Director of Health, Safety and Fire Safety Employer Irwin & Colton Location Braintree Salary 90000.00 - 110000.00 GBP Annual + Car Allowance, Bonus and Benefits Closing date 23 Sep 2026 View more categories View less categories Category Executive and Director Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time Job Title Associate Director Workplace On Site Apply on website Save job Click to add the job to your shortlist You need to sign in or create an account to save a job. Send job Job Details Director of Health, Safety and Fire Braintree 90,000 - 110,000 + Car Allowance, Bonus and Benefits Do you want to shape the safety strategy for a complex, high-profile operational environment? Are you driven to influence senior leaders, contractors and frontline teams to embed a proactive, high-performing safety culture? Irwin and Colton are delighted to have been engaged by a leading UK organisation to recruit a Director of Health, Safety and Fire for one of its most complex and high-profile operational environments. The successful individual will strengthen safety governance, assurance and risk management while working closely with senior leaders to embed a proactive safety culture. With ongoing investment, infrastructure development and organisational change, this is an opportunity to influence safety at an organisation-wide level and make a lasting impact on performance and culture. Key responsibilities of the Director of Health, Safety and Fire are: Setting the strategic direction for health, safety and fire across the estate, ensuring alignment with legal requirements, industry best practice and internal standards. Leading company-wide safety risk management and safety assurance, embedding robust governance, reporting and leading indicators to drive performance. Influencing senior stakeholders and act as a trusted adviser to the executive leadership team, shaping priorities and decision-making. Providing leadership to a multidisciplinary team, developing capability, performance and a visible, collaborative safety function. The successful Director of Health, Safety and Fire will have: NEBOSH Diploma and a Chartered membership of IOSH is essential. Strong knowledge of health, safety and fire safety legislation, with the ability to apply it in complex and fast paced environments. Demonstrable experience of driving cultural change, improving Health & Safety performance and influencing across all levels. Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including working with external regulators and partners. This is a senior opportunity to make a lasting impact on safety strategy, assurance and culture. For further information and to apply please contact Job Reference - AL 5028 Irwin and Colton are a specialist Health and Safety recruitment company, based in the South East of England we recruit across the UK. We recruit all roles in the health and safety industry from Health and Safety Manager, Health and Safety Director through to Health and Safety Advisor positions. Irwin and Colton Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at our website (url removed). Irwin and Colton is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion please let us know if we can do anything to make the process more accessible to you. Share this job Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Apply on website