Health and Safety Lead

Health and Safety Lead (Data Centre Project)

London 80,000 - 100,000 + excellent benefits

Irwin and Colton have been engaged by a major principal contractor to recruit a Health and Safety Lead on a single site data centre project in London. The organisation is a leading Principal Contractor, delivering some of the Uks most recognised and complex developments. They have an excellent track record in health and safety performance, and this role is critical in ensuring those standards are not only maintained but continually enhanced.

The Health and Safety Lead will be responsible for:

• Planning and embedding health and safety throughout the full lifecycle of the development, identifying upcoming challenges and ensuring robust solutions are in place
• Maintaining a strong site presence, supporting, advising and coaching contractors to enable the effective delivery of the health and safety strategy
• Leading and developing a Health and Safety team
• Managing incident investigations, identifying root causes and implementing preventative measures
• Proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and sharing best practice across the wider organisation

The successful Health and Safety Lead will have:

• Proven leadership experience in a similar role within construction, civil engineering or a related sector
• A strong track record of influencing, engaging and coaching both senior leadership and site-based teams
• Ideally a Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent)
• Experience implementing progressive occupational health, wellbeing and behavioural safety programmes

This position will require an individual who is passionate about health and safety and high performance. For further information or to discuss your career, contact Luke O'Driscoll on or (phone number removed). Ref 4564

Irwin & Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK and Europe. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions.

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