Full job descriptionWe are looking for a SHEQ Director to lead Safety, Health, Environment & Quality across the organisation.
This is a high-impact, transformation role, reporting into the senior leadership team, with regular exposure to executive leadership and shareholders.
The successful candidate will take ownership of SHEQ, ensuring the business becomes a credible, safety-first, high-performing infrastructure operator.
Client Details
Our client is a growing energy infrastructure and services platform, focused on delivering and operating low-carbon heating and cooling solutions across residential and commercial developments.
Operating a portfolio of energy centres and district energy networks, the business plays a key role in supporting urban decarbonisation and the energy transition. Backed by long-term institutional investors, the company is entering a critical phase focused on performance improvement, operational excellence, and sustainable growth.
Description
Key Responsibilities:
*Define and deliver a modern SHEQ strategy aligned with business goals and operational risk
*Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on safety, compliance, and risk
*Drive a company-wide shift to proactive safety behaviours and ownership
*Oversee safety across:*Operational energy and engineering assets
*Infrastructure and distribution systems
*Construction, commissioning, and maintenance activities

*Ensure robust systems for:*Permit-to-work
*Isolation and authorisation
*Contractor management

*Lead high-quality incident investigations focused on root cause and learning
*Embed a "safety-first" culture across all levels of the organisation
*Improve reporting and data integrity, ensuring accurate and transparent insights
*Drive accountability for SHEQ beyond the central function into operational teams
*Own SHEQ reporting for executive leadership and investors
*Develop meaningful performance indicators and dashboards
*Engage with regulators, external stakeholders, and industry bodies
*Lead and develop an established SHEQ and compliance team
*Strengthen capability, standards, and ways of working
*Build credibility across a team with established legacy practices
*The role sits within a high-risk, engineering-led operational environment, involving:*Energy generation and plant operations
*Mechanical and electrical systems
*Pressurised and gas-based infrastructure
*Confined spaces and chemical management
*Extensive contractor interfaces across multiple live sites.



Profile
*NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent) essential, with strong knowledge of engineering-led high-risk environments
*Qualification in Environmental Management (e.g. IEMA) desirable
*Strong understanding of:*District heating / cooling operations
*Energy centres and plant environments
*Process safety and engineering compliance

*Deep knowledge of UK safety, environmental, and quality legislation
*Experience leadingSHEQ within:*Utilities
*Energy infrastructure
*Industrial engineering environments
*Or construction (with strong operational exposure)

*Strategic thinker with the ability to operate at executive and investor level
*Demonstrated success in driving cultural and behavioural change
*Ability to influence and build credibility across both:*Senior leadership teams
*Operational and frontline teams



Job Offer
Lead SHEQ transformation in a growing, infrastructure-led business.
High visibility with senior leadership and investors.
Opportunity to build a credible, modern safety culture from the ground up.
Operate in a sector critical to the future of energy and sustainability.