Health and Safety Manager

Health and Safety Manager
Portsmouth | £70,000 + Car Allowance + Excellent Benefits

Are you an experienced Health and Safety professional looking to join a leading infrastructure contractor delivering long-term projects across the South East Hampshire and West Sussex?

Irwin and Colton are partnering with a well-established civil engineering and infrastructure business to recruit a Health and Safety Manager. Working across a portfolio of major utilities projects, this role will play a key part in supporting operational teams, driving continuous improvement and maintaining high standards of health and safety performance.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an organisation with a strong reputation for investing in its people and creating a positive safety culture across its projects.

The Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for:

• Providing practical health and safety support across multiple live infrastructure projects.
• Working closely with operational teams to promote a positive safety culture and ensure best practice is embedded throughout the business.
• Carrying out site inspections, audits and reviews, identifying opportunities to improve standards and reduce risk.
• Supporting investigations into incidents and near misses, ensuring lessons learned are shared across projects.
• Building strong working relationships with clients, contractors and other key stakeholders.

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience in a Health and Safety position within civil engineering, infrastructure, utilities or a related construction environment.
• A NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent qualification.
• Strong communication skills with the confidence to influence and engage with people at all levels.
• A proactive approach with the ability to manage a varied workload across multiple projects.

A full UK driving licence is essential for this position.

For more information or to discuss the opportunity in confidence, contact Luke O'Driscoll on or (phone number removed). Reference LOD4930.

Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company based in the Southeast of England, recruiting across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions.

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