Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
As an organisation, there is little we don’t do and plenty to get involved in. Our Group Support roles are vital in making sure we can help over 11,000 people deliver essential infrastructure seamlessly across water, energy, transport and telecom.
This role is in our Plant & Fleet department, our Plant & Fleet supports teams across our business with their vehicle, plant and specialist equipment needs, offering hire solutions that are commercially effective, reliable, safe and compliant.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
We’re looking for a thoughtful, experienced and proactive Head of Road Risk to lead our group-wide approach to managing occupational road safety. You’ll sit at Group level and work across all divisions, helping to align, support and guide our collective efforts to keep our people safer on the road.
You’ll be the go-to expert in this space, bringing together data, insight and collaboration to drive progress. Whether it’s working closely with divisional leads to tailor road risk strategies, using data to shape KPIs and improvement plans, or creating campaigns that resonate across different teams, your work will be about enabling long-term, meaningful change. You’ll lead on group-wide systems, campaigns and safety forums, and develop user-friendly guidance, tools and resources that are practical, consistent, and genuinely helpful.
This role is as much about influencing as it is about innovating. You’ll bring people together, nurture accountability, and help embed a culture where road safety isn’t just a policy—it’s something we all believe in. You’ll support divisions with investigations and continuous improvement, champion recognition for great work, and provide clear, confident reporting to senior stakeholders on performance, risks and progress.
What You’ll Bring
* Proven experience in a road risk, transport safety, or fleet risk management role, ideally across multiple business units or locations.
* Strong project management and coordination skills, with the ability to lead without direct authority.
* Demonstrated ability to analyse data and drive performance through insight.
* Excellent communication and influencing skills across all levels of an organisation.
* Passion for road safety and continuous improvement
* Strong leadership presence without direct line responsibility
What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
* Matched or contributory pension scheme
* Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
* Employee assistance programme
* My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
* Life assurance
* Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
* Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
* Reward and recognition scheme
In addition, this role offers;
* Company car or car allowance and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
* My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
* Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family
* Discretionary bonus scheme
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!
About Us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
* We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
* We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
* We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
* We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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