Buro Happold are recruiting for a Health Safety & Environment Manager, this is a brilliant opportunity to oversee the HS&E of our UK + Offices.

Job Purpose

This role has overall responsibility for ensuring that there is compliance within the UK+Business Unit offices. Reporting directly to the UK+ COO, they will ensure the office H&S Teams are compliant and managing the H&S in their offices. They will also work with discipline leadership teams to ensure that H&S is actively managed within the disciplines.

This role has responsibility ensure the effective management of energy resources to meet objectives and targets, they will perform all energy and sustainability-related tasks to ensure service provision and compliance.

Key Accountabilities

Responsible for the health, safety and environment for the UK+ Offices (including Central Business Services, Hong Kong, China and Greece)

• Assume responsibility for ensuring that health, safety and environment is ‘no 1 on the agenda’ aligned with the overall business goals and strategies
• Develop and continually refine the Health and Safety strategy for UK+
• Produce and deliver reports and presentations to the UK+ Leadership and Discipline Leadership teams.
• Advising and assisting the UK+ engineering teams with their duties relating to health, safety and environment standards, regulations and legislation (inc CDM Regs)
• Responsibility for providing advice, information and support on all health, safety and environment legislation and regulations, ensuring that policies and procedures are in place.
• Advise senior leadership and influence them to adopt recommendations
• Lead and develop innovative solutions to problems, new approaches and any health, safety and environmental legislation changes
• Ensuring all UK+ Offices are in compliance with the following initiatives; health & safety compliance, induction training, internal and external audits, ISO14001 and ISO45001.
• Lead frequent UK+ HS&E meetings with the HS&E Officers in order to discuss any communication from global bi-monthly HS&E Meeting minutes
• Creating the UK+ HS&E Objectives and targets supported by the Global H&S Director and Global ESG Manager
• Incident investigation – will take the lead on any high-level investigations on accidents/incidents/near misses that occur, communicating lessons learned.
• Review safety alerts and recommend actions across the business unit to mitigate/minimize risk
• Development and maintenance of Carbon monitoring dashboard – reporting on all scope 3 emissions (operational) within the UK Business units.
• Promoting energy efficiency and providing guidance and support for developing energy-saving practices.
• Collaborating with operations teams to enhance buildings' energy performance, especially through applying advanced control systems.
• Assessing, analysing and collating environmental performance data and reporting information to internal staff, clients and regulatory bodies
• Supporting the transition to ‘zero carbon’ offices, e.g. electrification of our buildings, identifying opportunities for on-site renewables and/or smart energy storage solutions
• Support in the preparation of business cases for energy efficiency investments leading on to implementing energy saving improvement measures across the UK offices
• Part of the global H&S team, meeting bi-monthly to discuss regional issues
• Attend global H&S meetings every two years

Skills and Experience

Qualifications and Training

• NEBOSH Diploma or General Certificate
• Tech IOSH or above

Required Skills

• Attention to Detail: Meticulously identifying potential hazards and ensuring all safety protocols are rigorously followed.
• Communication: Clearly and effectively communicating safety policies, procedures, and expectations to all levels of staff and stakeholders.
• Problem-Solving: Quickly and efficiently addressing safety concerns and incidents, implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Adaptability: Staying current with industry regulations and best practices and adapting strategies to meet evolving safety standards.
• Empathy and Support: Providing support and guidance to employees, promoting a safe and healthy work environment.
• Integrity: Upholding ethical standards and ensuring compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Teamwork: Collaborating with various departments to integrate safety practices into all aspects of the business

Style & Behaviour

The candidate should exhibit a proactive and collaborative approach to health, safety, and environmental management. They must demonstrate strong leadership skills, fostering a culture of safety and compliance throughout the organization.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application. LI-JA1