Safety Manager EUNA
| Posting date: | 01 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £85500-104500 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 September 2025 |
| Location: | London, EC4M 7RB |
| Company: | Mott MacDonald |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 10864-43621697 |
Summary
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
Location/s: LondonRecruiter contact: Nikki George
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
About the business unit
Mott MacDonald’s support services are the driving force behind our organisation enabling us to run efficiently and effectively. The team works collaboratively to offer specialist advice, best practice and technology to all areas of our business specifically designed for our global reach.
We are looking for an experienced health and safety manager to lead our expanding safety team, reporting into the Exec Sponsor for health and safety and with two direct reports.
This senior leadership role will drive the health and safety agendas across our business in our EUNA Region. The Regional Safety Manager is a principal source of health and safety advice for the business area they are appointed to. Their role is to monitor, advise and influence continual improvement of safety management, health and wellbeing.
Job description
- Lead and coordinate health and safety for the Region, ensuring effective implementation of Group and Regional policy.
- Drive an active safety culture across the region.
- Own the Regional health and safety plan.
- Act as the H&S conscience for the Regional Executive, provide regular status updates and promote board discussion around relevant health and safety subjects.
- Provide health and safety advice for staff and managers.
- Promote effective communication and dissemination of health, safety and security information.
- Carry out an annual health and safety management review at Regional level.
- Set and monitor health and safety objectives.
- Review Unit health and safety plans.
- Arrange for annual review of the relevant country specific health and safety legislation registers.
- Ensure delivery of the safety training programme across the Region.
- Keep abreast of developments in health and safety legislation and practice and act upon any changes accordingly.
- Liaise with enforcement authorities and other bodies as necessary.
- Participation at Regional Exec meetings, including reporting on performance.
- Preparation of Regional Exec and Board papers.
- Provide leadership, guidance and oversight of Mott MacDonald’s travel security processes across the Region.
- Co-ordinate health, safety and security issues with other BMS and safety managers and representatives as required.
- Ensure appropriate dissemination of information to other relevant people.
- Develop Regional business continuity plan.
- Manage suppliers (PPE and driver licence checks).
- Oversee response to Building Safety Act and associated legislation.
- Participate as a Regional committee member for Mott MacDonald Alerts.
- Participate as a member of the Regional BMS, health and safety & risk committee (BRC).
- Set a personal example.
Essential
- First and foremost be an experienced health and safety professional with experience in developing a positive safety culture.
- Confident communicator, able to stay calm under pressure and deliver clear and reasoned recommendations.
- Confident in giving briefs and reviewing/editing the work of others as well as producing your own.
- People management experience, with a track record of managing and developing talent and creating enjoyable and high performing team environments.
- Great team player who embodies our company values and culture, someone who focuses on the good of the business and function, as well as your own team.
- Outstanding collaborator able to form trusted relationships, and the ability to welcome different perspectives, with empathy for the positions of others.
- Health and safety related degree or other equivalent qualification from an appropriate body.
Desired
- Creative thinker, comfortable exploring new ideas and approaches.
- Embrace diversity of thought and encourage change, challenge and new ideas.
- Keen interest in developing your own skills, as well as the skills of others. Previous experience working in an engineering consultancy environment.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in a similar role; experience of working in a senior health and safety position.
- Capability to lead client thinking and market presence.
- The ability to influence management in identifying and managing risk.
- Being able to assess situations calmly and confidently in the full business context.
- Ability to deal efficiently with priorities and manage time appropriately.
- A dedicated team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
- Ability to effectively communicate and influence at all levels including external stakeholders.
We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Health and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
Financial wellbeing
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
Lifestyle
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
Location/s: LondonRecruiter contact: Nikki George
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices.
We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual.
Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.
About the business unit
Mott MacDonald’s support services are the driving force behind our organisation enabling us to run efficiently and effectively. The team works collaboratively to offer specialist advice, best practice and technology to all areas of our business specifically designed for our global reach.
We are looking for an experienced health and safety manager to lead our expanding safety team, reporting into the Exec Sponsor for health and safety and with two direct reports.
This senior leadership role will drive the health and safety agendas across our business in our EUNA Region. The Regional Safety Manager is a principal source of health and safety advice for the business area they are appointed to. Their role is to monitor, advise and influence continual improvement of safety management, health and wellbeing.
Job description
- Lead and coordinate health and safety for the Region, ensuring effective implementation of Group and Regional policy.
- Drive an active safety culture across the region.
- Own the Regional health and safety plan.
- Act as the H&S conscience for the Regional Executive, provide regular status updates and promote board discussion around relevant health and safety subjects.
- Provide health and safety advice for staff and managers.
- Promote effective communication and dissemination of health, safety and security information.
- Carry out an annual health and safety management review at Regional level.
- Set and monitor health and safety objectives.
- Review Unit health and safety plans.
- Arrange for annual review of the relevant country specific health and safety legislation registers.
- Ensure delivery of the safety training programme across the Region.
- Keep abreast of developments in health and safety legislation and practice and act upon any changes accordingly.
- Liaise with enforcement authorities and other bodies as necessary.
- Participation at Regional Exec meetings, including reporting on performance.
- Preparation of Regional Exec and Board papers.
- Provide leadership, guidance and oversight of Mott MacDonald’s travel security processes across the Region.
- Co-ordinate health, safety and security issues with other BMS and safety managers and representatives as required.
- Ensure appropriate dissemination of information to other relevant people.
- Develop Regional business continuity plan.
- Manage suppliers (PPE and driver licence checks).
- Oversee response to Building Safety Act and associated legislation.
- Participate as a Regional committee member for Mott MacDonald Alerts.
- Participate as a member of the Regional BMS, health and safety & risk committee (BRC).
- Set a personal example.
Essential
- First and foremost be an experienced health and safety professional with experience in developing a positive safety culture.
- Confident communicator, able to stay calm under pressure and deliver clear and reasoned recommendations.
- Confident in giving briefs and reviewing/editing the work of others as well as producing your own.
- People management experience, with a track record of managing and developing talent and creating enjoyable and high performing team environments.
- Great team player who embodies our company values and culture, someone who focuses on the good of the business and function, as well as your own team.
- Outstanding collaborator able to form trusted relationships, and the ability to welcome different perspectives, with empathy for the positions of others.
- Health and safety related degree or other equivalent qualification from an appropriate body.
Desired
- Creative thinker, comfortable exploring new ideas and approaches.
- Embrace diversity of thought and encourage change, challenge and new ideas.
- Keen interest in developing your own skills, as well as the skills of others. Previous experience working in an engineering consultancy environment.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in a similar role; experience of working in a senior health and safety position.
- Capability to lead client thinking and market presence.
- The ability to influence management in identifying and managing risk.
- Being able to assess situations calmly and confidently in the full business context.
- Ability to deal efficiently with priorities and manage time appropriately.
- A dedicated team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.
- Ability to effectively communicate and influence at all levels including external stakeholders.
We are actively recruiting a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve. We recognise that differences in ability, skills and experience are a strength and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
UK Immigration
Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.
Agile working
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.
Equality, diversity, and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
Accessibility
We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
We offer some fantastic benefits including:
Health and wellbeing
- Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
- Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
- Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
- A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
- Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
Financial wellbeing
- We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
- Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
- Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
- Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
- As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
Lifestyle
- A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
- Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
- Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
Enhanced family and carers leave
- Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
- Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
Learning and development
- Primary annual professional institution subscription.
- A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
Networks, communities, and social outcomes
- Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
- Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.
Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.
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