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Ruth Smith

Senior Recruitment Consultant
EMEA
Leadership

As a member of Acre's Industry and Infrastructure team, Ruth partners with organisations across the Transport and Logistics sector to embed sustainability into their operations. From Aviation and Maritime to Rail, Ruth supports these fast-growing industries by consulting, developing teams, and driving impactful recruitment strategies. Her work aligns deeply with her core values and passion for supporting those who create meaningful change.



Ruth also brings extensive experience in recruiting for the Consumer Goods and Retail Sustainability sectors, as well as internationally in the Renewables and Clean Energy space since 2019. She holds a 2:1 BA in Geography from the University of Brighton, a foundation that complements her commitment to sustainability and environmental impact.

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HSE Business Partner
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Professional Services

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England, United Kingdom

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On-Site

Are you working in health & safety because you want to make a difference? Do you have a desire to create meaningful change and be part of a well-performing team?

 

 

This organisation, a national residential developer, knows that its future must be a safe and sustainable one. Day to day, you'll be putting your experience and expertise into setting realistic and meaningful health & safety objectives. You'll work closely with regional leadership teams to ensure a collective vision that extends beyond systems and compliance to focus on people and behaviour, helping to create a positively reinforced learning culture.

 

 

You'll be joining an excellent team, and as the HSE Business Partner for the North East region, you will be:

 

  • A confident and experienced influencer - You'll be the functional H&S lead on all developments in the North-East region, responsible for embedding continuous improvement into the company strategy and engaging with the senior leadership team.

  • Organised and happy to be hands-on - You'll work closely with the regional leadership teams to ensure H&S is a key factor in the lifecycle of a development, from design through to completion.

  • Commercially aware - You will be making sure that you're positioning the business in line with local partners and their H&S objectives.

  • An innovator - You'll thrive on new ideas and challenging traditional methods of working. You'll win the hearts and minds of a variety of stakeholders, both internally and externally, to ensure operational teams take accountability and ownership of H&S performance.

 

 

 

The organisation's aim is simple: to deliver more of the high-quality, multi-tenure, new homes the UK needs - at prices people can afford, in places where they want to live.

 

 

This business is delighted to have achieved 5-star builder status in the National Home Builders Federation (HBF) Awards. This is only awarded to homebuilders who receive a rating of at least 90% in the National New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey- demonstrating the commitment to a high quality service.

 

 

In terms of experience:

 

  • It's important that you have experience working in a HSE function and ideally understanding of the construction sector.

  • If you can demonstrate that you'll able to build relationships at every level, that will go a long way.

  • Some creativity and evidence of collaboratively solving problems in your current health & safety role is welcome.

 

 

You will be based in the North East of England, ideally within Newcastle, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Hebburn, or surrounding areas, and there will be 10 developments in your region. That will mean some driving, so a license is essential!

 

 

If this has piqued your interest, get in touch with Ruth Smith on ruth.smith@acre.com to discuss the role. Don't worry if your CV isn't ready yet - we can work with what you've got.

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