HSEQ Manager at Polypipe

Sky Garden, part of the Genuit Group, is a UK-based company specialising in the design, installation, and maintenance of green roofs, podiums, and other urban greening solutions. It provides sustainable landscaping systems and components for construction projects nationwide.

Our exceptional teams apply their first-class technical, customer service and manufacturing expertise to understand our customers’ needs and solve tomorrow’s water, climate and biodiversity challenges. Our loyal and highly skilled workforce are key to our success of delivering sustainable climate and water management solutions, everywhere.

Role Overview

The HSEQ Manager will provide clear and strong leadership to all levels on all Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality matters as well as providing the link between HR & the wider teams to support and facilitate our people strategy across the business. To build a well-trained, flexible and motivated HSEQ team to deliver continuously improving performance against the Genuit Groups and Sky Garden HSE, Operational and People strategies. To support the business in embedding a no harm culture and embodying the Group’s trade-mark behaviours.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all team members work in line with the company’s latest policies, procedures, and compliance standards.
• Lead a proactive health, safety, and environmental culture, ensuring full regulatory compliance and risk reduction.
• Conduct regular audits and inspections to monitor H&S performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Investigate accidents and near misses to root cause and implement corrective actions.
• Analyse and report operational performance against KPIs to the Operations Director.
• Ensure all mandatory and compliance training is completed and documented across the team.
• Maintain up-to-date training matrices and job descriptions to demonstrate competency and support development.
• Provide regular performance feedback and conduct personal development reviews with direct reports.
• Recruit, onboard, and manage team members, ensuring succession planning and talent development.
• Embed continuous improvement practices to eliminate waste and improve operational efficiency.
• Support and deliver strategic action plans aligned with company and group objectives.
• Lead sustainability initiatives and liaise with Group HSE to align with broader environmental goals.

Skills and Experience

• NEBOSH qualification
• WAMITAB Level four would be advantageous
• Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Previous experience in detailed problem solving and improvement projects
• Previous experience within a Health and Safety role with influence
• Proven track record of managing teams
• Deep understanding of problem solving & CI tools and techniques

Here at the Genuit Group we recognise and develop the contribution our people make to the Group’s success and are committed to attracting talent from the widest pool. We have a role to play in making the built environment more sustainable, building a low carbon business ourselves as well as delivering sustainable solutions at scale.