Senior Health, Safety and Fire Lead

Part of the VolkerWessels UK Group, VolkerStevin is an industry-leading civil engineering business, providing complex and innovative engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including maritime, flood risk management, defence, energy, water and regeneration. Collaborating with, and drawing on the specialist skills of the group's business units we deliver a truly integrated, multidisciplinary service.

Lead Safety. Shape Culture. Make a Lasting Impact.

At VolkerStevin, we're delivering some of the UK's most complex and high-profile infrastructure projects, and we're looking for an exceptional Senior Health, Safety & Fire Lead to join our team.

This is not just another safety role. This is an opportunity to take strategic ownership of health, safety and fire performance across a major long-term framework, influencing projects that are critical to the UK's infrastructure and defence sectors.

Working across our operations in Helensburgh and Glasgow City Centre, you'll be the driving force behind our health and safety strategy, leading teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and embedding a culture where everyone goes home safe every day.

The Opportunity

As our Senior Health, Safety & Fire Lead, you will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight across a diverse portfolio of civil engineering, infrastructure and marine projects.

You'll work closely with project leadership teams, client representatives and framework partners to drive continual improvement, champion best practice, and lead the development of our behavioural safety programme, Safety Ripple.

This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to influence decision-making at the highest levels of the organisation and leave a lasting legacy on one of our flagship frameworks.

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and deliver the Health & Safety strategy across the framework.
• Drive a consistent and high-performing safety culture across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Collaborate with clients and framework partners to promote shared learning and continuous improvement.
• Translate strategic objectives into practical action plans that deliver measurable results.

Leading People & Performance

• Lead, mentor and inspire a team of Health & Safety professionals.
• Ensure projects are supported by competent and effective H&S resources.
• Support recruitment, talent development and succession planning within the safety function.
• Foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing across teams and projects.

Health, Safety & Fire Governance

• Provide expert advice to project teams operating in highly regulated environments.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, industry standards, client requirements and the VolkerStevin Integrated Management System.
• Monitor regulatory developments and drive best-practice implementation across the framework.

Driving Safety Culture

• Lead the rollout and evolution of our behavioural safety programme, Safety Ripple.
• Enable project teams with the tools, training and support needed to embed positive safety behaviours.
• Inspire a proactive approach to health, safety and wellbeing across all levels of the workforce.

Assurance & Continuous Improvement

• Oversee inspections, audits and assurance activities across the framework.
• Lead investigations and ensure meaningful learning from incidents and near misses.
• Analyse trends, identify opportunities and drive performance improvements.
• Champion innovation and best practice across projects.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strong relationships with clients, regulators and framework partners.
• Represent VolkerStevin at client forums, leadership meetings and industry working groups.
• Deliver insightful performance reporting and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.

About you

• NEBOSH Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety Management.
• CMIOSH or FIOSH membership.
• Level 6 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice.
• ISO 45001 Lead Auditor qualification.
• Significant experience within construction, civil engineering, infrastructure, marine or defence environments.
• Demonstrated success leading H&S across multiple projects or major programmes of work.
• Strong understanding of working within highly regulated sectors.

If your past experience doesn't match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerStevin is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerStevin are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Employee Assistance
• Flexible working opportunities
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• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

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Additional information

Note for Recruitment Agencies:

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.

We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.