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Full-time CSO, Galliford Try
FULL-TIME CSO JOB · CONSTRUCTION SECTOR · UNITED KINGDOM
Galliford Try (FTSE-listed construction/infrastructure) is hiring a Head of HS&E (Health, Safety & Environment) for their Asset Management division—a portfolio of five specialist engineering and maintenance businesses. This is a full-time, permanent senior leadership role reporting to the HS&E Director, requiring strategy-setting, culture leadership, compliance oversight and multi-business stakeholder management across the UK. The role balances governance rigour with commercial realism and supports M&A integration.
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Why this role stands out
- Established FTSE-listed employer; stable large-organisation environment
- Broad strategic remit across diverse operational models (engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, maintenance, installation)
- Board-level and hands-on dual capability valued; culture, governance and commercial balance all emphasised
- Clear career development — senior leadership team, Environment Division visibility, wider Group community
Worth checking before you apply
- No salary/day-rate stated; standard full-time posting with no explicit fractional or interim signal
- Significant UK-wide travel required despite 'flexible location' language
- Complex matrix — reporting to HS&E Director but influencing multiple Managing Directors across business units; stakeholder complexity could be high
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What the posting asks · quoted from the listing
- Certification
Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH).
- Must-have
This role requires an experienced and influential HS&E leader who can operate
- Must-have
effectively in complex, fast-paced and commercially focused environments.
- Must-have
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
- Must-have
Strong strategic leadership capability with the ability to influence at Board
HEAD OF HS&E - ASSET MANAGEMENT
Location: Flexible UK Location (with regular UK-wide travel)
Business Unit: Asset Management, Environment Division
ABOUT US
Galliford Try is one of the UK's leading construction and infrastructure
businesses, delivering projects and services that create lasting value for our
clients, communities and the environment.
Within our Environment Division, the Asset Management Business Unit provides
specialist engineering, manufacturing, maintenance and asset support services
across the UK. Comprising Lintott, Ham Baker Engineering, GT Fabrications, AVRS
and GT Capital Maintenance, we offer a comprehensive asset lifecycle solution,
from design and manufacture through to installation, maintenance, refurbishment
and operational support.
Our Asset Management businesses play a critical role in helping clients
maintain, improve and extend the life of essential infrastructure assets across
regulated and industrial sectors.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
- We are seeking an exceptional Head of HS&E to join our Asset Management senior
- leadership team.
- This is a significant strategic leadership opportunity, responsible for setting
- the direction for Health, Safety and Environmental performance across a diverse
- portfolio of specialist engineering, manufacturing, fabrication, maintenance and
- installation businesses.
- Reporting to the HS&E Director (Environment), you will develop, implement and
- assure the Asset Management HS&E strategy, ensuring all businesses consistently
- achieve exemplary standards of health, safety and environmental performance
- whilst supporting sustainable business growth.
- Operating across multiple businesses, locations and operational environments,
- you will balance governance, assurance and compliance requirements with the need
for agility, operational effectiveness and commercial performance. You will be
equally comfortable providing Board-level strategic leadership and hands-on
support to operational teams.
Working closely with the Asset Management Managing Director, Managing Directors
across the individual operating businesses, and senior leadership teams, you
will help shape culture, improve performance and create a consistency of
standards while recognising the unique requirements of each business.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
- As Head of HS&E, you will:
- Develop and implement the Asset Management HS&E Strategy, ensuring alignment
- with divisional and Group objectives.
- Lead the continual development of a positive, inclusive and high-performing
- HS&E culture across all Asset Management businesses.
- Provide strategic HS&E leadership across engineering, manufacturing,
- fabrication, workshop, maintenance, installation and field-service
- operations.
- Act as the principal HS&E advisor to senior leaders across the Asset
- Management portfolio.
- Balance governance and assurance requirements with operational and commercial
- realities.
- Drive behavioural safety programmes and initiatives that improve culture,
- engagement and performance.
- Lead the development of robust governance, assurance and performance
- management frameworks.
- Ensure compliance with Galliford Try standards, legal requirements and client
- expectations.
- Build strong relationships with clients, regulators, industry bodies and key
- stakeholders.
- Lead significant investigations and ensure lessons learned are embedded
- across the business.
- Drive environmental sustainability and carbon reduction initiatives.
- Support acquisition activity, business integration programmes and
- organisational change initiatives.
- Lead and develop the Asset Management HS&E team, creating a culture of
- learning, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Act as the senior HS&E representative for Asset Management within the wider
- Environment Division and Galliford Try community.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP & GOVERNANCE
- Develop and maintain an effective HS&E governance framework across a diverse
- portfolio of specialist businesses.
- Provide assurance over performance, risk management, legal compliance and
- management systems.
- Ensure consistent standards and expectations whilst recognising differing
- operational models, customer requirements and risk profiles.
- Challenge and influence where Group, business and client requirements differ,
- ensuring practical and sustainable solutions.
- Lead implementation of Galliford Try HS&E initiatives across the Asset
- Management portfolio.
- Maintain and continuously improve management systems, certifications and
- accreditations.
CULTURE, ASSURANCE & PERFORMANCE
- Drive the alignment of HS&E culture, leadership behaviours and risk
- management practices.
- Develop assurance programmes that provide meaningful insight into performance
- and risk.
