EHSQ Coordinator (Capital Projects)
- Vacancy type: Full-Time Permanent
- Closing date: 27/03/2026
- Salary: £35,506+ dependent on experience
Reporting to the Capital Projects EHSQ Lead, the EHSQ Coordinator will be a key position within the Capital Projects team, as well as providing additional support to the wider EHSQ team across Edinburgh Airport. They will assist with Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality assurance to ensure that high standards are met and maintained. This role acts as a central support within Capital Projects, a team of over 50 staff who are helping deliver a significant capital plan of a diverse range of construction projects across the Airport as well as working alongside our extensive supply chain, who are helping deliver these projects.
As the EHSQ Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the team to ensure the compliance and continuous improvement of environmental, health, safety and quality across Capital Projects, as as well as the wider campus.
What you’ll be doing
- Collation and interpretation of Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental (EHSQ) data for monthly meetings including Managing Responsibly Groups and Continuous Improvement Groups. This includes gathering of incident data, breakdown of waste and quality data to produce monthly reports and dashboards within Capital Projects as well as the wider campus.
- Support the reporting, investigation and analysis of incidents, near misses and non-conformances, ensuring corrective and preventative actions are tracked and implemented.
- Coordinate, conduct and and oversee internal audit programme (ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001) within the department, including audit scheduling, completion of audits and corrective action tracking.
- Supporting of regular reviews, updates and reissuing of Capital Projects Standard Operating Procedures
- Management of document control processes within Capital Projects, ensuring all documents are created, reviewed, approved, stored and maintained in line with requirements.
- Assisting with collation of data for supplier management, producing reports and dashboards.
- Work closely with our supply chain to gather relevant construction data and information, as per their key performance indicators.
- Undertaking regular site visits to assist with completion of EHSQ inspections.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives, helping identify opportunities to enhance EHSQ processes and procedures.
- Undertake monthly Water Sampling, which involves monitoring of surface water discharges at Edinburgh Airport including the Gogar Burn, Almond River and various manholes, with support from a third party.
- A self-starter with strong inter-personal skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Demonstrated strong IT proficiency, including the ability to effectively use internal and external business systems and Microsoft.
- Understanding of ISO Standards (ISO9001 Quality, ISO14001 Environment, ISO45001 OH&S)
- Currently undertaking a support and coordination role in any of the core aspects of this role
- Holds or working towards a Health and Safety qualification or
- Desire and willingness to work towards a Health, Safety and Environmental qualification (such as NEBOSH)
- Pension scheme- employer contributions can be up to 7%
- 32 days holiday, based on full time roles, increasing with service
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Supporting your health and wellbeing- private healthcare after 1 years’ service, access to our Employee Assistance Programme and occupational health services
- Free car parking on site and when you go on holiday
- We offer a range of other benefits, find out more here
Why EDI?
We are Edinburgh Airport, where Scotland meets the world. The success of the airport comes down to our people, and you can help us deliver even more big days for our passengers and colleagues. The development of your career is important to us, and we’ll support and encourage this every step of the way. We offer in-house and external training, both role specific and based on your objectives.
As a business we’re driven by our values – they’re at the core of our culture and everything we do. We will ask questions based on our values during your interview, as we’re looking for people who will demonstrate these values day-in, day-out. So if this sounds like you, apply now and get ready for your career to take off.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring applicants with a disability can participate fully in our recruitment process. Please let us know in your application form if you require any adjustments, such as parking arrangements or alternative methods of communication.
We work with Inclusive Employers, who are a leading organisation for employers committed to prioritising inclusion. We are supported by them through leadership workshops, a variety of resources and webinars, demonstrating our commitment to an inclusive workplace and ensuring all our employees feel valued. This partnership is part of our wider Diversity and Inclusion strategy, and you can find out more here.
We give colleagues the opportunity to engage with different people and projects, within our business and beyond. You can get involved in a variety of different employee groups, including Diversity, STEM, Wellbeing, or create your own community – it’s important to us that you can share your interests and be yourself at work.