Balfour Beatty has announced the appointment of Lee Hewitt as UK Health, Safety and Environment Director, following Heather Bryant’s retirement
Balfour Beatty has announced that Lee Hewitt will take on the UK Health, Safety and Environment Director role, starting on 5th September 2022.
Lee will be responsible for driving the company’s Zero Harm, Health, Safety and Wellbeing strategy across the Group, working closely with Balfour Beatty’s leadership teams and the Board Safety and Sustainability Committee.
Lee Hewitt has an extensive career in procurement and project management
Lee has played a strategic role in several of Balfour Beatty’s projects, most recently as Programme Director for Site Wide Delivery and Logistics for Balfour Beatty VINCI’s HS2 Area North contract, the largest infrastructure project in Europe. Past roles also include Head of Capital Procurement for Gatwick Airport Limited, Director of Procurement and Contract Management at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Head of Infrastructure, Project Management and Construction EMEA for Lendlease, and the Head of UK Procurement for National Grid where he spent 25 years.
Making the infrastructure and construction industry a safer place for everyone
Leo Quinn, Balfour Beatty Group chief executive, said: “Health and Safety is our License to Operate and it is imperative that our teams are empowered and supported to deliver our Zero Harm vision. With his extensive deep domain knowledge and understanding of the industry from leadership and project-based roles, I know that Lee will continue to drive this agenda forward across Balfour Beatty, and I am pleased to welcome him to the Group.
“I would like to thank Heather for her steadfast commitment to making the construction and infrastructure industry a safer and healthier environment for everyone.”
Heather Bryant, who has spent eight years progressing Balfour Beatty’s Health & Safety agenda, has seen several achievements under her leadership such as: overseeing a 50% reduction in Lost Time Injury Rate since 2014, and the launch of the company’s Observation App which has seen over 750,000 health and safety observations.
Heather has also been instrumental in many industry-wide initiatives including co-founding the Health in Construction Leadership Group to focus on treating health like safety and spearheading the industry conversation around mental health.
Lee will take up his new role on 5 September, following Heather retiring on 18 November.
