Safety First Lead (Real Estate)
Advert Close date: 12th January 2026
Purpose of Role:
In this pivotal role, you’ll set the vision for HSE compliance, champion innovation, and ensure seamless integration of ISO45001-aligned systems across multi-site operations. From risk management and governance to training and cultural transformation, you’ll be at the forefront of creating safer, smarter environments that enhance resilience and sustainability.
Main accountabilities:
The role requires you to actively monitor, challenge and drive continual performance improvement. The capability to inspire and motivate people from diverse business groups; demonstrating best practice, innovative strategies, technology and your ‘values led’ influencing skills to achieve objectives will be key to success.
The role works across both portfolio management and our portfolio operations team, from activations to property refurbishments.
Lead the development and implementation of HSE strategies, policies, and risk registers across the Real Estate portfolio.
Drive cultural change through governance committees, training programs, and engagement initiatives.
Partner with internal teams, contractors, and stakeholders to identify risks and embed best practices early in projects.
Oversee audits, compliance monitoring, and incident investigations to ensure continuous improvement.
Leverage data-driven insights to anticipate emerging risks and future-proof safety practices.
Champion digital innovation and advanced methodologies (HAZOP, Bow Tie, BIM) for risk management.
Most important skills based requirements:
Qualified HSE professional (NEBOSH, IOSH or equivalent) with deep knowledge of CDM duties.
Proven experience in large-scale property and regeneration projects, ideally including residential, commercial, and life sciences.
Expertise in risk reduction, digital innovation, and advanced safety methodologies.
Strong leadership and influencing skills to inspire cross-functional teams.
Ability to deliver training, conduct root cause analysis, and implement continuous improvement strategies.
Experience of offshore or high and major hazard environments desirable.
This is a permanenet role, please apply with your CV and Cover letter.
Our Offering / benefits:
As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.
Disability Disclaimer:
We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.
If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us on careers@thecrownestate.co.uk
- Department
- Operations
- Locations
- The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
The Crown Estate, 1 St James Market
Our Perks & Benefits
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28 days paid holiday
We value that you get more time with your family and friends. Therefore, we offer everybody 28 days paid holiday, 2 volunteering days and the option to purchase further holiday.
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Flexible working
We value work-life balance highly, therefore we have flexible & hybrid working policies.
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Market leading family friendly policies
We want the support we offer to be inclusive of everyone, reflective of the wide range of situations people face in life.
Workplace, Culture & Diversity
It’s our ambition to be an inclusive organisation that reflects our society, one where all feel welcome, able to be themselves and belong.
A workplace where you’re empowered to be yourself, diverse thinking is encouraged, and a place where you can realise your potential.
About The Crown Estate
The Crown Estate is a unique business with a distinct heritage and a portfolio unlike any other.
It includes some of central London’s best places to work, shop and spend time, retail and leisure destinations across the country, and a substantial rural portfolio. As manager of the seabed and half the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we play a role in the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector as well as marine aggregates, cables and pipelines. We are also responsible for the Windsor Estate, including the world-renowned Windsor Great Park.
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