Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Location: South East England | Hybrid Working

Sector: Infrastructure, Engineering & Technical Services

Ready to take the next step into a CEO role, or looking for greater autonomy and the opportunity to shape the future of an established business?

This is an opportunity to lead a successful organisation with an established track record, an experienced leadership team and a genuinely positive, people-focused culture.

Operating within the UK's essential services sector, the business provides specialist operational, engineering and technical services that support the safe and reliable functioning of nationally important infrastructure.

With a supportive Board and genuine executive autonomy, this role offers the freedom to set strategic direction, build on the organisation's strengths and drive meaningful improvements, without the pressures of a turnaround or aggressive growth agenda.

Harrison Bridge has been retained to appoint the next Chief Executive Officer of this established, privately owned business.

The Opportunity

You will take overall responsibility for the strategic direction, performance and long-term success of the business, with a particular focus on:

• Shaping and delivering the business strategy, building on its established capabilities and identifying opportunities for sustainable growth.
• Maintaining the highest standards of safety, operational reliability, risk management and governance.
• Leading, developing and empowering an experienced senior leadership team.
• Fostering a positive, collaborative culture where people are engaged and motivated to perform.
• Driving continuous improvement, operational efficiency and digital transformation.
• Building trusted relationships with shareholders, customers and other senior stakeholders.
• Balancing financial discipline, investment decisions and competing business priorities.

About You

Whether you are an established CEO or an ambitious senior leader ready to take the next step in your career, you will bring:

• Substantial operational and business leadership experience within a safety critical, asset intensive or technically complex environment.
• A proven track record of safety leadership, risk management and effective corporate governance.
• Strategic and commercial judgement, with the ability to set direction, balance competing priorities and make sound decisions.
• Experience developing senior teams, building accountability and fostering a positive, high-performing culture.
• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to operate at Board level.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with an appetite for understanding complex business and operational challenges.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is a chance to lead a respected business that plays an important role in supporting essential UK infrastructure.

With a supportive Board, genuine executive autonomy, great people and an experienced leadership team, there is considerable scope to shape the future direction of the organisation, strengthen its capabilities and make a lasting impact.

Importantly, this is not a turnaround or an aggressive growth mandate. The emphasis is on maintaining operational excellence while building on what already works well and positioning the business for long-term success.

Interested in finding out more?

Please apply directly through LinkedIn and we will be in touch.