Health Safety and Wellbeing Manager

Job Description

About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for Health Safety and Wellbeing Manager to join our growing team at our Longside Substation site in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.

The position is a full-time, site-based role located at our Longside substation site. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing professional support and guidance across the project, engaging with a broad range of stakeholders including the client (SSE), project delivery team, and supply chain partners. The role demands effective communication, collaboration, and a strong on-site presence to support operational excellence and project success. The role will liaise with the client and ensure smooth co-ordination between Netherton Hub and Longside.

What you’ll be doing

The HSW Manager will support the Balfour Beatty Health, Safety and Wellbeing function in driving HSW performance by providing efficient and effective advice and support. The role will ensure operational requirements are met and, where possible, exceeded, while contributing to the achievement of Zero Harm objectives.

Responsibilities include:

• Support delivery of UK Zero Harm Strategy and associated action plans.
• Support the UK HS&W Director by leading on the identification, development, agreement, and commissioning of content for SHELT, ExCo, Group Forum, S&S Committee and other business meetings.
• Collate and update weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
• Utilise the findings from reporting data, assessments, surveys, incidents, external and internal audits to identify key trends.
• Manage and deliver enhancements, training and user support for the ProjectPortal.
• Create training materials/aids and deliver associated training where required.
• Assist in the production and delivery of HS&W Communications.
• Work with HS&W Directors to enhance the processes for learning and embedding lessons learnt.
• Plan, manage and deliver, in liaison with UK Comms function, communications from HS&W Enabling function to wider business and external stakeholders e.g. My Contribution, case studies, Supply Chain Forum etc.
• Provide support and leadership for HS&W centrally led projects, campaign, and events e.g. Zero Harm events, stand downs, conferences and ad hoc activity as required.
• Ad Hoc Business Support including general enquires, assistance requests and referrals and content design.
• Ensure all documentation developed in accordance with Balfour Beatty Branding guidelines

Who we’re looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Relevant Health and Safety Qualifications
• Similar industry experience
• People Management experience
• Stakeholder management
• Problem solving
• Excellent Communication skills
• Time management
• Literate in MS Office – Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams
• Good interpersonal skills
• Flexibility to travel

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at