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About the Role

As Safety First Lead at The Crown Estate, you will shape and drive a culture of health, safety, and environmental excellence across a diverse property portfolio. You will act as a strategic partner, developing best-in-class HSE frameworks to ensure compliance, strengthen operational resilience, and support the delivery of safe, sustainable places.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of health, safety, and environmental management systems aligned with ISO 45001 and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Portfolio Operations and Portfolio Management teams to identify, assess, and manage HSE risks.
• Create and maintain a portfolio-wide risk register and drive effective risk mitigation strategies.
• Develop and review HSE policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
• Support building surveying and project teams to embed health and safety considerations from project inception through delivery.
• Lead incident and near-miss investigations, identifying root causes and implementing preventative actions.
• Chair governance forums and drive behavioral and cultural change initiatives.
• Design and deliver HSE training programs to build capability and ensure legislative compliance.
• Provide performance insights, reporting, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Manage audit, inspection, and assurance activities, including supplier and contractor performance reviews.
• Collaborate with the wider HSSEW team to deliver strategic action plans and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in health, safety, and environmental management within property, facilities management, or a related sector.
• Chartered IOSH membership preferred.
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification.
• Strong knowledge of UK health, safety, and environmental legislation and industry best practice.
• Expertise in at least one specialist risk area (e.g., Working at Height, CDM Regulations 2015, Business Continuity Planning, Fire Engineering, Fire Safety Design).
• Understanding of residential compliance requirements, including the Building Safety Act and associated legislation.
• Experience delivering fire safety, building safety, or related compliance projects.
• Practical experience implementing and maintaining ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and HSG65 frameworks.
• Strong auditing, governance, compliance monitoring, and performance reporting experience.
• Excellent project management, stakeholder engagement, and influencing skills.
• Proven ability to develop policies, procedures, and operational standards.
• Strong communication skills with a collaborative, customer-focused approach.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated experience driving continuous improvement, behavioral safety programs, and values-led cultural change.

Skills

• Health, Safety, and Environmental Management
• ISO 45001
• Risk Assessment and Mitigation
• Policy Development
• Incident Investigation
• Training Design and Delivery
• Performance Reporting
• Auditing and Assurance
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Project Management
• CDM Regulations 2015
• Building Safety Act Compliance
• ISO 9001
• ISO 14001
• HSG65

Location

• UK

Work Type

• Flexible working

Experience Level

• Extensive experience

Education Level

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification
• Chartered IOSH membership preferred

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary

Benefits

• Pension
• Performance related bonus
• Flexible working
• Market leading family policies
• Shopping discounts in the West End
• Private healthcare
• Life cover
• Critical illness cover
• 28 days holiday
• Option to buy more holiday

About the Company

• At The Crown Estate, we create lasting and shared value for the nation.

Equal Opportunity

• We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme.
• We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.
• If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us directly, or at careers@thecrownestate.co.uk