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The Vacancy
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.
* Influence board-level decisions and shape SHEQ standards across the business.
* Be at the forefront of Net Zero initiatives, fire safety improvements, and fleet electrification.
* Lead a team passionate about creating safer, greener, and higher-quality homes.
Your Role
* Develop & lead the SHEQ strategy, embedding a culture of compliance across all WPS divisions.
* 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.
* Represent SHEQ at board meetings, client interviews, and key business discussions.
* Manage SHEQ resources & budgets, ensuring efficient and effective operations.
What We’re Looking For
* Chartered Member of the Institute of Safety and Health (CMIOSH).
* Degree (BSc Hons) or equivalent in the Built Environment.
* Practitioner membership of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) (desirable).
* Strong experience in housing maintenance, fire safety, and construction.
* Proven leadership & influencing skills, with the ability to engage at all levels.
* 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.
Join Us and Make a Difference
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.
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building, and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
* 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 recognized as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favorably due to an offending background.
Work for Wates
Wates Group is one of the largest, most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity.
As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have received accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People and being a Disability Confident employer. Being a family-owned business, we value long-term relationships.
The Wates Group is committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, Zero Carbon from our operations, and Positive Nature Enhancement. We aim to lead in reducing our industry’s environmental impact.
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