Health, Safety & Wellbeing Manager

In this role, you’ll lead a small team to implement our Health, Safety, and Wellbeing Strategy, ensuring compliance with Thames Water’s standards, processes, and procedures across London. While primarily hybrid, the role will involve regular travel to various Thames Water locations in the Thames Valley region, with occasional travel to other areas.

What you’ll be doing as a Health, Safety and Wellbeing Manager

• Working with the Health, Safety and Wellbeing Leadership Team to develop corporate strategies and deliver Health, Safety and Wellbeing initiatives within the London region.
• Liaising with Operational Directors within the London region.
• Managing corporate risks within London.
• Prepare and report performance data for London.
• Managing a team of Health, Safety and Wellbeing Advisors to ensure that they deliver a high level of performance.
• Mentoring and developing team members.
• Providing support, advice and/or signposting for all matters relating to HSW.
• Overseeing incident reviews for significant safety reports within London.
• Undertaking site inspections.
• Undertaking various ad-hoc projects.
• Any other reasonable duties as requested by your line manager.

Base location: Reading RG1 8DB.

What you  should bring into the role:

• Passion for Health, Safety, and Wellbeing, leading by example.
• Industry Knowledge: Experience in related sectors such as utilities, infrastructure, or construction is advantageous.
• Exceptional Communication Skills: Ability to effectively engage and influence senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Proactive Team Player: Self-motivated, collaborative, and able to take initiative in achieving goals.
• Qualifications: NEBOSH Certificate or NVQ Level 3 as a minimum requirement; NEBOSH/NCRQ Diploma and Chartered IOSH membership are desirable.
• Driving License: A valid full UK driving license is essential.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary up to £70,000 per annum depending on skills and experience.
• Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with the length of service. (plus bank holidays) 
• Car Allowance - £5,800 per annum.
• Annual Bonus.
• Private Medical Health Care.
• Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution.
• Personal Medical Assessments – Open to all once a year.
• Wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.

Who are we?

At Thames Water, our purpose is crystal clear - to deliver life’s essential service so our customers, communities and planet can thrive.

Water is life’s great leveller. Every living thing needs it, every single day. From people to plants, birds to bees, farms to factories, we all need it to thrive, and we’re committed to taking care of it for us all.

But keeping water flowing is becoming harder. From scorching summers to wetter winters, extreme weather affects everything from our pipes to our local rivers. We need to keep millions more kettles boiling, public services operating, washing machines spinning, showers running and more, so every drop is more precious than ever. Are you ready to play your part?

Working at Thames Water

At Thames Water, we recognise that people are at the heart of our business. To help us succeed in providing life's essential service, we need a range of skills and capabilities, representative of society throughout our business.

We seek to attract and retain a cultural mix of people who can offer different but complementary attitudes, values, talents, and knowledge. We understand the importance of appreciating and harnessing the unique skills, experiences, backgrounds, and differences that each individual brings.

Our over-arching diversity and inclusion aim is to ensure Thames Water is a diverse and inclusive great place to work. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.

Find out more about working at Thames Water.

When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business, meet colleagues and earn some extra money along the way.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.