Principal Construction HSW & Environment Manager

About You
Are you a health, safety and environmental professional ready to lead a team of highly motivated and experienced construction advisors?
Would you like to take a leading role in our work to provide a  better future for people and the environment in  Britain’s complex mining legacy ?
If so, read on....
We are really interested in hearing from you if you have some or all of the following skills or experience

  • Experience of dealing with the health, safety and environmental aspects of coal mining related legacy issues (e.g.

    structural/ground stability, water and gas hazards)
  • Experience of implementing and delivery of health, safety and environmental management systems in major infrastructure projects
  • Experience of maintaining a behavioural safety focussed management system
  • Experience in overseeing supply chain health and safety performance
You will support the Head of HSW and Facilities Department in delivering strategic leadership, developing relevant strategies and implementing action plans and objectives. 

About The Role
Experience of dealing with the health, safety and environmental aspects of coal mining related legacy issues (e.g.

structural/ground stability, water and gas hazards)
Experience of implementing and delivery of health, safety and environmental management systems in major infrastructure projects
Experience of maintaining a behavioural safety focussed management system
Experience in overseeing supply chain health and safety performance.
You will support the Head of HSW and Facilities Department in delivering strategic leadership, developing relevant strategies and implementing action plans and objectives. 
You will lead on HSW management and support for our contract managers on construction related contracts including our Minewater Treatment scheme construction, operation and maintenance, our work to protect the public from the hazards arising for former mining activities including dealing with remediation of subsidence and emerging major infrastructure projects
You will lead a team of experienced and professional Construction Health, Safety Wellbeing and Environment Advisors 
Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)
 
Schedule:

Application closing date: 6th July 2025
 Sifting date: 7th July 2025
Interviews: w/c 14th July 2025
(If you are unavailable on these interview dates, please make us aware and we will look at alternative dates)
Security:
Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

About Mining Remediation Authority
Our benefits:
  • A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
  • Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
  • Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
  • Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
  • Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
  • Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
  • Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
  • Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
  • Unlock exclusive employee discounts
  • Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
  • Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.
Working with us:
We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours.

Please feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you at your interview.
With a genuine commitment to flexible working, we believe that work life balance is incredibly important.
Who we are:
Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with.

We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.
We carry out a wide variety of essential services from responding to coal mining hazards, to keeping everyone and everything safe from mine water pollution.
We are excited about what our future holds.

Our work is helping to develop a new sustainable source of renewable energy for the UK.

By harnessing the energy from mine water heat, we hope to play a key role towards helping the UK to meet net-zero emissions by 2050.
We truly are a supportive organisation where we all live and breathe our values.

We are inclusive, trusted and progressive in everything that we do.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:
 As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria who are disabled or from a minority ethnic community.
We want to recruit you based on your skills and experience, and not the colour of your skin, where you come from, or who you share your life with.  What’s important is that you can carry out your role effectively.  That’s why, when you submit your application to us, we remove all your personal data before the hiring manager reviews your details.  If you are successful and you join us, you can be confident that this is because we trust that you will be successful and can make a difference.  By continuing to improve our diversity, we continue to improve our knowledge and innovation and live our values of being trusted, inclusive and progressive.
If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for, but you require an alternative application form or other reasonable adjustments to apply, let us know.  You can get in touch by email at Recruitment@MiningRemediation.gov.uk or give us a call on 01623 637000.


  • Start: 13/06/2025
  • Rate: £48,200 - £58,911
  • Location: Mansfield,England
  • Type: Permanent
  • Industry: Public_Sector
  • Recruiter: The Coal Authority
  • Contact: Admin The Coal Authority
  • Tel: 01623 637149
  • Email: to view click here
  • Reference: 0509
  • Posted: 2025-06-13 15:22:03 -

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