Director of Health, Safety and Fire Safety

£90,000 - £110,000 + Car Allowance, Bonus and Benefits

Do you want to shape the safety strategy for a complex, high-profile operational environment?

Are you driven to influence senior leaders, contractors and frontline teams to embed a proactive, high-performing safety culture?

Irwin and Colton are delighted to have been engaged by a leading UK organisation to recruit a Director of Health, Safety and Fire for one of its most complex and high-profile operational environments.

The successful individual will strengthen safety governance, assurance and risk management while working closely with senior leaders to embed a proactive safety culture. With ongoing investment, infrastructure development and organisational change, this is an opportunity to influence safety at an organisation-wide level and make a lasting impact on performance and culture.

Key responsibilities of the Director of Health, Safety and Fire are:

• Setting the strategic direction for health, safety and fire across the estate, ensuring alignment with legal requirements, industry best practice and internal standards.
• Leading company-wide safety risk management and safety assurance, embedding robust governance, reporting and leading indicators to drive performance.
• Influencing senior stakeholders and act as a trusted adviser to the executive leadership team, shaping priorities and decision-making.
• Providing leadership to a multidisciplinary team, developing capability, performance and a visible, collaborative safety function.

The successful Director of Health, Safety and Fire will have:

• NEBOSH Diploma and a Chartered membership of IOSH is essential.
• Strong knowledge of health, safety and fire safety legislation, with the ability to apply it in complex and fast paced environments.
• Demonstrable experience of driving cultural change, improving Health & Safety performance and influencing across all levels.
• Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including working with external regulators and partners.

This is a senior opportunity to make a lasting impact on safety strategy, assurance and culture.

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