Health and Safety Manager
Permanent Full:Time SME Construction Environment
Salary: c GBP 60,000
Location: Gloucestershire (with occasional national travel as required)
Are you a pragmatic, experienced Health and Safety professional who knows how to balance legal compliance with the practical needs of a busy business? Do you enjoy working closely with colleagues and clients building trust, influencing positively, and helping people work safely without disrupting what already works? Do you enjoy managing a small yet passionate and focused team? If this sounds like you, this could be a great next step in your career
About the Role
This position has become available due to a long:serving employee retiring, leaving behind a well:structured function and strong internal relationships. You ll be stepping into a supportive SME environment where you re valued as the go to expert (hence why experience is essential) not as someone expected to reinvent everything, but as the steady, knowledgeable professional who keeps things running safely, smoothly and legally.
The focus here is collaboration, communication, and practical, proportionate safety management.
Key Responsibilities
Carry out regular Health and Safety audits across multiple sites, ensuring clear and timely reporting. Support and guide internal teams in maintaining safe working practices. Coach and upskill colleagues and subcontractors through toolbox talks, feedback sessions and on site engagement. Assist with Risk Assessments and Method Statements. Ensure incidents and accidents are appropriately investigated and reported. Attend safety meetings, client visits and awareness sessions, representing the business positively. Provide clear, confident advice to leadership, project teams and operational staff. Maintain and continually develop the company s Health and Safety culture practical, people:focused and fully compliant.
What our Client is Looking For
Experience in a similar Health and Safety role ideally with multi:site exposure. Someone who builds genuine rapport with colleagues and clients. Strong communication and influencing skills, with a calm and collaborative approach. Confidence in carrying out audits, assessments, incident investigations and delivering H and S guidance. Relevant qualifications NEBOSH in Construction (or equivalent). IOSH Membership, COSHH Resilience, integrity and the ability to balance legal requirements with operational realities. A team player mindset approachable, supportive, and committed to continuous improvement.
Why This Role Stands Out
Join a stable, people oriented SME where your expertise is respected. Step into a well:established role with strong foundations not a broken system needing radical overhaul. Work with colleagues and clients who value partnership over policing. Enjoy autonomy, variety and managing a small friendly team.
If you re an experienced Health and Safety professional who values common sense, strong relationships and doing the right thing the right way, we d love to tell you more.
To ensure that your application receives the fullest possible attention, it is essential that you consider carefully the role that you are applying for, please ensure that your CV contains all relevant information about yourself in relation to the specific role advertised. This is important as in the present economic climate, we are receiving huge amounts of applications and thus it will help your application if your CV and covering letter state all relevant information clearly. Due to this unprecedented increase in applications, we are unfortunately unable to respond to each application personally (which would normally be our preferred method of communication). Hence, if you do not hear from us within one week, we regret you must conclude on this occasion your application for this role has been unsuccessful, we will, however, keep your details for any future opportunities that we may deem you suitable for.