Mr Alex Mullings
BSc (Hons) MSc MBA CMIOSH CMgr FCMI
Overview
I am Director of Mullings Associates, an Executive Coaching Practice who partner with safety leaders and teams in the built environment.
The demands are high. Expectations are increasing. You are often required to influence without direct authority, navigate competing priorities and make decisions that affect people, culture and performance.
This is where coaching can make a practical difference.
Our work focuses on unlocking the critical capabilities that sit at the centre of effective safety leadership. In practice, this means
Better communication. Handling difficult conversations with greater confidence.
Better relationships. Influencing leadership without relying on authority.
Better decisions. Making clearer decisions under time, commercial and operational pressures.
We take a systemic approach to coaching. That means we do not look at individuals or teams in isolation. We work with you in the context of the wider system you operate within - relationships, organisational dynamics, competing priorities, formal accountabilities and the pressures that shape behaviour and decision-making day-to-day.
The aim is not to provide off-the-shelf answers. it is to help you and your teams think more clearly, communicate more effectively and understand how your actions influence the wider system around you.
Alongside executive coaching, we bring over a decade of practical experience in safety leadership, behaviour and culture influence across complex delivery environments.
That matters, because context matters. In the built environment, better leadership is rarely just about individual capability. It is about how people relate, how challenge is given and received and how decisions are made across the wider system.
Specialisms
| Industry | Years Experience |
|---|---|
| Construction | 11 |
| Retail | 11 |
| Topic | Years Experience |
|---|---|
| Corporate responsibility | 11 |
| Human factors | 11 |
| Offices | 11 |
| Leadership | 11 |
| Risk management | 11 |
| Risk education | 11 |
Work History
| Role | From - To | Job Title / Description |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Associate Health and Safety Consultant | 07.2024 - 05.2025 | In this chapter of my career, I led the Behavioural Safety Academy within Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (Health, Safety and Wellbeing) Service. |
| Senior Health and Safety Consultant | 07.2022 - 06.2025 | In this chapter of my career, I designed, developed and delivered a pioneering behavioural safety bitesize coaching programme for a high-profile client. |
| Corporate Health and Safety Manager | 09.2019 - 04.2022 | In this chapter of my career, I collaborated with Group’ functions to support the delivery of the health, safety and responsible business strategy within the UK Business Unit. I led the design, development and delivery of the No Life at Risk behaviour change initiative driving a transformative approach to health and safety across the UK Business Unit. |
| Regional Risk, Health, Safety and Environment (RHSE) Manager | 02.2019 - 09.2019 | In this chapter of my career, I was responsible for overseeing the management of risk, health, safety and environment standards across the Coop Group Property estate (construction and facilities operations) throughout London and South-east. I was accountable for ensuring an extensive supply-chain fulfilled their contractual and legal obligations in all aspects of Risk, Health, Safety and Environmental Management. |
| Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Business Partner | 04.2018 - 02.2019 | In this chapter of my career, I was responsible for managing health, safety, environment and quality standards across a national portfolio across two operating units. I line managed a national team of advisors and worked alongside the sector executive teams to meet key strategic objectives. |
| Regional Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Advisor | 06.2016 - 03.2018 | In this chapter of my career, I advised on health, safety, environmental and quality compliance on multiple high-profile contracts within both the UK Public and Private sectors. I was responsible for planning and implementing the internal audit programme as well as facilitating external audits by external agencies. |
| Graduate Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Advisor | 02.2015 - 06.2016 | In this chapter of my career, I advised on health, safety, environment and quality compliance on range of residential and commercial building projects across the UK. I was responsible for planning and implementing the internal audit programme as well as facilitating audits by external agencies. |
| Management Trainee | 08.2011 - 07.2012 | In this chapter of my career, I completed an industrial placement year as part of my BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management degree programme. I gained experience in Project Management, Quantity Surveying and Health & Safety. |
| Director | 05.2025 - today | Freelance Associate & White-Label Consultant | Curator of BITESIZE conversations™ |
Membership of Professional Bodies
| Professional Body | Membership | Member since | OSHCR Eligible Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| IOSH | Chartered Member (CMIOSH) | 01.2019 | 01.2019 |
Qualifications
| Accrediting Institute | Type | Qualification | Date passed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | Degree or Above | Master of Business Administration | 09.2024 |
| Other | Degree or Above | BSc (Hons) Construction Project Management | 06.2013 |
| Other | Degree or Above | MSc Resource and Environmental Management | 10.2014 |
| NEBOSH | Certificate | NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety | 08.2016 |
| City & Guilds | Diploma | Level 5 Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Practice | 03.2017 |
| IOSH | Other | IOSH Approved Coaching for Safety | 02.2018 |
| Other | Certificate | QNUK Level 2 Award in Mental Health at Work (RQF) | 07.2021 |
| Other | Diploma | Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching | 05.2022 |
| Other | Certificate | Systemic Team Coaching Certificate | 12.2022 |
| Other | Diploma | Level 5 CMI Diploma in Management and Leadership | 04.2023 |
| Other | Diploma | Level 7 OTHM Diploma in Strategic Leadership | 02.2022 |
| Other | Certificate | Emergency First Aid at Work L3 | 09.2025 |
| Other | Certificate | Level 3 In Adult Education and Training | 08.2023 |
Further Information
- Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) - CMgr FCMI