- Location: Hinkley Point C, Somerset, England (On-Site)
- Job Type: Full-time
- Security Clearance: UK Background Check / Vetting Required
About the Client:
Our client is an international engineering, manufacturing, and industrial services leader employing over 4,500 specialists across 14 UK locations. Operating across regulated sectors including nuclear, energy, utilities, pharmaceuticals, and oil & gas, they deliver total asset life cycle services from engineering and assembly to operation, maintenance, and decommissioning.
They are widely recognized for their uncompromising commitment to safety, compliance, and quality, maintaining a culture that empowers safety professionals to drive real operational impact.
About the Opportunity:
This role is based on-site at the landmark nuclear new-build project, Hinkley Point C. As the Lead HSE Manager, you will hold ultimate accountability for shaping, driving, and embedding a high-performing Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) culture across complex project scopes. Acting as the primary HSE representative to the main client and project stakeholders, you will ensure all site activities strictly align with regulatory standards, quality requirements, and nuclear safety protocols.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic HSE Leadership & Culture:
- Strategy & Governance: Lead the development and implementation of forward-looking HSE strategies, policies, and initiatives tailored to business and project requirements.
- Cultural Drive: Define and execute programmes that promote a safety-first mindset, driving high standards of health, safety, and quality behaviours across the workforce.
- Innovation & Best Practice: Introduce project-wide and corporate safety initiatives to continuously uplift and modernise HSEQ processes.
Compliance, Systems & Quality Assurance:
- Auditing & Systems: Lead the development and monitoring of HSE systems, standards, management plans, and audits to ensure work packages are executed safely and to quality parameters.
- Client Interface: Serve as the senior HSE point of contact for the client and key external stakeholders, providing technical input, reporting, and safety assurance.
- Leadership Alignment: Engage proactively with senior operational management to champion HSEQ priorities across all delivery functions.
Team Management & Development:
- Function Leadership: Lead, recruit, and mentor the site-based HSE team, ensuring robust performance management and talent development processes are in place.
- Stakeholder & Commercial Engagement: Build strong cross-functional relationships across commercial and operational teams to ensure safety objectives align seamlessly with overall project delivery.
Candidate Profile:
Requirements & Experience:
- Regulated Sector Track Record: Significant experience operating at a senior level within a high-hazard, COMAH, or highly regulated industrial environment (ideally nuclear, power, or major civil engineering).
- Leadership & Team Management: Proven capability in leading, managing, and developing multidisciplinary Safety and Quality teams.
- System Implementation: A demonstrated track record of designing, implementing, and improving complex HSEQ management frameworks.
- Stakeholder Skills: Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to contextualise complex technical safety data for diverse audiences.
Qualifications:
- Professional Accreditation: IOSH Diploma (or equivalent) with Chartered Membership status (CMIOSH).
- Certifications: Certified Lead Assessor (ISAS or equivalent) and valid CCNSG Safety Passport.
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