Health and Safety Manager

Position: Health and Safety Manager

Location: St Helens (Merseyside)

**Salary**: £40,000 to £45,000 per annum (DOE) + Benefits (see below)

Benefits: Company car / car allowance (£5,700), company pension scheme, BUPA (couple cover), 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Our client is one of the UK’s leaders in providing innovative construction and engineering solutions for clients within a variety of sectors including Retail, Health, Education and Commercial. They provide constructive solutions, UK wide for clients withina variety of sectors including retail, health, education and commercial.

They are unique in the marketplace in that they have the expertise and capability to offer multiple services to clients including new build, fit out, engineering services and a range of specialist solutions.

Reporting to the Head of Risk and Compliance, this role will be based from their St Helen’s Office.

Job Purpose:
To assist in the management and delivery of an effective Corporate Health and Safety service to ensure the organisation meets its statutory responsibilities and provides safe working environments for employees, clients and those affected by our undertakingwhilst operating in compliance with company policy and procedure.

Key Accountabilities:

- Representing the company in a professional and competent manner at all times and developing strong working relationships with colleagues and clients.
- To comply with all other relevant Health and Safety regulations or instructions as they apply.
- Provide professional advice and guidance to Senior Managers, Project Managers and Employees on health and safety welfare issues.
- Assist in the development and implementation of Health, Safety and Risk Management policies and procedures, lead working groups and represent the organisation on external groups and bodies as directed.
- To liaise with Project Managers to identify and facilitate the management of health and safety on projects and service delivery.
- Assist in the development and delivery of a comprehensive range of training programmes in relation to health and safety management and ensure that operational management and all employees are appropriately trained and made aware of their responsibilitiesin relation to health and safety matters.
- Co-ordinate the maintenance of documented health and safety procedures, including relevant hazard and risk assessments, for all activities.
- To undertake accident investigations and prepare accurate and professional reviews, including appropriate recommendations where necessary.
- Recognise changes to legislation, guidance and other relevant developments and develop strategies for their implementation where necessary.
- Evaluate issues and formulate practical solutions
- To attend training courses as and where necessary and to ensure personal and team job skills keep pace with technical and business developments.
- To work with company and customer colleagues to ensure that laid-down standards of quality are maintained at all times.
- Undertake any other duties and/or responsibilities as may be required from time to time by the Head of Risk & Compliance.
- Undertake surveys, on site audits, training and consultancy for third party clients.

Key Performance Indicators
- All major accident investigations commenced within 1 working day of request.
- Site visits, minimum of 1 per site every 3 weeks. Urgent site visit within 24hrs
- Accident Investigation and initial report made available within 2 working days of commencement of investigation.
- Delivery of training courses, achievement of a course evaluation rating of minimum of 3.5 or above (maximum score 5).
- Procedures in response to legislation/good practice, draft developed within agreed timescales
- Undertaking programme of inspections, inspection report completed and issued to senior manager during site visit followed by formal written report with 24 hours as required.
- Specific training for departments tailored to stakeholders needs.
- Attendance at Health & Safety team meetings as requested.
- Delivery of team Performance Appraisals.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Ideally you will have or be working towards a NEBOSH Diploma and be CMIOSH qualified. A fire and environmental qualification would be advantageous as would an auditing and training certificate.

You will have an in-depth knowledge of health and safety legislation and will have extensive experience gained managing health and safety in a FM or similar environment.

To be successful in this role you will be self-motivated, innovative and be solution driven.

REQUIRED FEATURES:

- High degree of flexibility in working hours.
- High degree of mobility - travelling throughout nominated area.
- Personal fitness - the nature of the job requires the jobholder to climb ladders, work in confined spaces, work at heights, etc.