Estates & Health & Safety Project Lead

The Children's Trust; Tadworth; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

The Children's Trust in Tadworth seeks an Estates & Health & Safety professional to support the Head of Estates in delivering the estate strategy and to manage capital and small works. You will ensure contractor vetting and health & safety compliance across all projects, while maintaining documentation and safeguarding requirements.

The role requires strong organisational skills, excellent stakeholder engagement, and the ability to coordinate across a large, diverse workforce to deliver safe,

Qualifications

• Experience working in a complex environment with a large, diverse workforce.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong organisational skills and high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Estates and Health & Safety in delivering the estate's strategy outputs.
• Understand and determine project scope and objectives, developing specifications, cost estimates and timescales for delivery.
• Prioritise projects according to organisational priorities, availability of funds and accessibility to work areas, ensuring stakeholders are included.
• Manage capital works and small works in accordance with the capital project process.
• Measure project performance/outcomes using appropriate tools and define milestones with key stakeholders.
• Undertake other duties within your skills as the organisation may require.
• Manage all moves, adds and changes to all areas of the Trust.
• Ensure all contractors are vetted, inducted and monitored per contractor management procedures.
• Verify contractor competence, insurance, training and statutory documentation prior to commencement of works.
• Monitor contractor performance and address health and safety non-conformances.
• Ensure contractors comply with safeguarding requirements, site rules and supervision when children are present.
• Promote a positive health and safety culture across all projects and estates activities.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, fire, environmental and statutory requirements.
• Support CDM Regulations and organisational project governance processes.
• Review and approve contractor risk assessments, method statements and permits to work as required.
• Monitor site inspections to ensure safe delivery of works.
• Ensure projects do not adversely affect safety, wellbeing or safeguarding of children, families, visitors or staff.
• Maintain project risk registers and escalated significant risks through governance structures.
• Support incident investigation and implementation of corrective actions.
• Ensure all project documentation, certificates, health and safety files and compliance records are accurately maintained.
• Adheres to all Health and Safety guidelines, principles, and regulations and The Children's Trust policies.

Job description

The Children's Trust in Tadworth seeks an Estates & Health & Safety professional to support the Head of Estates in delivering the estate strategy and to manage capital and small works. You will ensure contractor vetting and health & safety compliance across all projects, while maintaining documentation and safeguarding requirements.

The role requires strong organisational skills, excellent stakeholder engagement, and the ability to coordinate across a large, diverse workforce to deliver safe,