The only thing we want more of on site than PPE... is you
Health & Safety Manager - City of London (The Health & Safety Manager - not one of....)
Start: December 2025
Permanent - Full Time
Imagine a £100m+ main contractor.
Now imagine they're on their way to £150m.
Now imagine you're the one making sure no one ends up in A&E on the way there.
This isn't clipboard choreography or another Safety Week' with cupcakes. They've got policies - now they need someone who can make them live and breathe on site. Someone who knows the difference between a tick-box culture and a real safety culture (and ideally, has seen both first-hand).
They're halfway through a proper revamp of their Health & Safety set-up - new systems, new attitude, and genuine backing from the top. You'll have the autonomy, the authority, and the support to make things happen - without ten people checking your method statement for commas.
Projects range from £5m refurbs to £60m headline jobs - commercial, residential, the lot. A good mix of the that'll look great on the CV and the how are we even going to build that? variety.
You'll be the sort of person who:
·Has spent solid years with a proper main contractor - not a highlights reel of three-month stints.
·Knows how to walk onto site and get buy-in from the ground up (without needing to wave a NEBOSH certificate like a sheriff's badge).
·Can lead multiple sites, manage a small team, and still have time to grab a coffee before the next near-miss meeting.
·Knows the regs, but more importantly, knows people.
·Can spot nonsense from 100 yards - and call it out tactfully.
The company?
A respected, grown-up main contractor with a solid reputation for delivering complex jobs and actually caring about how they're done. £100m+ turnover and climbing. Not chasing shiny gimmicks - just steady, smart growth and the right people steering it.
This role's for someone who's built their career properly - who's ready to take ownership, shape a department, and make H&S part of the DNA (not a laminated poster in the site office). Someone who is head of H&S at regional contractor or runs large divisions (not a H&S Advisor or 1 of 5 Health & Safety Managers within a business). We need the top dog.
If that sounds like you - and you fancy being part of a business on the up - give me a shout. Discreet chat, no hard sell.
Spencer Wade
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