Sustainability, Health & Safety Specialist

About the role

The Sustainability, Health & Safety Specialist provides day‑to‑day operational leadership to ensure safe, sustainable, and responsible airport and infrastructure operations across both airside and landside environments. The role supports operational teams in embedding safe working practices and environmental responsibility into daily activities.

Key responsibilities

• Provide visible health & safety leadership across airside and landside areas.
• Support operational teams with practical guidance on safe systems of work, risk controls, and sustainability considerations.
• Promote a strong safety and environmental culture through continuous engagement, observation, and coaching.
• Lead and coordinate hazard identification, reporting, and mitigation activities.
• Conduct routine site inspections, walk‑overs, and safety observations to identify unsafe conditions and behaviours.
• Maintain hazard registers and track implementation of corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead operational incident and near‑miss investigations, focusing on root causes, human factors, and system improvements.
• Prepare investigation reports, identify corrective actions, and monitor close‑out to prevent recurrence.
• Support operational learning through safety alerts, toolbox talks, and lessons‑learned sharing.
• Assist with implementation and follow‑up of occupational health & safety audit actions.

Required profile

• Experience delivering day‑to‑day health & safety leadership in airport or similar operational settings.
• Proven ability to conduct hazard identification, risk assessments and incident investigations.
• Familiarity with occupational health & safety audit processes and corrective‑action tracking.
• Strong communication and coaching skills to promote safety culture.

Required skills