Business Health + Safety Director

Title: Business Health & Safety Director

Location: Flexible across SP Energy Networks locations (Hybrid)
Salary: Competitive, with annual Bonus, Car Allowance & Health Cover
Closing Date: 21.06.2026
 

Help us create a better future, quicker

Reporting to the UK Health & Safety Director, you’ll play a critical leadership role in shaping and delivering health and safety strategy across SP Energy Networks. You’ll drive the operational implementation of group-wide policies and programmes, ensuring a consistent, high-performing approach to health and safety across transmission and distribution networks.

This is a highly influential position where you’ll partner with senior leaders, employees, contractors and external stakeholders to deliver world-class safety performance. Your work will directly support operational excellence, protect communities and infrastructure, and contribute to the transition to a safer, more sustainable, Net Zero future.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll provide visible leadership and direction for health and safety across the Networks business, ensuring full compliance with legislation while embedding a strong and sustainable safety culture. You’ll lead the development and delivery of the health and safety strategy, aligning business priorities with group objectives and driving continuous improvement across all activities.

You’ll oversee governance frameworks for both employees and contractors, ensuring robust controls are in place across a diverse and complex operational environment. Alongside this, you’ll lead responses to major incidents, managing investigations and engaging with senior stakeholders to protect the organisation’s reputation. And you’ll influence key external bodies, including regulators and industry groups, while promoting best practice and ensuring the ongoing achievement of recognised safety standards and certifications.

What you’ll bring

You’ll bring extensive experience leading health and safety at both strategic and operational levels within a large, complex organisation, ideally within the energy or utilities sector. You’ll be confident influencing at senior levels and building strong relationships internally and externally, including with regulatory bodies and industry stakeholders.

And you’ll combine strong technical expertise with the ability to navigate complex challenges, offering clear, practical solutions. You will also bring:

• Degree-level education in health and safety (or equivalent experience)
• Chartered IOSH membership (or working towards)
• A strong track record of leading change and delivering measurable improvements
• Experience developing and implementing health and safety strategies and operating plans
• The ability to lead, coach and develop high-performing teams

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Schemes
• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding
• Technology Vouchers
• Electric Vehicle Schemes
• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans
• Healthcare options including PMI, Dental and Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Financial wellbeing support and discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a global leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses across Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and the North West of England.

We’re at the heart of the UK’s Net Zero ambitions, investing billions into our network to enable the growth of renewable energy and future energy systems. It’s an exciting time to join us and play a critical role in building a safer, more sustainable future.

We’re committed to inclusion, diversity and supporting our people. Whatever your background, you’ll be welcomed and supported to succeed. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please contact [email protected].

Additional Information

Due to the seniority of this position, successful candidates will be required to complete additional background checks and any offer is subject to passing such checks.

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.

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