This is a Full Time/Flexible Working, Permanent vacancy that will close in 19 days at 23:59 BST. At Wates Property Services (WPS), our mission is to deliver essential housing maintenance, retrofit, and fire safety solutions that improve lives and communities. As part of the wider Wates Group, we are committed to safety, quality, and sustainability, ensuring our work leaves a lasting positive impact.
We are now looking for an experienced Head of SHEQ to lead our Safety, Health, Environment, and Quality (SHEQ) strategy, ensuring compliance and best practice across all WPS operations. This is an opportunity to drive innovation in compliance, sustainability, and quality within one of the UK’s leading property services businesses.
Why Join Wates Property Services?
Work for an industry leader in housing maintenance, fire safety, and retrofit solutions.
Be at the forefront of Net Zero initiatives, fire safety improvements, and fleet electrification.
Lead a team that is passionate about creating safer, greener, and better-quality homes.
Motivate & empower the SHEQ team, ensuring high standards in safety, quality, and environmental performance.
Act as the conscience of the business, ensuring legal and industry compliance is met and exceeded.
Oversee major housing and compliance projects, ensuring smooth mobilisation and adherence to SHEQ policies.
Monitor industry trends to introduce best practices and innovations, particularly in fire safety and retrofit.
Practitioner membership of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) (desirable).
Strong experience in housing maintenance, fire safety, and construction.
Excellent communication, coaching, and analytical abilities.
Willingness to travel nationally, with occasional overnight stays.
A passionate and proactive approach to SHEQ, with a commitment to improving communities.
At Wates Property Services, we don’t just maintain buildings—we improve homes, enhance communities, and build a better future. If you’re a SHEQ leader ready to drive safer, greener, and higher-quality property services, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and help us shape the future of housing compliance and sustainability.
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.