Construction Safety Manager

Airswift; Dunkerque; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

An established industry player is seeking a Construction HSE Manager to support a biopharmaceutical expansion project in Dunkerque. This role offers an exciting opportunity to ensure the highest safety standards are met during construction phases. You will be responsible for providing expertise in health, safety, and wellbeing, overseeing compliance with legal duties, and working closely with contractors to enhance safety practices. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to improving health outcomes for patients globally. If you are passionate about safety and construction, this is the perfect opportunity to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in construction health and safety management.
• Ability to engage with senior leadership and contractors.

Responsabilités

• Provide HS&W SME capabilities for construction projects.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and regulations.
• Monitor contractor performance and HS&W initiatives.

Connaissances

Construction Health, Safety & Wellbeing

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Assessment

Contractor Management

Incident Investigation

Formation

Degree in Health and Safety or related field

Outils

HS&W assurance programme

PM Vitals

SHE System

Description du poste

CONSTRUCTION HSE MANAGER

Location: Dunkerque, FR

Contract duration: initial 1 year contract, with the option to extend

Contract type: daily rate basis (all-inclusive)

Start Date: ASAP

Project: biopharmaceutical expansion project

Overview
As one of the world’s leading and most forward-thinking BioPharmaceutical companies, we are proud to be in a position to expand our team in France and have partnered with Airswift in order to help us meet our recruitment objectives in 2025. Our Dunkerque manufacturing facility is a world-class site for the production of inhaled devices. Here, there are about 450 people, producing dry powder and aerosol drugs in the field of respiratory diseases for patients across the globe. This is your chance to get involved in a truly exciting mission – to ensure our products are in the hands of patients that need them, as quickly as possible.

We have an opportunity for a Construction HSE Manager to support our Dunkerque site expansion project. The successful candidate(s) will be engaged on an initial 1 year renewable contract, with the option to extend; and the role would be based on-site at our manufacturing facility in Dunkerque, France.

We are seeking strong construction SHE professionals to provide client assurance as well as work collaboratively with our supply chain and local operations teams to ensure the highest standards of safety. Additionally, you should be able to engage with all levels of the business, including senior leadership teams.

Role Deliverables

1. Provide Construction Health, Safety & Wellbeing (HS&W) SME capabilities to support the portfolio.
2. Provide assurance and oversight on Client legal duties, the project HS&W assurance programme and construction HS&W best practices during design and execution phases.
3. Provide SME input into the development of the project procurement & execution strategy.
4. Lead construction HS&W input through the RFP process (design and execution).
5. Ensure all contractors are correctly pre-qualified and that we only engage competent, safe contractors. Review third party supplier assessments and support escalations/closure of any identified gaps.
6. Onboard contractor management teams into the HS&W assurance programme and values, ensuring commitment and alignment with all the supply chain.
7. Ensure contractors have adequate and competent HS&W resources in place. Review CV’s and interview as required. Monitor performance throughout and address any performance or competence issues.
8. Ensure contractors develop fit for purpose construction phase plans and project HS&W programmes that ensure compliance with all legislative, GERE and local site HS&W requirements. Monitor and audit contractor HS&W programmes and conduct regular site inspections and worker engagements.
9. Collaborate with contractors on HS&W and cultural continuous improvement initiatives.
10. Highlight opportunities to improve construction HS&W, during the design phase of projects.
11. Ensure there is clarity on transfers of responsibility with contractors, clearly identifying duty holders for all areas including temporary construction facilities.
12. Where possible, taking account of local legal restrictions, ensure the project implements a clear and agreed procedure for conducting drug and alcohol testing of the workforce. Schedule periodic testing and manage any non-compliances.
13. Ensure all accidents and incidents are reported and investigated by the contractors with input from all appropriate stakeholders, and that root cause analysis is comprehensive. Provide SME input to investigations, recording all events in PM Vitals and SHE System where required, and ensuring that legal reporting duties to local authorities are complied with, tracking actions to closure.
14. Ensure project HS & W dashboards are in place and monthly reporting requirements are being met into projects and Global SHE.
15. Create and share Global SHE alerts and learning from incidents, ensuring learnings are embedded across all the GERE portfolio.
16. Act as a core team member in regional construction SHE networks, aligning on ways of working and construction HS&W best practices.
17. Collaborate and align with local site SHE leadership teams.
18. Provide input to the development and roll out of Operations sites Construction SHE improvement plans in collaboration with local teams.
19. Support development of construction HS & W leadership skills and competencies across the project teams.