EHS Assurance Manager (Site Based)

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced EHS Assurance Manager to support one of the most significant hyperscale data centre developments in Europe.

This role sits within a major 10 billion data centre campus in Northumberland North East England spanning 540000 sqm across 10 data centre buildings. The wider programme includes extensive enabling works substation construction and environmental remediation. With enabling works underway and main construction commencing from 2026 this is a unique opportunity to contribute to a landmark project of exceptional scale and complexity.

The Role

As EHS Assurance Manager this role operates as the client-side EHS assurance and governance function providing independent oversight of the General Contractors health safety and environmental performance across the programme.

This is an assurance role not a construction delivery role. The focus is on verifying that client EHS standards are being applied consistently that critical risks are being effectively managed and that the highest standards of safety are maintained across all workstreams.

This position is well suited to someone with strong technical EHS knowledge sound judgement and the confidence to challenge influence and provide clear assurance reporting at project leadership level.

What Youll Be Doing

• Provide independent assurance of the General Contractors EHS management systems and performance
• Verify compliance with client standards and statutory requirements
• Review EHS plans procedures and control systems
• Monitor high-risk construction activities and critical hazard controls
• Carry out inspections audits and structured assurance reviews
• Identify record and escalate non-conformances and high-risk conditions
• Analyse trends and proactively identify systemic risks
• Support project leadership in understanding EHS performance and required interventions

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the assurance of EHS performance across multiple project workstreams
• Test the effectiveness of contractor controls systems and implementation on site
• Undertake targeted assurance inspections of high-risk works
• Review permit systems safe systems of work and workface controls
• Escalate critical risks and recurring failures in a timely and structured way
• Produce clear weekly and monthly assurance reporting for project leadership
• Contribute to governance reviews and senior leadership reporting
• Promote high standards of safety environmental compliance and continuous improvement

Key Interfaces

• Project Director and Project Management Team
• CSA and MEP Project Managers
• General Contractor leadership and EHS team
• Trade contractors and package teams
• Operations logistics and commissioning teams

Experience & Skills Required

• Strong experience in construction EHS management ideally within data centres mission-critical environments or major infrastructure
• Deep understanding of:
  • high-risk construction activities
  • permit systems
  • safe systems of work
  • critical hazard controls
• Experience auditing and assuring contractor performance
• Ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong reporting observation and analytical capability
• Experience identifying trends recurring failures and emerging risk themes

Key Behaviours

• Independent and objective
• Detail-oriented and risk-focused
• Strong communicator
• High standards and zero tolerance for unsafe practices
• Proactive and solutions-driven

What This Role Is Not

This role is not:

• A contractor EHS delivery role
• Responsible for writing or approving RAMS
• A site supervision role
• Responsible for managing construction activities directly

It is a client-side assurance and governance role focused on oversight compliance reporting and risk-based intervention.

Typical Deliverables

Daily

• Targeted assurance inspections of high-risk works
• Spot checks of:
  • permits
  • RAMS compliance
  • workface controls
• Immediate escalation of critical risks

Weekly

• Prepare a Weekly EHS Assurance Report covering:
  • key observations
  • red / amber risks
  • non-conformances
  • actions and escalations
• Attend:
  • weekly progress meetings
  • H&S coordination meetings
• Review trends in:
  • near misses
  • inspections
  • repeated failures

Monthly

• Prepare a Monthly EHS Assurance Report covering:
  • performance summary
  • trend analysis
  • critical risk status
  • General Contractor performance assessment
• Undertake audits or structured reviews of:
  • EHS management systems
  • plans and controls
• Provide input to:
  • senior leadership reviews
  • governance reporting

Why Apply

• Join a landmark data centre programme at exceptional scale
• Play a key role in maintaining high EHS standards on a major capital project
• Work in a strategic independent assurance capacity
• Influence leadership decisions through insight challenge and governance
• Be part of a development with major regional and economic significance

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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