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Job Description: Head of Health & Safety
About the Role
Right across infrastructure, the M Group Energy team focuses on maintaining, renewing, and reimaginings its operations.
Whatever stage you’re at in your career, the Head of Health & Safety role offers the opportunity to grow, develop professionally, and contribute to an organisation that delivers essential infrastructure services while prioritising safety, client focus, and a positive workplace culture.
About Us
At M Group Energy, we enable essential energy solutions supporting daily life across electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV (electric vehicles), metering, and home decarbonisation.
Our values define who we are:
- Responsible: Going further for people, clients, communities, and the planet.
- Open: Seeking ways to exceed expectations through innovation.
- Together: A unified team where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
- Ambitious: Embracing opportunity to lead essential infrastructure for life.
As a diverse and inclusive employer, we are proud to be one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks foster an environment where everyone belongs.
M Group Energy offers career growth through industry-recognised programmes, training, and development opportunities.
Where Will You Be Working?
This role will be based centrally in the UK to enable site visits across the entire M Group Energy network.
Your Responsibilities
As the Head of Health & Safety, you will:
- Provide leadership for the Division’s Health & Safety (SHEQ) team, fostering a proactive, high-performing safety culture and ensuring consistent compliance.
- Deliver the Health & Safety strategy, embedding standards, and influencing behaviours across all levels.
- Strengthen client confidence, support operational excellence, and drive a safety-first ethos, ensuring that everyone goes home safe and well.
- Lead the Divisional Health & Safety strategy, focusing on behavioural safety, governance, and cultural improvement.
- Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and company standards, overseeing assurance processes and incident investigations.
- Monitor performance through KPIs, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders while aligning best practice across the Group.
- Embed Health & Safety into operations through audits, site visits, and effective systems.
- Provide strong people leadership, including capability development, change management, and driving an inclusive, high-performing team aligned with business priorities.
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Please note: This is an outline. A full job specification can be provided upon request.
What You’ll Bring
Qualifications & Experience
- Relevant degree level qualification (or NEBOSH Diploma/equivalent).
- Chartered membership (CMIOSH or higher) with IOSH/IIRSM.
- Significant senior-level experience in a Health & Safety leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and management systems.
- Proven ability to lead cultural change and influence safe behaviours.
- Experience delivering complex projects, managing scope, budgets, and timelines.
- Proficiency in performance monitoring and KPI reporting.
- Commitment to best practice and continuous improvement.
- Experience leading teams, setting expectations, and mentoring colleagues.
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Skills & Behaviours
- Experience in achieving/maintaining externally audited standards (e.g., ISO 45001, Achilles).
- Visible and engaging leadership style, with strong influence and effective communication at all levels.
- Customer-focused and solution-oriented approach with drive for innovation and improvement.
- Demonstrated capacity in cross-Division collaboration across the Group.
- Role model behaviours for safety, ethics, and integrity.
- Full UK driving licence.
- Experience with regular travel and overnight stays.
What’s in it for You?
Here’s how M Group Energy supports your life and career:
Core Benefits
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- 24/7 Online GP service
- Employee Assistance Programme
- My Rewards portal with access to 1,000+ retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance, and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced parental leave (maternity, paternity, and adoption)
- Reward and recognition scheme
Role-Specific Benefits
- Company car (and fuel card) with a selection of EV and hybrid vehicles
- My Car Choice—salary sacrifice scheme for EVs/hybrids
- Fuel card (business use)
- Private healthcare and health cash plan (for you + family)
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- "Refer a friend"—Get rewarded for introducing candidates!
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Apply early to ensure your application is considered. Occasionally, advertisements may close before the stated date.
Note: Successful candidates may be subject to 3rd-party background checks, including drug/alcohol testing during onboarding.
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