Behaviour Safety Manager

About Us

At National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), keeping our people safe and well is central to everything we do. We are looking for an experienced and passionate Behaviour Safety Manager to lead the next stage of our safety culture journey.

This position is based from our Warwick office however we offer flexible hybrid working options.

As a Behaviour Safety Manager this is a unique opportunity to shape the future of health, safety and wellbeing across NGET at a time of unprecedented growth and transformation. You will help create a culture where people are empowered to speak up, learn, innovate and perform safely, enabling us to deliver the critical infrastructure required for Britain's clean energy future.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Head of Health, Safety & Wellbeing, you will play a pivotal role in developing and embedding a positive, learning-focused, and psychologically safe culture across NGET. You will be responsible for developing and delivering the NGET Safe & Well Strategy, ensuring it is fully integrated into our ways of working and underpinned by Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) principles.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence behaviours, leadership, organisational learning and operational excellence at scale, helping to create an environment where everyone feels safe to stop, safe to say, safe to learn and empowered to make safe choices.

What You'll Do

• Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the NGET Safe & Well Strategy.
• Embed Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) principles across NGET, supporting a shift towards a proactive learning culture.
• Develop and deliver behavioural safety, safety leadership and cultural improvement programmes aligned with National Grid's Safe & Well framework.
• Work with senior leaders, operational teams and contractors to strengthen psychological safety, organisational learning and workforce engagement.
• Develop meaningful measures and insights to assess safety culture maturity and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead cultural diagnostics, surveys, workshops and engagement activities to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Champion a just and fair culture approach, ensuring learning is prioritised over blame.
• Support the application of HOP principles within incident investigation, learning reviews and shared learning processes.
• Partner with business leaders and contractors to create sustainable improvements in safety performance and organisational effectiveness.
• Represent NGET internally and externally on behavioural safety, culture and HOP-related initiatives.

About You

• Strong safety background, with significant experience in behavioural safety, safety culture development or organisational performance within a high-hazard complex organisation.
• Strong understanding and practical application of Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) principles.
• Proven experience developing and delivering organisational culture change programmes.
• Experience influencing and engaging senior leaders and operational teams.
• Strong facilitation, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using data and insight to drive cultural and behavioural improvements.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to inspire and influence at all levels.
• Knowledge of psychological safety, organisational learning and contemporary safety thinking would be highly advantageous.

What You'll Get

A competitive salary between £57,000 – £70,000 dependent on capability

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 30% of your salary for stretch performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 2nd August. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/ 

DE & I statement 

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.

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