Turner & Townsend
Senior Health & Safety Construction Manager
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Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Please visit our website: www.turnerandtownsend.com
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Health & Safety Construction Manager to join our dynamic team in Stevenage. Fulfilling a critical leadership role within the team you will be responsible for ensuring the safety, technical integrity, compliance, and successful execution of construction projects within the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide input to the Contracting and Procurement Strategy, ensuring safety requirements are embedded
- Draft and review contract clauses related to safety, risk management, and emergency response
- Establish and apply safety-related prequalification criteria for contractors
- Evaluate contractors’ EHS systems, incident history, and safety performance during selection
- Participate in bid evaluations and post-project reviews to inform future contract decisions.
- Collaborate with procurement to structure contracts that incentivize safety milestones
- Support constructability reviews, facilitating discussions among stakeholders and documenting outcomes
- Ensure project design aligns with construction methods and safety considerations
- Identify and address potential construction issues early in the project lifecycle
- Contribute to the Project Execution Plan, focusing on construction execution strategy
- Provide input on permitting and regulatory requirements
- Support development of preconstruction EHS information in coordination with the Client’s Design Coordinator
- Ensure safety schedules are in place before site work begins
- Define EHS responsibility boundaries and prequalify contractors and key personnel on behalf of the client
- Monitor and assure contractor compliance with EHS requirements and performance through regular meetings and audits
- Implement site-specific safety rules and contractor safety oversight plans
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Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Construction Management, or Construction EHS Management
- Extensive knowledge of construction safety standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices; specifically related to management of demolition activities
- Strong understanding of contract management and procurement processes
- Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to provide leadership to cross-functional teams and manage complex safety oversight activities
- Proven track record in managing safety for large-scale construction projects
- Experience in evaluating contractor safety performance and EHS systems
- Competency in conducting audits, inspections, and incident investigations
- Experience in developing and implementing safety incentive programs
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Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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