HSEQ Manager | UK
Elliott Group is continuing to grow across the UK, and we are seeking an experienced HSEQ Manager.
The Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality (HSEQ) Manager is a senior leadership role within Elliott Group, responsible for driving HSEQ performance, culture, and compliance across all UK operations. This is a London based role.
The role provides strategic oversight and assurance across Health & Safety, Environmental and Sustainability performance, and Quality, ensuring alignment with company objectives, ISO standards, and client expectations.
A key focus of the role is to embed consistency, strengthen accountability across project teams, and drive continuous improvement through data-led performance, effective systems utilisation, and visible leadership.
Responsibilities
- Maintain, lead, and continuously improve the company’s HSEQ standards, procedures, and governance frameworks in conjunction with the Directors.
- Drive a consistent and effective HSEQ communication strategy, ensuring key messages, learnings, and expectations are embedded across all projects.
- Provide leadership, direction, and performance management to HSEQ Advisors, ensuring high standards of delivery, consistency, and accountability.
- Report to the UK Operations Board on HSEQ performance, trends, key risks, and strategic improvement initiatives.
- Act as the primary point of contact for HSEQ matters in external engagements, including client interfaces, audits, and regulatory interactions.
Continuous Improvement & Best Practice
- Lead and evolve structured Lessons Learned processes, ensuring learnings from incidents and near misses are effectively communicated and embedded.
- Maintain and enhance company-wide safety standards, ensuring alignment with best practice and operational requirements.
- Drive excellence, consistency, and governance in the use of core systems:
- Procore – quality inspections, audits, reporting, and document control
- HammerTech – safety management, inductions, permits, and training tracking
- SustainIQ – environmental performance, ESG reporting, and data integrity
- Lead the continuous improvement of environmental and sustainability practices aligned with company ESG objectives, including carbon reduction and resource efficiency.
- Strengthen performance in Considerate Constructors Scheme and wider community engagement initiatives.
- Oversee the quality and consistency of preconstruction HSEQ planning and documentation, ensuring robust project mobilisation.
Health & Safety Leadership
- Provide strategic oversight of Health & Safety performance across all projects, ensuring compliance with ISO 45001 and all applicable legislation.
- Ensure effective implementation and ongoing assurance of the company’s safety management systems across all sites.
- Oversee audit and inspection regimes, ensuring quality, consistency, and timely close-out of actions.
- Lead incident and accident investigations, ensuring robust root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
- Intervene where necessary to address high-risk activities and ensure appropriate controls are in place.
- Promote a proactive, visible, and engaged safety culture across all levels of the organisation.
Environmental & Sustainability Leadership
- Provide leadership and assurance on environmental compliance in line with ISO 14001 and statutory requirements.
- Oversee implementation and performance of Environmental Management Plans across all projects.
- Lead environmental and ESG performance, including:
- Waste management and circular economy initiatives
- Energy, fuel, and water consumption
- Carbon emissions and reduction strategies
- Ensure accurate and timely environmental reporting through SustainIQ, with a focus on data quality and audit readiness.
- Drive initiatives aligned with the company’s ESG strategy and client requirements.
- Maintain oversight of environmental risks and ensure appropriate mitigation measures are implemented.
Quality Oversight
- Provide oversight of the Quality Management System in line with ISO 9001.
- Drive improvement in the quality and integrity of inspections and records within Procore, ensuring:
- Inspections reflect actual site activities
- Records are complete, evidenced, and signed appropriately
- Issues are tracked through to close-out
- Identify trends and recurring issues, implementing corrective and preventive actions.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement in delivery standards.
People, Training & Competency
- Lead the development and competency of HSEQ personnel across the business.
- Ensure structured and consistent delivery of HSEQ training programmes.
- Support site teams through coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance.
- Ensure workforce competency requirements are defined, monitored, and maintained.
Systems, Reporting & Performance
- Ensure consistent and effective use of core systems:
- Procore for inspections, audits, and quality assurance
- HammerTech for site safety management and compliance
- SustainIQ for ESG and environmental reporting
- Drive a data-led approach to HSEQ performance, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
- Oversee preparation HSEQ reports, ensuring clear visibility of performance and risk.
- Ensure audit readiness across all projects and systems.
Governance & General
- Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, standards, and company policies.
- Maintain oversight of HSEQ documentation, policies, and procedures, ensuring they remain current and effective.
- Attend and contribute to senior management and project meetings.
- Support project teams in integrating HSEQ requirements into planning and delivery.
- Undertake any additional duties as required by the Senior Management.
ISO Requirements
- Operate in full compliance with Elliott Group’s Integrated Management System (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001).
- Ensure alignment between operational delivery and documented procedures.
- Contribute to achieving company objectives and HSEQ KPIs.
- Drive continuous improvement through audits, corrective actions, and system enhancements.
- Ensure stakeholder requirements are understood and effectively delivered.
Essential Experience
- Relevant degree or HND in Health & Safety, Environmental, or Construction-related discipline.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience within the construction industry, including experience in a senior HSEQ role.
- Proven track record of managing Health & Safety performance across multiple projects within a main contractor environment.
- Strong working knowledge of UK health, safety, and environmental legislation and regulatory requirements.
- Demonstrated experience implementing and maintaining ISO 45001, ISO 14001, and ISO 9001 management systems.
- Experience leading incident investigations, audits, and driving corrective actions to closure.
- Proven ability to influence and support site management teams to achieve high standards of HSEQ compliance and performance.
- Experience overseeing site audits and inspection regimes, ensuring quality, consistency, and timely close-out of actions.
- Experience in environmental management, including compliance, monitoring, and reporting of key metrics (waste, energy, water).
- Strong leadership experience, including managing, mentoring, and developing HSEQ personnel.
- Excellent communication and reporting skills, including experience presenting to senior management and clients.
Desired Experience
- Strong working knowledge and practical experience of Procore, including inspections, audits, reporting, and document control.
- Experience using HammerTech or similar safety management systems for inductions, permits, and compliance tracking.
- Experience in environmental and ESG data management systems, ideally SustainIQ, including data capture, analysis, and reporting.
At Elliott Group, you’ll be part of a team that values professionalism, collaboration and upholds our ZeroRisk policy.
