EHS Assurance Manager (Site Based)

We are seeking an experienced EHS Assurance Manager to support one of the most significant hyperscale data centre developments in Europe.

This role sits within a major £10 billion data centre campus in Northumberland, North East England, spanning 540,000 sqm across 10 data centre buildings. The wider programme includes extensive enabling works, substation construction, and environmental remediation. With enabling works underway and main construction commencing from 2026, this is a unique opportunity to contribute to a landmark project of exceptional scale and complexity.

As EHS Assurance Manager, this role operates as the client-side EHS assurance and governance function, providing independent oversight of the General Contractor’s health, safety and environmental performance across the programme.

This is an assurance role, not a construction delivery role. The focus is on verifying that client EHS standards are being applied consistently, that critical risks are being effectively managed, and that the highest standards of safety are maintained across all workstreams.

This position is well suited to someone with strong technical EHS knowledge, sound judgement, and the confidence to challenge, influence, and provide clear assurance reporting at project leadership level.

Provide independent assurance of the General Contractor’s EHS management systems and performance

Verify compliance with client standards and statutory requirements

Review EHS plans, procedures, and control systems

Monitor high-risk construction activities and critical hazard controls

Carry out inspections, audits, and structured assurance reviews

Identify, record, and escalate non-conformances and high-risk conditions

Analyse trends and proactively identify systemic risks

Support project leadership in understanding EHS performance and required interventions

Project Director and Project Management Team

CSA and MEP Project Managers

General Contractor leadership and EHS team

Trade contractors and package teams

Operations, logistics, and commissioning teams

Independent and objective

Detail-oriented and risk-focused

Strong communicator

High standards and zero tolerance for unsafe practices

Proactive and solutions-driven

A contractor EHS delivery role

Responsible for writing or approving RAMS

A site supervision role

Responsible for managing construction activities directly

It is a client-side assurance and governance role focused on oversight, compliance, reporting, and risk-based intervention.

Targeted assurance inspections of high-risk works

Spot checks of: permits RAMS compliance workface controls

permits

RAMS compliance

workface controls

Immediate escalation of critical risks

Prepare a Weekly EHS Assurance Report covering: key observations red / amber risks non-conformances actions and escalations

key observations

red / amber risks

non-conformances

actions and escalations

Attend: weekly progress meetings H&S coordination meetings

weekly progress meetings

H&S coordination meetings

Review trends in: near misses inspections repeated failures

near misses

inspections

repeated failures

Prepare a Monthly EHS Assurance Report covering: performance summary trend analysis critical risk status General Contractor performance assessment

performance summary

trend analysis

critical risk status

General Contractor performance assessment

Undertake audits or structured reviews of: EHS management systems plans and controls

EHS management systems

plans and controls

Provide input to: senior leadership reviews governance reporting

senior leadership reviews

governance reporting

Join a landmark data centre programme at exceptional scale

Play a key role in maintaining high EHS standards on a major capital project

Work in a strategic, independent assurance capacity

Influence leadership decisions through insight, challenge, and governance

Be part of a development with major regional and economic significance

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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