Job Description
Job description
Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
This strategic Health and Safety Manager role will work in collaboration with the Wellbeing Lead and Principal Designer Lead and be responsible for setting and delivering project health and safety expectations through the design and pre-construction site activities phase of one of the UK's largest energy upgrade projects over its 8-to-10-year program.
Within the AECOM Arup joint venture, this role will be both client and JV leadership facing, tasked with safeguarding the health and safety of all project staff and that may be affected by our activities.
The role scope will include the collaboration and cocreation of both internal and client operational standards, technical health & safety deliverables, oversight of digital system development, creation of culture and initiative campaigns, formulating reports, etc. as well as other workstreams to embed health, safety and wellbeing through the project mobilisation phase, before taking a more project deliver overview and focus.
Here’s what you’ll do:
Safety Champion: Act as a prominent advocate for health (including wellbeing), safety, and the environment, fostering continuous improvement and innovation to cultivate a mature safety culture.
Client Engagement: Engage with and collaborate with the Client and the delivery partner representatives to develop the project health and safety approach and oversee its execution.
SH&E Promotion: Author, support, feed into, the creation and execution of health and safety initiatives, campaigns, etc. and track results, evaluating program effectiveness.
SH&E Advice, Support & Guidance: Offer expert health and safety counsel, assistance, and direction to client, partner and project personnel.
One HS&W Team: Collaborate with peers, colleagues and managers to form a cohesive team that respects, supports, and works together towards common goals.
Management Systems Implementation: Collaborate with partner to establish, apply, and enhance health and safety protocols, systems, and procedures.
Project / Operational Meetings: Participate in, contribute to, and represent AECOM Arup on health and safety matters in project meetings.
Reporting: Generate reports for all managed works and projects to convey status, performance, and improvements, reporting to the SH&E Director, project leadership team and client both in written and presented formats.
Healthy Starts: Aid in reviewing and refining health and safety project deliverables to guarantee successful project initiation and progress.
Assurance: Guarantee adherence to and effectiveness of the assurance programme across all projects.
Accident Review, Management & Investigations: Conduct thorough investigations of all incidents and accidents, ensuring adherence to AECOM Arup, and client systems. Ensure investigations are conducted at the appropriate level, with corrective actions identified and preventive lessons integrated into the project.
Come grow with us.
Areas of immediate focus surround high profile energy infrastructure projects, working collaboratively with the Principal Design, Well-Being Lead and Leadership teams, from pre-construction, GI's and environmental work and beyond.
And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
• Have vast experience of health and safety experience, including experience in leading major energy, construction, or pre-construction projects as a Health and Safety Manager for a principal contractor or consultant.
• Hold chartered IOSH membership or an equivalent credential, along with formal health and safety qualifications, complemented by relevant sector-specific training.
• Be an excellent communicator across written, verbal, and visual mediums.
• Collaborate effectively within a team and be capable of making clear, concise, and well-considered decisions independently.
• Naturally adhere to AECOM Arup's equity, diversity, and inclusion policies
Additional Information
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About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2026. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J1010+543
Business Line: Environment
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Safety, Health & Environment
Work Location Model: Please Select
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited
Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
This strategic Health and Safety Manager role will work in collaboration with the Wellbeing Lead and Principal Designer Lead and be responsible for setting and delivering project health and safety expectations through the design and pre-construction site activities phase of one of the UK's largest energy upgrade projects over its 8-to-10-year program.
Within the AECOM Arup joint venture, this role will be both client and JV leadership facing, tasked with safeguarding the health and safety of all project staff and that may be affected by our activities.
The role scope will include the collaboration and cocreation of both internal and client operational standards, technical health & safety deliverables, oversight of digital system development, creation of culture and initiative campaigns, formulating reports, etc. as well as other workstreams to embed health, safety and wellbeing through the project mobilisation phase, before taking a more project deliver overview and focus.
Here’s what you’ll do:
Safety Champion: Act as a prominent advocate for health (including wellbeing), safety, and the environment, fostering continuous improvement and innovation to cultivate a mature safety culture.
Client Engagement: Engage with and collaborate with the Client and the delivery partner representatives to develop the project health and safety approach and oversee its execution.
SH&E Promotion: Author, support, feed into, the creation and execution of health and safety initiatives, campaigns, etc. and track results, evaluating program effectiveness.
SH&E Advice, Support & Guidance: Offer expert health and safety counsel, assistance, and direction to client, partner and project personnel.
One HS&W Team: Collaborate with peers, colleagues and managers to form a cohesive team that respects, supports, and works together towards common goals.
Management Systems Implementation: Collaborate with partner to establish, apply, and enhance health and safety protocols, systems, and procedures.
Project / Operational Meetings: Participate in, contribute to, and represent AECOM Arup on health and safety matters in project meetings.
Reporting: Generate reports for all managed works and projects to convey status, performance, and improvements, reporting to the SH&E Director, project leadership team and client both in written and presented formats.
Healthy Starts: Aid in reviewing and refining health and safety project deliverables to guarantee successful project initiation and progress.
Assurance: Guarantee adherence to and effectiveness of the assurance programme across all projects.
Accident Review, Management & Investigations: Conduct thorough investigations of all incidents and accidents, ensuring adherence to AECOM Arup, and client systems. Ensure investigations are conducted at the appropriate level, with corrective actions identified and preventive lessons integrated into the project.
Come grow with us.
Areas of immediate focus surround high profile energy infrastructure projects, working collaboratively with the Principal Design, Well-Being Lead and Leadership teams, from pre-construction, GI's and environmental work and beyond.
And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
• Have vast experience of health and safety experience, including experience in leading major energy, construction, or pre-construction projects as a Health and Safety Manager for a principal contractor or consultant.
• Hold chartered IOSH membership or an equivalent credential, along with formal health and safety qualifications, complemented by relevant sector-specific training.
• Be an excellent communicator across written, verbal, and visual mediums.
• Collaborate effectively within a team and be capable of making clear, concise, and well-considered decisions independently.
• Naturally adhere to AECOM Arup's equity, diversity, and inclusion policies
Additional Information
#LI-JJ1
About AECOM
AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2026. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J1010+543
Business Line: Environment
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Safety, Health & Environment
Work Location Model: Please Select
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Health and Safety Manager | Energy and Environment position is now open for candidates interested in the Health Jobs sector. This role in England offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Health Jobs is a plus.
