Lead Safety Engineer

Technical Safety & Environmental Lead
Location:
Leatherhead, UK
Sector:
Energy | Oil & Gas | Renewables | Industrial Projects

We are seeking an accomplishedTechnical Safety & Environmental Leadto join a high-performing engineering team delivering major capital projects across the energy and infrastructure sectors. This is a leadership role for someone passionate about safety, sustainability, and engineering excellence.

The successful candidate will oversee a sizeable technical safety and environmental team, providing strategic and hands-on direction to ensure technical deliverables meet the highest industry standards across all project phases.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of technical safety and environmental specialists on complex engineering projects.
• Provide technical direction and leadership across the group, ensuring alignment with project timelines, productivity goals, and quality standards.
• Drive progress and manage outputs for key deliverables such as safety layouts, studies, and regulatory documentation.
• Serve as the senior technical authority across multiple safety and environmental disciplines.
• Review and validate documentation, ensuring completeness and technical accuracy of outputs such as risk assessments, layout plans, and safety reports.
• Engage across FEED, detailed design, and EPC phases of large-scale projects.
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and project management teams to ensure integration of safety and environmental strategies.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience, with many professionals in this space typically having over 20 years.
• Deep expertise in several core areas of Technical Safety and Environmental engineering.
• Strong working knowledge across all other areas within the discipline.
• Proven ability to lead project teams during FEED and EPC phases.
• Capable of performing high-level checks on safety deliverables, ensuring quality and compliance.