Director – Health, Safety & Environment

J.S. Held LLC

Director leading Health, Safety & Environment consulting at J.S. Held.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Originate, develop and secure large, complex Health, Safety & Environment consulting engagements with multinational and upper mid-market clients across the UK and EMEA
Build and maintain long-term relationships with C-suite and senior operational leaders
Drive revenue growth, delivering ambitious individual and practice-level targets
Collaborate closely with J.S. Held’s global practices to support cross-border and cross-disciplinary opportunities
Represent J.S. Held externally at industry forums, conferences and client events across UK and European markets
Act as engagement lead and senior adviser on complex, high-risk and high-profile Health, Safety & Environment engagements across the UK
Provide end-to-end HSE leadership and strategic guidance across the full HSE lifecycle, including: Development of H&S strategy and implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, including policies, processes and tools
H&S assurance and compliance activities, including audit experience and familiarity with UK H&S legislation and regulatory requirements, as well as statutory reporting obligations
Site-based experience gained through industry or consulting, with familiarity in operational H&S risk assessments, site routines and practices at high-risk environments across industrial, construction, manufacturing, energy and utilities sectors
Experience delivering safety culture and leadership programmes, with an understanding of human performance principles
Experience in incident investigation, root cause analysis, and the development of corrective and preventative actions
Development and implementation of environmental strategy, including the design and deployment of Environmental Management Systems, along with supporting policies, processes, governance frameworks and tools
Environmental assurance and compliance activities, including experience with permitting, regulatory compliance, liaison with UK regulators, and statutory environmental reporting requirements
Operational environmental risk management, including waste management, pollution prevention, and control of environmental risks across industrial, manufacturing, energy, utilities and infrastructure sites
Experience supporting environmental due diligence, liability assessments, and advisory work in relation to transactions, investments, divestments and disputes
Delivery of ESG-related environmental risk, governance and performance improvement initiatives, including baseline assessments, gap analysis and programme development

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience in HSE consulting within a professional services or advisory environment
Demonstrated track record as a seller-doer, with consistent origination, development and successful conversion of new business opportunities
Experience operating at Partner, Director or Principal level, with accountability for both revenue growth and client delivery
Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to balance business growth, technical quality and delivery excellence
Proven experience advising multinational clients and leading cross-border engagements
Established credibility as an industry leader or subject matter expert, demonstrated through client relationships, professional affiliations, publications and speaking engagements
Fluent in English, with the ability to operate confidently at executive, client and regulatory levels

Benefits

Comp & perks

Highly competitive base salary
Highly rewarding annual bonus scheme
Equity participation is available, subject to eligibility

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Hard Skills & Tools

Health And Safety Strategy DevelopmentOccupational Health And Safety Management SystemsEnvironmental Management SystemsIncident InvestigationRoot Cause AnalysisH&S Assurance And ComplianceEnvironmental Risk ManagementAudit ExperienceRegulatory ComplianceESG-Related Initiatives

Soft Skills

Commercial AcumenRelationship BuildingLeadershipCommunicationCross-Disciplinary Collaboration