Regional Health Safety & Wellbeing Manager

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. Where will you be working? At M Group Highways, we’re supporting the safe transportation and movement of people across the UK. We don’t just build roads and bridges- we’re building a better future, creating lasting social value that gives back to the communities in which we work. You’ll be joining our Highways maintenance team, as the UK’s number one highway maintenance contractor, our teams use the latest innovations to create effective solutions. We offer a range of services including planned and reactive maintenance and highway improvement schemes. Want to come and be a part of it? What will you be doing?

Key Responsibilitiies

Lead Health, Safety and Wellbeing across the region, providing visible leadership, developing teams and advising senior leaders to strengthen governance, compliance and performance. Ensure legal compliance, effective risk management, auditing, assurance and consistent application of standards across contracts. Drive an incident-free culture by reducing injuries, environmental impacts and operational risks, while promoting wellbeing, sustainability and continuous improvement. Monitor performance, analyse trends and provide actionable insights to leaders and clients. Build strong relationships with clients, regulators and operational teams. Lead incident investigations, share learning and manage escalations. As a people leader, develop capability, champion inclusion, lead change and role model company values.

What you’ll bring

Brings and develops strong SHEQ/HSW leadership across multi-site operations, providing visible, values-led leadership and leading high-performing teams. Influences senior stakeholders, drives improvement through robust investigation, data analysis and reporting, and manages competing priorities with resilience and autonomy. Holds a NEBOSH Diploma/NVQ Level 6 (or equivalent) and CMIOSH (or working towards). Additional strengths include auditing, ISO management systems, wellbeing, infrastructure experience, digital platforms, and a flexible, results-driven approach. 

NEBOSH Diploma/NVQ6 (or equivalent) Chartered IOSH (CMIOSH) or working towards Senior SHEQ/HSW leadership experience across multi‑site operations Strong incident investigation and RCA capability Competent in data analysis, reporting and Microsoft 365 Experience leading and developing high performing teams Strong commercial awareness, ensuring strategic decisions support organisational performance and value What’s in it for you? We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include; Matched or contributory pension scheme Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year Employee assistance programme My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts Life assurance Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave Reward and recognition scheme c In addition, this role offers; Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme Private health care and health care cash plan for you and your family 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us! Holiday purchase scheme Personal Accident Cover About us We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs. Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours. We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development. It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group. Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered. For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.