Unit HSE Lead

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy committed to delivering impactful work that shapes the future. We are a team of over 20,000 experts working across the world in more than 50 countries. We are proud to be part of an ever-changing global industry, delivering transformative work that’s defining our future. It’s our people who power that performance. As an employee-owned business, we invest in creating a space for everyone to feel safe and valued and empowered with the right tools and support. Whether you want to pursue excellence in your specialism or broaden your experience with flexible roles across our business, you’ll be connected to a community of global experts championing you to be your best. Join us and shape your story with Mott MacDonald, where everyone has the opportunity to be  brilliant .   About the Business Unit Global Delivery Services Center (GDSC) is a high-impact business unit within Mott MacDonald, dedicated to enhancing project delivery across our global operations. As part of GDSC, you’ll join a team that champions excellence in both technical and digital disciplines, supporting projects at every stage of the lifecycle—from concept to completion. We work to international design standards and regulations, ensuring our contributions meet the highest benchmarks of quality and innovation.   Job Profile The purpose of this role is to provide leadership, advice, support, and guidance on Safe by Design. Reporting to the Unit General Manager and diagonally to Regional Safety Manager, this is a full-time role, to be undertaken by a qualified designer with a strong health & safety background. Crucial to the role is the ability to communicate well with different stakeholders and to influence at regional and unit level.   Job Location Mumbai or Bengaluru   Job Description   Work with the network of safe by design stakeholders across Unit, Region and Group, promoting the techniques, processes and methods that enable health, safety, wellbeing, and injury prevention to be realised.  Encourage and promote the reporting of positive design interventions. Organise and lead initiatives, campaigns and events that promote concepts, examples, and case studies.  Celebrate excellence, using competitions, awards and events that showcase how our designs and thinking makes the world a safer, healthier, and more sustainable place.   Review current training tools and make recommendations for strengthening and where appropriate the creation of Unit & regional specific training.   Lead training and mentoring for SbD in the Unit. Review current PIA and practice site competencies for safe by design and make recommendations. Review the use of digital tools in training. Review how positive design interventions and case studies can be better shared to promote learning. Cover off day to day HSW activities. Lead Safety by Design & constructability workshops. Support compliance with country specific safe by design legislation, where applicable.   Candidate specification   A degree or equivalent in engineering or design-related field. 10–15+ years’ experience Design-led background with strong safety expertise. Membership of other relevant professional bodies would be beneficial but not essential. Safety vocational related qualifications are highly beneficial (IOSH, CSM, IIRSM).    Strong technical experience of health and safety within the design and management of engineering and infrastructure projects, preferably in more than one sector. Experience of working within multi-disciplinary projects.  A passion for how innovation, technology and engineering can make the world a safer, healthier, and more sustainable place.   Ability to influence and persuade others. Confident presenting, promoting, and ‘selling’ ideas and concepts to technical teams, both internally and externally to clients. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, using digital means to share, discuss, store, and promote safe by design best practice.      Flexible working At Mott MacDonald, we support our staff to create work-life balance which works for them and welcome candidates looking for career flexibility. We are open to discussing flexible working at interview stage.   Our benefits package is designed to enhance your experience: Agile working Critical illness and compassionate leave Paternity Leave Group term life insurance, and Group medical insurance coverage Career mobility options Short and Long-term global employment opportunities Global collaboration and knowledge sharing