Health & Safety Manager - Dungeness (Nuclear Demolition)

Location: Dungeness, United Kingdom; on-site work at a nuclear licensed site

Company

hirify.global delivers project and operational support services, including work on major construction, demolition, and infrastructure projects.

What you will do

• Provide health, safety, quality assurance, and environmental advice for a major nuclear-site demolition project.
• Identify and reduce risks across high-hazard work scopes, facilitate risk assessment workshops, and maintain the project risk register and construction phase plan.
• Complete HSE audits, inspections, task analyses, and reviews of risk assessments, method statements, task briefings, and HSEQ documentation.
• Coordinate with the client project team, station operations, regulatory bodies, site teams, and other stakeholders to meet safety and licence-holder requirements.
• Track HSQE KPIs, prepare performance reports, close findings within required timescales, and share lessons learned.
• Lead Level 2 investigations, deliver workforce briefings and training, promote occupational health and wellbeing, and deputise for the Lead HSQE Manager when required.

Requirements

• NEBOSH Diploma Level 6 or equivalent, IOSH Chartered Membership, a valid driving licence, and a CSCS Health and Safety Managers Card.
• At least five years of experience in heavy construction and/or demolition, including major projects and at least three years with a Tier 1 contractor.
• Experience in accident investigation, proactive health and safety management, performance improvement, site inspections, and risk assessment.
• Excellent understanding of CDM 2015 and related HSE legislation, with the ability to ensure compliance with standards and client requirements.
• Strong communication, relationship management, leadership, time management, problem-solving, and written and numerical literacy skills.
• Ability to use Microsoft 365 and HSQE-specific systems.

Nice to have

• IEMA Practitioner membership or equivalent, particularly where environmental responsibilities are included.
• Experience with nuclear licensed facilities, radiological protection, asbestos, lifting operations, confined spaces, emergency planning, COSHH, or behavioural safety.
• Formal accident investigation, leadership, management, or supervisor training.
• Experience developing management systems, sustainability and carbon reduction initiatives, or Bowtie Risk Analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days of holiday with the option to purchase additional leave.
• Pension and private medical insurance.
• Health and wellbeing programme and employee benefits portal.
• Cycle-to-work scheme, free on-site parking, and a referral scheme.
• Equal opportunities employment practices and support for career progression.