QHSE Manager – Fire, Air & Asbestos
Location: National – regular UK travel required
Working across HSL Compliance Group’s Fire, Air & Asbestos Division, the QHSE Manager will provide visible, hands-on leadership and ensure the highest standards of quality, health, safety and environmental performance.
You will work closely with operational leaders to build one consistent QHSE approach across the division. Your focus will be on practical compliance, strong assurance, meaningful performance reporting and creating a culture where quality and safety are everyone’s responsibility.
This is a varied and influential role, combining day-to-day operational support with longer-term improvement work. You will also play an important part in mobilising new contracts, integrating acquired businesses and developing the foundations for a scalable, high-performing division, with a clear pathway towards a QHSE Director role.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Champion a positive and practical QHSE culture across the Fire, Air & Asbestos Division, leading by example through visible engagement with operational teams.
- Coach and support operational leaders, helping them take clear ownership of quality, health, safety and environmental performance.
- Ensure compliance with relevant UK legislation, recognised standards and applicable ISO management systems.
- Lead internal and external audits, incident investigations, root-cause reviews and corrective actions, making sure lessons are shared and improvements are sustained.
- Maintain and continually improve divisional QHSE policies, procedures, management systems and safe systems of work.
- Provide clear, commercially balanced and practical advice to operational colleagues across the division.
- Support the mobilisation of new contracts, business change projects and the integration of acquired companies into HSL’s QHSE framework.
- Develop meaningful KPI dashboards and performance reporting that help leaders identify risks, priorities and opportunities for improvement.
- Use audit findings, investigations and performance data to drive continuous improvement, standardisation and right-first-time delivery.
- Deliver coaching and training that builds QHSE knowledge, confidence and capability across the division.
- Represent HSL professionally during customer audits, regulatory inspections and other external reviews.
- Build trusted working relationships with colleagues, customers, suppliers and regulators.
What We’re Looking For
- Proven QHSE leadership experience within engineering, compliance, fire, air, asbestos or a similarly regulated environment.
- A NEBOSH Certificate is essential.
- Strong knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, auditing, investigations and ISO management systems.
- A practical and visible leadership style, with the confidence to influence, coach and appropriately challenge people at every level.
- The ability to turn performance information into clear priorities, practical actions and measurable improvement.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the credibility to represent HSL with customers and regulators.
- A highly organised approach, with the ability to balance operational priorities, planned improvement activity and multiple stakeholders.
- A full UK driving licence and the flexibility to travel nationally as required.
Desirable qualifications
A NEBOSH Diploma, Lead Auditor qualification, BOHS P402, BOHS P405 or Certificate of Competence in Asbestos (CoCA) would be advantageous. Depending on the work undertaken, a DBS check may also be required.
Why Work for HSL?
- Full training and clear career development pathways
- 22+ days annual leave + bank holidays
- Company pension scheme & sick pay scheme
- Free eye test every 2 years
- Access to Kinhub (wellbeing & financial support)
- Discounts with hundreds of retailers via Reward Gateway
About Us
HSL Compliance is one of the UK’s leading compliance specialists, helping organisations keep people safe. We work with local authorities, housing associations and businesses across the UK, providing essential services including water safety, fire safety and wider compliance solutions.
Our success is built on the dedication of our people, and we’re proud to offer a supportive workplace where employees can grow, develop and make a real impact.
Ready to Apply?
If you are an experienced, hands-on QHSE leader who can bring people with you and turn high standards into everyday practice, we’d love to hear from you.
A DBS check and assessment may be required for a number of our roles.
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