Unit Health & Safety Manager

*This role has a closing date of Sunday 13th July 2025 at midnight*

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit
The Buildings Unit (BLD) has a major presence in Mott MacDonald's regional offices throughout the UK and mainland Europe, providing a wide range of diverse and transferable cross-sector skills across five key Sectors; Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation and Water. We also provide local services to customers and technical leadership to the rest of the Group in these sectors.  

Overview of the role
You will be an experienced and proactive Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager supporting Mott MacDonald in achieving its desired outcomes. You will lead, monitor, advise and influence the continual improvement of health, safety and wellbeing across the unit.  

The key responsibilities of the Unit Health and Safety Manager are:

• To lead a culture of continuous improvement and improve the Unit’s health, safety and wellbeing performance
• You will promote the use of the Mott MacDonald Business Management System and engage senior management in the development, review and implementation of safety plans
• Report to the Head of Operations and Divisional General Managers on health and safety performance, including analysis of trends and issues arising from audits and the dissemination of lessons learned as appropriate 
• In conjunction with the regional safety team, deliver and arrange health and safety training for our people 
• Support in closing out actions from internal and external audits. Escalating issues where necessary
• Contribute to, or undertake internal incident investigations as required
• Provide health and safety support and advice to senior management and staff
• Keep abreast of developments in relevant legislation and practice and act upon any changes accordingly
• Represent the Unit externally, where required, including liaising with the enforcement authorities and other bodies as necessary
• Work with the Unit HR team to ensure compliance with legislation in the Health, Safety and Wellbeing space
• Promote a culture within the unit that recognises the value of reporting health and safety positive interventions, which ultimately lead to a safe and healthy working environment for our people. 

 
Duties include:

• Auditing projects within the Unit. Projects include those based in the UK and overseas
• Develop a Unit safety plan and initiatives to deliver on health and safety goals
• Produce monthly reports on health and safety performance.
• Analyse health and safety data to spot trends and suggest corrective action plans where necessary. Produce feedback from positive interventions to enable continuous improvement and learning for our teams. 
• Support and train Project Safety Advisers and people in other key safety roles
• Engage with management teams to support them in promoting health and safety across their division
• Support senior management with approvals and governance, including international travel
• Develop the annual unit health and safety plan ensuring that the objectives are SMART; regularly review divisional risks to establish key focus.
• Engage with our people at all levels to show the importance of health and safety, the benefits that brings to ourselves, our company and our partners.
• Liaise with Divisional Safety Leads to disseminate key health and safety learning/information for their teams.

Candidate specification

Essential:

• Have a solid appreciation and understanding of health and safety legislation and its application in challenging contexts.
• A solid understanding of Construction Design and Management Regulations. Particularly in the pre-construction phase of projects
• A good understanding of the Building Safety Act in respect to high-risk buildings and the requirements of the principal designer
• Develop and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with managers, employees and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills (verbal and written).  Presenting and training is a key component of this job.
• Be proactive with good organisational capability and effective time management skills.
• Hold a NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent

 
Desirable:

• Previous experience working in an engineering consultancy environment 
• Previous experience of site visits and inspections; practical experience of site activities would be desirable
• You will be required to undertake weekly travel across our UK offices
• Membership of an engineering related institute
• Formal Lead auditor / auditor qualification and experience of auditing

Please be advised that offers for this role are conditional upon obtaining the appropriate level of Security Clearance.

How to apply:

If you’re interested in this opportunity, we ask you to submit:​  

• a brief cover letter 

• an up-to-date CV  
• a brief expression of interest of no more than two A4 pages which sets out the following:  

1. Your vision for the role 
2. The competencies and behaviours you will bring to this role
3. What opportunities you see looking ahead and how you will harness these 
4. What challenges you see looking ahead and how your will approach and/or mitigate these. 

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UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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