HSEQ Lead

HSEQ Lead

Location: Yeovil, BA20 2YB

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Our client, a leading provider of facilities services in the UK, is hiring for a HSEQ Lead to join their team in Yeovil

Take on a role where you can shape a strong safety culture and make a meaningful impact across complex environments. As an HSEQ Lead, you will play a key part in promoting safe, compliant, and high performing workplaces, while supporting teams to take ownership of health, safety, environment, and quality standards.

This position offers the opportunity to influence positive change, build trusted relationships, and drive continuous improvement across multiple sites.

Job Description

The HSEQ Lead focuses on developing and embedding effective health, safety, environmental, and quality practices across operational teams. Working closely with stakeholders, the role supports the delivery of consistent standards while encouraging a culture of shared responsibility and accountability.

Through collaboration, coaching, and governance, this position helps teams strengthen their approach to compliance and performance. The role combines strategic planning with practical support, ensuring that systems, processes, and behaviours align to create safe and efficient working environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage HSEQ plans to support continuous improvement across sites
• Support, coach, and guide operational teams to strengthen HSEQ awareness and ownership
• Ensure alignment with management systems, policies, and regulatory requirements
• Promote key HSEQ programmes and initiatives across the business
• Lead or support incident investigations, identifying root causes and actions
• Oversee audit and inspection programmes to maintain high standards
• Drive environmental processes and ensure compliance with requirements
• Manage contractor processes, including governance and ongoing improvements
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to support collaboration and trust
• Champion a positive HSEQ culture and encourage safe behaviours

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of health, safety, environmental, and quality principles
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence and engage others
• Ability to build effective relationships across teams and stakeholders
• Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
• Organised approach to managing priorities, tasks, and projects
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and evolving environment
• Experience working with management systems and compliance processes
• Strong problem solving skills with attention to detail
• Commitment to promoting safe working practices and behaviours
• Ability to balance operational needs with compliance and performance goals

If you are looking for a role where you can influence change, support teams, and create safer working environments, this could be a great next step.