Regional Safety & CDM Manager

The Regional Safety & CDM Manager is a highly technical, competent and professional role in the Transmission Safety, Health and Wellbeing (SHW) Team. They provide proactive and pragmatic safety & CDM advice and guidance to internal customers throughout their allocated Transmission regions.

- Work in close partnership with Lead Project Managers to ensure the implementation plan for the CDM strategy across their designated Region(s) align with expectations and to preserve their support.

- The Regional Safety & CDM Manager will actively promote and carry out regular site safety audits and inspections and work closely with Contractor Partners where relevant, to implement safety improvement initiatives for works in their remit.

- Assist the Safety & CDM Lead Manager on the development and implementation of safety & CDM arrangements in the Transmission SHW Management system, ensuring that regional feedback is accurate, consistent, unambiguous, well-structured and concise.

- Through effective leadership, continuously improve the competence, capability and professional-ism of their team via training, education, support, development and coaching while ensure consistency in the service provided by the team in line with agreed expectations keeping track of and reporting on Regional issues and best practices.

A good foundation of knowledge and experience of high-risk operational activities (overhead, underground and substations) on transmission/ distribution networks or similar

- Good understanding of CDM and associated design, construction, O&M and demolition practices

- Graduate qualification in Occupational Safety (e.g. NEBOSH Diploma) or related discipline or appropriate proven knowledge and experience (minimum of 5 years preferred)

- Registered member of IOSH or equivalent organisation with continuing professional development (or desire to work towards)

- Clear and concise communicator both written and oral with the ability to engage effectively and explain complex and relevant issues in appropriate detail

SSEN Transmission owns and operates the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, transporting energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, providing a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the communities it serves. Home to some of the UK's greatest resources of renewable energy, SSEN Transmission is playing a critical role in the transition to a low carbon future, developing, building, maintaining and operating a network for net zero.

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.