Job Description
As a Health & Safety Business Partner within our UK & Ireland Mining business, you will provide strategic leadership and technical authority for HSEQ across a global portfolio of mining advisory projects.
Operating as a trusted advisor to discipline and project leadership, you will influence decision‑making in complex, high‑risk environments and shape the approach to health, safety and risk management across international operations. This role offers significant exposure to global projects, senior stakeholders and critical risk environments, with the opportunity to directly impact safe and sustainable project delivery.
Responsibilities
* Provide HSEQ leadership and act as the discipline authority for health, safety and risk across UK&I Mining
* Influence senior leadership decision‑making on high‑risk activities, international travel, and project mobilisation
* Lead the identification and management of critical risks across complex mining environments, including remote and hostile locations
* Oversee, assure and deliver project HSEQ planning, risk controls and governance across multiple concurrent global projects
* Drive continuous improvement through incident investigation, trend analysis and implementation of learning
* Champion a high‑performance safety culture, embedding visible leadership and behavioural expectations across the discipline
* Collaborate with global HSEQ, security and operational teams to ensure alignment with international standards and best practice
Requirements
* NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) and extensive experience in a H&S leadership role
* Significant experience within mining, extractive industries or comparable high‑risk operational environments
* Proven ability to lead and influence at senior leadership level within complex, global organisations
* Strong expertise in risk management, including critical risk, project HSEQ planning and international travel risk
* Experience supporting global projects and operating in remote, challenging or high‑risk environments
* Advanced capability in incident investigation, performance analysis and driving continuous improvement
* Strong working knowledge of ISO 45001 and application of HSEQ management systems and standards applicable to the mining industry
Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.
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