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Employer Details
Company: Wates Group
Location: Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Salary: Competitive
Closing date: 6 Jun 2025
The Vacancy
We have a great opportunity for an experienced SHE Manager to join our MOJ team providing professional SHE support, advice, and coaching up to business MD level. This role will engage with business boards and supply chain peers to ensure the business SHE policy is promoted and effectively deployed.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Develop a programme of project visits to ensure the highest level of SHE standards, with VMRs completed for each occasion.
- Be accountable for the deployment of group SHE policies and standards (WPS) throughout the business and actively challenge noncompliance.
- Coach the business and regional leadership on risk identification and mitigation, promoting best practices.
- Ensure regional SHE team investigates incidents according to standards, developing the team to ensure high investigation competence.
- Develop and nurture a network of peers within the supply chain to ensure Wates SHE policy is understood and deployed.
- Participate in business board meetings and present SHE dashboards along with incident analysis and learnings.
Candidate Requirements
We are looking for a fully qualified and passionate Health and Safety professional with experience leading and developing a team of SHE professionals within industrial or construction environments. Proven report writing skills, data analysis, and effective presentation to senior boards are essential.
To be successful, you should be an articulate communicator with good listening skills, high self-awareness, and knowledge of all legislation regarding construction SHE, up to MD level.
Additional Information
Given the position's nature, you will need to undergo a Baseline Personnel Security Standard Check (BPSS) and an Enhanced Level 1 check for entry to a live prison, which will be conducted at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we do not discriminate based on criminal record or disclosed offenses. Additional pre-employment checks may be required.
For more information on the checks, please visit: National Security Vetting .
About Wates
Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building, and property maintenance companies, founded over 125 years ago. Our purpose is 'reimagining places for people to thrive,' guided by our promises:
- Thriving places: Creating sustainable, inclusive places with customers, partners, and communities.
- Thriving planet: Protecting nature and combating climate change through collaboration and innovation.
- Thriving people: Providing opportunities and fostering inclusive relationships for all involved with us.
We are proud to be recognized as a Gold Investors in People and a Disability Confident employer, committed to fair recruitment practices regardless of background.