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The Health and Safety Director, Water Hygiene (HSD WH), will lead the Water Hygiene organisation’s health, safety, and compliance strategy across national operations, ensuring a safe, compliant work environment aligned with industry standards. This role is essential for establishing consistent safety practices across integrated entities, supporting growth, and maintaining operational excellence. This role will also be responsible, as agreed, for central activities in partnership with the Health and Safety Director for Water Treatment (HSD WT)
Job Responsibility:
Lead by example in your own approach to Health and Safety
Lead a high performing team that enables a health and safety culture in partnership with the business, adheres to regulatory requirements, is continually improving and meets the objectives of the Group Health and Safety policy and those for the Company and Department
Develop and implement robust health and safety strategies for Water Hygiene, ensuring adherence to UK legislation and industry best practice
Complete health and safety due diligence for any acquisitions as required
Lead harmonisation of health and safety practices across integrated water Hygiene business entities
Work in partnership with the HSD WT, to ensure that the Group strategy, policy, arrangements, communications, training, harmonisation and central monitoring and reporting are in place and optimised across the Group
Conduct risk assessments, audits, and inspections, proactively addressing potential hazards
Collaborate with leadership to foster a proactive safety culture, supporting continuous improvement and accountability
Oversee incident management and investigation processes, providing insights to prevent recurrence
Ensure appropriate reporting is in place to enable leadership to have an accurate picture of health and safety performance
Provide all data required for the HSEQ leadership meeting and board report accurately and in a timely manner
Lead and drive key stats trend analysis to improve ways of working and create meaningful visual metrics
Manage health and safety training to ensure employees are up to date, informed and aligned with best practices
Work in partnership with the HSD WT, and lead in WH, to ensure communication across the Group meets the needs of the audience and delivers the expected outcomes in health and safety awareness, culture and targets
Involvement as required in disaster recovery strategies and operational delivery
Lead initiatives to improve NMR/accident reduction etc
Engage and work with the Safety Champion networks championing key feedback and improved ways of working
Lead and implement formal process reviews with Operations
Provide cover for the HSD WT in their absence
Lead on any other activities, designated to you, relevant to your role
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Health, or a related field
NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH) preferred
Extensive experience in a senior health and safety role within a multi-site or national organisation
Excellent knowledge of UK health and safety regulations and compliance standards
Excellent leadership and communication skills, with proven experience driving cultural change
Able to demonstrate excellent attention to detail
Can demonstrate they can work to deadlines but are also adaptable in a fast-paced environment
Can demonstrate they remain calm, can problem solve and make decisions in a high-pressure environment
Analytical and able to identify trends to focus priorities to minimise risk
Can demonstrate a continual improvement mindset and operational delivery
Nice to have:
Experience in the Water Hygiene, or equivalent, sector (desirable)
What we offer:
Full training and clear career development pathways
Opportunities to gain industry-recognised qualifications
Paid overtime (including travel time from leaving home)
22 days annual leave + bank holidays
Option to take 3 additional unpaid leave days
Company pension scheme & sick pay scheme
Free eye test every 2 years
Access to Kinhub (wellbeing & financial support)
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