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J.S. Held LLC

J.S. Held is a global consulting firm that combines technical, scientific, financial, and strategic expertise to advise clients seeking to realize value and mitigate risk. Our professionals serve as trusted advisors to organizations facing high stakes matters demanding urgent attention, staunch integrity, proven experience, clear-cut analysis, and an understanding of both tangible and intangible assets. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of services, products, and data that enable clients to navigate complex, contentious, and often catastrophic situations.

Director - Health, Safety & Environment

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United Kingdom

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15 days ago

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Director - Health, Safety & Environment

J.S. Held LLC

Role Description J.S. Held is seeking a senior seller-doer, either as an individual or a small established team, to join and help scale our Environmental, Health & Safety practice across the UK and the wider EMEA region. This is a rare opportunity to play a leading role in expanding a global professional services firm within one of Europe’s most mature and influential EH&S consulting markets. You will have the autonomy to shape UK strategy, the support of a global advisory platform, and the mandate to build and grow a high-impact EH&S practice. The successful candidate will combine strong commercial origination with hands-on technical leadership across EH&S disciplines, alongside trusted adviser credentials. You will be responsible for driving revenue growth, leading complex engagements, and expanding J.S. Held’s footprint in the UK. Job Responsibilities - Commercial Leadership & Business Development - Originate, develop and secure large, complex Health, Safety & Environment consulting engagements with multinational and upper mid-market clients across the UK and EMEA. - Build and maintain long-term relationships with C-suite and senior operational leaders. - Drive revenue growth, delivering ambitious individual and practice-level targets. - Collaborate closely with J.S. Held’s global practices to support cross-border and cross-disciplinary opportunities. - Represent J.S. Held externally at industry forums, conferences and client events across UK and European markets. - Client Delivery & Technical Leadership - Act as engagement lead and senior adviser on complex, high-risk and high-profile Health, Safety & Environment engagements across the UK. - Provide end-to-end HSE leadership and strategic guidance across the full HSE lifecycle, including: - Health & Safety - Development of H&S strategy and implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, including policies, processes and tools. - H&S assurance and compliance activities, including audit experience and familiarity with UK H&S legislation and regulatory requirements, as well as statutory reporting obligations. - Site-based experience gained through industry or consulting, with familiarity in operational H&S risk assessments, site routines and practices at high-risk environments across industrial, construction, manufacturing, energy and utilities sectors. - Experience delivering safety culture and leadership programmes, with an understanding of human performance principles. - Experience in incident investigation, root cause analysis, and the development of corrective and preventative actions. - Environmental - Development and implementation of environmental strategy, including the design and deployment of Environmental Management Systems, along with supporting policies, processes, governance frameworks and tools. - Environmental assurance and compliance activities, including experience with permitting, regulatory compliance, liaison with UK regulators, and statutory environmental reporting requirements. - Operational environmental risk management, including waste management, pollution prevention, and control of environmental risks across industrial, manufacturing, energy, utilities and infrastructure sites. - Experience supporting environmental due diligence, liability assessments, and advisory work in relation to transactions, investments, divestments and disputes. - Delivery of ESG-related environmental risk, governance and performance improvement initiatives, including baseline assessments, gap analysis and programme development. Qualifications - Extensive experience in EH&S consulting within a professional services or advisory environment. - Demonstrated track record as a seller-doer, with consistent origination, development and successful conversion of new business opportunities. - Experience operating at Partner, Director or Principal level, with accountability for both revenue growth and client delivery. - Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to balance business growth, technical quality and delivery excellence. - Proven experience advising multinational clients and leading cross-border engagements. - Established credibility as an industry leader or subject matter expert, demonstrated through client relationships, professional affiliations, publications and speaking engagements. - Fluent in English, with the ability to operate confidently at executive, client and regulatory levels. Requirements - Compensation: J.S. Held offers a highly competitive base salary for this role. The level offered will vary depending on a range of factors, including (but not limited to) experience, skills, qualifications, location, and the scope of the role. - In addition to base salary, J.S. Held offers a highly rewarding annual bonus scheme. Equity participation is also available, subject to eligibility. Further details regarding these incentive plans will be discussed during the interview process. - Location: This role can be fully remote from anywhere within the UK. Frequent travel will be required. Benefits - We welcome applications from individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable adjustment in relation to any part of the recruitment process, please email [email protected], including “Applicant Adjustment” in the subject line, together with details of your request and contact information.

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