broad experience of complex construction and civils projects
• Ability to engage and converse at all levels

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• To have or be working toward Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH)
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) competence
• Additional relevant skills and qualifications in any technical area
• Recognised Internal Auditor qualification
• Environmental and Sustainability Qualification

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

About us

Balfour Beatty works at the heart of the UK's rail networks - designing, enhancing and maintaining thousands of miles of the railways that connect communities and underpin growth.

From feasibility studies, planning and design through to implementation and asset management, we provide multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure services across the lifecycle of rail assets. Our expertise covers electrification, track, power, civils, specialist rail plant, railway systems and technologies.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at