- Lead performance monitoring and reporting activities across the portfolio.
- Use data, digital tools and business intelligence to drive proactive risk
- management and continual improvement.
- Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency, productivity and
- business performance through effective HS&E leadership.
- Monitor trends and implement targeted interventions where required.
BUSINESS GROWTH & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
- Support due diligence activities associated with acquisitions, mergers and
- business growth.
- Lead HS&E integration programmes for newly acquired businesses.
- Drive innovation and best practice adoption across the Asset Management
- portfolio.
- Ensure environmental sustainability goals are embedded within operational and
- strategic planning.
- Promote the sharing of knowledge and good practice across businesses and the
- wider Environment Division.
LEADERSHIP & STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT
- Lead, develop and mentor HS&E professionals across the Asset Management
- business.
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, operational teams and
- external stakeholders.
- Influence strategic decision-making through expert advice and commercial
- understanding.
- Represent the business with regulators, clients and industry bodies where
- required.
ABOUT YOU
- This role requires an experienced and influential HS&E leader who can operate
- effectively in complex, fast-paced and commercially focused environments.
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
- Strong strategic leadership capability with the ability to influence at Board
- and executive level.
- Demonstrable experience balancing HS&E excellence with commercial objectives.
- Exceptional communication, engagement and stakeholder management skills.
- Proven ability to lead organisational and cultural transformation.
- Strong leadership experience developing and managing high-performing teams.
- Experience influencing across multiple businesses and geographically
- dispersed operations.
- Ability to work effectively within complex organisational structures.
- Strong governance, assurance and management systems expertise.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving and risk-based decision-making
- abilities.
- Proven capability in developing and implementing HS&E strategies.
- Strong understanding of sustainability, environmental management and
- operational risk management.
- Experience using performance data and business intelligence to drive
- improvement.
- Strong Microsoft Office proficiency.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Significant senior HS&E leadership experience within engineering,
- manufacturing, construction, utilities, infrastructure, maintenance or
- similarly regulated sectors.
- Proven experience operating at Head of Function, Senior Management or
- equivalent leadership level.
- NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent Level 6 Occupational Health & Safety
- qualification.
- Comprehensive knowledge of UK health, safety and environmental legislation.
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel extensively throughout the
- UK.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH).
- Environmental qualification such as IEMA Practitioner, PIEMA, AIEMA or
- equivalent.
- Lead Auditor qualification.
- Experience working within multi-company, portfolio-based or group
- organisational structures.
- Experience leading HS&E due diligence and integration activities associated
- with acquisitions and business growth.
- Extensive experience managing HS&E risks within manufacturing, fabrication,
- workshop, maintenance and installation environments.
- WHY JOIN US?
- This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of HS&E across a
- diverse portfolio of specialist businesses that are central to Galliford Try's
- long-term growth ambitions.
- You will have the opportunity to influence culture, governance, strategy and
- performance at a senior level, whilst leading a talented team and working
- alongside senior leaders across the Asset Management and Environment businesses.
- If you are a strategic thinker, an influential leader and passionate about
- creating high-performing organisations through exceptional HS&E standards, we'd
- love to hear from you.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER IN RETURN
- With an impressive order book and long-term growth strategy, Galliford Try
- offers the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most important infrastructure
- programmes while developing a rewarding and successful career.
- We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of our people
- through our Be Well programme, offering support, advice and wellbeing
- initiatives across the business.
- We invest significantly in professional and leadership development through
- tailored career pathways, training programmes and qualifications to help our
- people achieve their full potential.
- Our Agile Working programme provides flexibility in how, when and where you
- work, where operational requirements allow.
OUR BENEFITS
- We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a
- comprehensive range of attractive options to support your career alongside a
- competitive salary.
- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service, with
- the option to purchase additional leave
- A wide range of corporate discounts
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Comprehensive pension scheme
- Save As You Earn share purchase scheme
- Private medical scheme options
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free 24/7 support
- Paid membership to one recognised professional institution relevant to your
- role
ABOUT US
- Our purpose is to improve people's lives through building the facilities and
- infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to
- learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote best practice
- and caring for the environment in which we work.
- We do this by holding true to our values of Excellence, Passion, Integrity and
- Collaboration (EPIC), delivering excellence for our clients and communities
- while creating lasting value for all stakeholders.
- For more information on this role or to enquire about other opportunities within
- our business, please contact adam.wright@gallifordtry.co.uk.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work
- full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail
- during the recruitment process.
- We encourage candidates to let us know of any reasonable adjustments that would
- support them throughout the application and interview process.
Don't meet every requirement? Studies have shown that some people are less
likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Galliford Try,
we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if
you're excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn't align
perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway.
As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to offering an interview to
candidates with a long-term health condition or disability who meet the
essential criteria for the role. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed
within the advert if you believe this applies to you.
A full job description is available upon request.
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- Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH).
- This role requires an experienced and influential HS&E leader who can operate
- effectively in complex, fast-paced and commercially focused environments.
- ESSENTIAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
- Strong strategic leadership capability with the ability to influence at Board
- Strategic leadership
- Health and safety management
- Environmental management
- Governance
- Risk management
- Stakeholder management
- Change management
- Compliance
- Performance monitoring
- Data analysis
- Team leadership
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