Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager

Orion Group are working with a well respected and successful Construction & Infrastructure client seeking a Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager to join their Regional - Energy team, in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis.

As the HSW Manager you will lead the day‑to‑day delivery of Health & Safety across the project, ensuring policies and standards are consistently applied and risks are effectively managed.

You’ll oversee HSW resources using a risk‑based approach, provide assurance through audits and inspections, support bids and work‑winning, and work closely with operational leaders to drive strong HSW performance, incident management and continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing

• Manage day to day Health and Safety resources to support Operations
• implement the Health and Safety Policy and standards across all BUs in
• their area of responsibility.
• Manage the resource allocation and deployment of competent HS&E
• delivery resource across their area of responsibility, ensuring resource
• utilisation data is collected and made available to implement a risk-based
• support schedule.
• Support work winning and bid support for the operational teams, where
• required.
• Manage the programme of inspection and audit to provide assurance that all
• BUs continue to comply with company requirements.
• Fulfil HS&E, Customer and business incident reporting and
• performance requirements (7 Day Report, KPIs,) and act as incident lead if
• required.
• In collaboration with Project Director/Head of Operations Directors, carry out
• project and business sector HS&E performance reviews using lagging and
• leading indicators.
• Support the Operations/Project Director with contract/project level SHELTs
• to drive and deliver HS&E improvement plans.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of developments in Health and Safety

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Corporate Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (or
• working towards)
• NVQ Level 4/5 (or equivalent qualification/experience).
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate / Diploma.
• Must have detailed, technical knowledge and experience health and safety
• legislation, regulations and guidance.
• Construction industry experience (or experience in an equivalent sector)
• and in particular CDM (where work within a specific construction sector
• experience is advantageous then specify).
• Must have prior experience of providing leadership and support to
• operational and functional teams.

People are our business worldwide

Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.