SHEQ Coordinator Contractor

About Us

We manage some of the UK’s largest and most complex wireless environments, including multiple central London boroughs and Docklands. Across more than 5,000 mast site locations, 2,000 connected buildings and 200+ outdoor networks, our work helps ensure people stay connected where it matters most.

Backed by DigitalBridge, we bring together deep telecoms expertise and commercial real estate know-how to deliver long-term impact in the market. We are also proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work 🎉, with 82 percent of our people saying it is a great place to work, compared with 54 percent at a typical UK-based company.

Location: Crawley or Farringdon based
Reporting to: Head of SHEQ
Contract: 6-month contractor role

The Role

Are you passionate about Health, Safety, Environment and Quality and ready to play a key role in driving standards forward across a dynamic organisation?

We are looking for a proactive and detail-driven SHEQ Coordinator to support our Head of SHEQ on a 6-month contract, maintaining and improving our Integrated Management System, ensuring we not only meet but exceed our legal and client obligations.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-paced environment where you will be central to shaping a strong safety culture, supporting continuous improvement, and ensuring operational excellence across multiple sites and suppliers. The role will also include occasional ad hoc site visits (typically a couple per month) to support audits and compliance checks.

In this varied and hands-on position, you will work closely with the Head of SHEQ to support compliance, audits, reporting and training across the business. You will play a key part in ensuring our systems, processes and documentation are robust, up to date, and effectively embedded across teams.

You will also act as a vital link between internal teams, suppliers and clients, helping to maintain high standards and ensure everything runs safely, smoothly and in line with ISO and CDM requirements.

• Support the maintenance and development of the Integrated Management System and associated ISO accreditations
• Assist with internal and external audits, including site inspections and supplier due diligence
• Carry out occasional ad hoc site visits (typically a couple per month) to support compliance monitoring and audits
• Monitor and maintain key documentation including CPPs and RAMS, ensuring SLA compliance
• Track and report health and safety KPIs, producing monthly dashboards and insights
• Support the investigation and closure of non-conformances raised by clients or auditors
• Maintain and update the training matrix, ensuring all employees complete required training on time
• Coordinate health and safety input within procurement and supplier approval processes
• Contribute to health and safety presentations, workshops and internal communications
• Help maintain and update the SHEQ intranet page and internal resources
• Promote and support a positive health and safety culture across the organisation

• Support the maintenance and development of the Integrated Management System and associated ISO accreditations
• Assist with internal and external audits, including site inspections and supplier due diligence
• Carry out occasional ad hoc site visits (typically a couple per month) to support compliance monitoring and audits
• Monitor and maintain key documentation including CPPs and RAMS, ensuring SLA compliance
• Track and report health and safety KPIs, producing monthly dashboards and insights
• Support the investigation and closure of non-conformances raised by clients or auditors
• Maintain and update the training matrix, ensuring all employees complete required training on time
• Coordinate health and safety input within procurement and supplier approval processes
• Contribute to health and safety presentations, workshops and internal communications
• Help maintain and update the SHEQ intranet page and internal resources
• Promote and support a positive health and safety culture across the organisation

You will bring:

• Proven experience or strong understanding of Health and Safety within a similar environment
• Knowledge of CDM Regulations
• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
• Experience of internal auditing
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently
• Confident communication skills, both written and verbal, including client and supplier interaction
• Strong decision-making ability and a confident, proactive approach
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Personal attributes

We are looking for someone who is:

• A strong team player with natural leadership qualities
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Highly principled, with strong integrity and attention to detail
• Adaptable and solutions-focused
• Passionate about improving health and safety culture

Why Freshwave:
You’ll be joining a dynamic team with a clear focus on operational excellence and end-to-end project delivery. This contract offers £250 per day and the opportunity to extend beyond six months, giving you both stability and variety in your work.

Apply today and take the next step in your contracting career with Freshwave!

We’re pleased to have been certified by Great Place to Work 🎉. 82% of our people think it’s a great place to work compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK-based company. You can check out our Great Place to Work profile here: https://lnkd.in/d7JS6Jcz

Our Values

Our values are what set us apart from the rest. They are what enable us to bring assured connectivity wherever it’s needed. We use these values to inform everything we do and the way we act as professionals – think of them as what’s important to us collectively, as well as how we prefer to work.

The successful candidate will be aligned with our company commitments:

• Engineering excellence: we’re engineering experts and the quality of our output is second to none
• Do the right thing: we’re neutral in our position, doing what’s best for our people, our partners, our customers, society and the environment
• Set the pace: we act quickly and work efficiently, setting the pace for our projects and industry standards

Sustainability and CSR:

We implement environmental, social, and corporate governance:

• Innovate for Impact: We pride ourselves on many industry firsts, driven by both technical and commercial innovation. From access to assured connectivity indoors in hospitals to smarter cities, we’ll continue to improve access to connectivity where it matters most.
• A thriving workforce: We’re nimble and fast-growing and our success relies on diverse talent from a range of backgrounds. From this running start in an industry with known diversity challenges, we’re putting structure and focus around our diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
• Embracing Net Zero: This year we’ve baselined our carbon footprint. We choose to include key measures for the future like waste management and will be focused on our supply chain. You can read more about our targets in our Carbon Reduction Plan here.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:

Here at Freshwave, we are dedicated to making our recruitment process as inclusive as possible, and aim to do everything we can to make you feel comfortable and supported throughout. We recognise that applying for a new job can be daunting, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to enable you to be yourself, and we will look to provide any reasonable adjustments to support all applicants.