Health and Safety Manager - Sizewell C - Suffolk Site based

Leiston, England, United Kingdom

8/7/2025

About The Role

Be part of this ‘once in a generation’ project that will deliver clean energy to 6 million homes for the next 60 years. Sizewell C will see the creation of a 3.2 Gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast to provide reliable load low-carbon electricity.

The Civil Works Alliance is an extended delivery enterprise involving Sizewell C and three international construction companies: Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing O’Rourke.

We are more than just an alliance, we are bringing together a single delivery organisation with years of learning and experience from other major complex infrastructure programmes worldwide.

What you'll be doing

To lead a team of HSW professionals providing support and guidance to the operational teams to deliver and comply with the project and CWA HSW goals and objectives throughout the pre-construction, construction, and post construction process, ensuring all legal obligations are met. To provide a high level of support to the operational teams to enable the safe delivery of work. To work closely with the HSW Director providing tactical support and HSW data and feedback from the work stream.

This role will be assigned to the Enabling and Earthworks stream essential in helping us achieve the JO project milestone.

• Communicate and implement the HSW strategy.
• Builds solid relationships with stakeholders and can deliver on customer strategic and tactical requirements.
• Able to lead and manage the HSW team including supporting the PDR process.
• Work with HR on developing resource including recruitment and interview.
• Undertake Health and Safety compliance evaluations, tours and audits as required and to ensure sufficient assurance of project activities.
• Able to identify and rank risk associated with CWA work activities.
• Able to prepare fact driven reports following inspections, tours, audits and investigations.
• Support the implementation of and ensure compliance with the Sizewell C (SZC) project standards and the CWA Safety Management System (SMS).
• Able to build relationships with the CWA project teams and wider interested stakeholders.
• Support the HSW team during work planning to evaluate and address potential risks.
• Trained to CWA standard for Investigating Incidents (Principal Incident Investigators HFAC’s Training).
• Able to respond to, co-ordinate and support / deal effectively with emerging events.
• Able to lead or support the investigation of events by the project and HSW teams.
• Works closely with the operational teams to coordinate and share the relevant information required to compile the appropriate reports when an event has occurred.
• Can plan and undertake witness accounts / statements.
• Able to feed information into the Project and Parent Company Reporting Systems.
• Understands the CWA and Project Event Reporting Procedural requirements.
• Ensure that lessons learned from monitoring, events and or from the Alliance parent companies are communicated and adopted by the project teams.
• Able to support or deliver training and advisory sessions to operational teams and Tier 2 contractors including: Setting to Work, Fact Finders (including Just / Fair Culture), Occupational Health (OH) and CWA SMS Familiarisation.
• Support the review and updating of relevant project HSW documentation.
• Support operational teams to deliver Zero Harm and the Zero Harm Events Calendar.
• Promote the use of the project and CWA reporting tools ensuring that actions are taken, and feedback delivered.
• Ability to communicate and promote a positive Health & Safety culture.
• Undertake reviews of relevant safety documentation, e.g. work package plans / task briefings
• Liaise with regulators (ONR) and develop proactive relationships.
• Able to motivate, coach and support the CWA Project Management teams to deliver the HSW project requirements.
• Supports the implementation of the Nuclear Safety message during engagements with the whole CWA team.
  
  

Who we're looking for

Essential

• Must have experience in leading and managing teams.
• Must have a detailed, technical knowledge and experience Health and safety legislation, regulations and guidance.
• Experience of working on Major Infrastructure Projects.
• Must have prior experience of providing leadership and support to operational and functional teams and of working at a senior level.
• Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and written.
• Ability to influence and promote a positive HSW culture, by providing constructive feedback to others around their performance, strengths and development needs.
• Able to engage at all levels within the CWA operational team structure.
• High competence in accident and incident investigation.
• Able to use data and information for the preparation of HSW reports.
• Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) Manager competence
  
  

Desirable

• Results Driven: Demonstrates a passion and excitement for their work. Tackles problems head-on and works to resolve them without delay.
• Focus on Excellence: Willing to go the extra mile to exceed expectations. Continually searches for ways to add value and take performance to the next level.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Puts aside personal agendas to work for the benefit of customers and suppliers and other stakeholders. Proactively builds knowledge through sharing knowledge, ideas and expertise with others.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. Actively collects customer information and uses it to improve services and solutions. Manages the experience of customers to ensure positive relationships are established and maintained.
• Adaptability: Learns quickly. Adapts positively to changing business and customer demands. Is energised by change.
• Good knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  
  

Essential

Qualifications & Experience

• Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (or working towards)
• NEBOSH Diploma or NVQ Level 6 qualification in Occupational Health and Safety
  
  

Desirable

• Has previously experience in a Lead or Manager role with relevant constructed related or transferable skills.
  
  

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As If Contributing To And Supporting Work That Makes Life Better For Millions Wasn’t Rewarding Enough, We Offer a Full Range Of Benefits Too. You’ll Have The Freedom To Shape The Package That’s Right For You And Your Life. Here Are Some Of Our Key Benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow. 42 hours per week.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
  
  

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business is delivering some of the UK’s most complex and iconic infrastructure projects including HS2, the new high-speed railway and the first nuclear power station in a generation, Hinkley Point C. Using the latest technology, we’re driving productivity and creating a lasting legacy by delivering sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.

From consultancy and design, to all aspects of construction and maintenance. We have the proven expertise to deliver large-scale projects safely and successfully.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]