Health and Safety Manager

Westney Consulting Group; Exeter; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Exeter is seeking a Health and Safety Manager to ensure compliance with health and safety management systems. The role involves developing audit processes, managing supplier compliance, and promoting a safety-first culture. Candidates must hold a NEBOSH diploma and be a member of IOSH or IIRSM. This position offers a competitive salary of £55,000 - £65,000 with additional benefits including a car allowance and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

26 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Life Assurance

Defined contribution pension scheme

Volunteering opportunities

Flexible working

Employee Assistance Programme

Professional membership fees

Flexible Benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum NEBOSH Health and Safety Diploma required.
• Member of IOSH or IIRSM with up-to-date CPD.
• International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) accredited OH&S lead and internal auditor training.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health and safety management systems comply with policies.
• Develop internal audit process for health and safety compliance.
• Manage supplier audits and report on performance.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

Risk Assessment

Audit Management

Effective Communication

Team Collaboration

Education

NEBOSH Health and Safety Diploma

Membership of IOSH or IIRSM

Environmental training/qualification (desirable)

Job description

Role: Health and Safety Manager

Location: Exeter

Duration: Permanent

Business Unit: Water

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000

Package

• Competitive salary (to be discussed on application)
• Car allowance
• 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday)
• Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)
• Life Assurance
• Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%
• 2 days volunteering opportunities
• Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional membership fees
• Flexible Benefits scheme which includes the opportunity to purchase benefits such as:
• Critical illness insurance (with option to purchase for your partner)
• Dental Insurance
• Travel insurance
• Bike to work scheme
• Retail vouchers/payroll giving/activity pass for top leisure attractions
  
  

Role Summary

You will have primary responsibility to ensure health and safety management systems and arrangements are at the forefront of best practice. You will provide assurance that these management systems and arrangements are applied across the business consistently to effectively control the risks of activities across the business unit.

What You Will Be Doing

Health & Safety Management Systems & Processes:

• Review, revise and publish health and safety management systems processes and forms, that ensure the company effectively meets its health and safety policy commitments, and legal obligations.
• Consider and respond to feedback on company systems, processes, and forms.
• Point of contact, monitoring of service and resolution of any problems with external specialist system providers (currently Sypol for COSHH assessments and Cardinus for DSE assessment).
• Be the lead on the development of new company health and safety systems and initiatives as identified and required.
  
  

Health & Safety Internal Compliance

• Develop internal audit process that ensures all business units of the company effectively meet the health and safety policy commitments, and legal obligations through proper implementation of the management systems and processes.
• Develop an audit process that ensures that any joint ventures have management systems and processes that effectively meets the health and safety policy commitments, and legal obligations through proper implementation of the management systems and processes.
• Manage the audit process including establishing a program, undertaking audits, producing audit reports, raising, and monitoring close out of NCR's.
• Produce monthly report of audit performance.
  
  

External Compliance

• Develop regime of supplier's audits, for high-risk suppliers and other suppliers as necessary; Once developed undertake all aspects of the above, liaising with central procurement department and suppliers, as necessary.
• Investigate and pursue if appropriate any opportunities to generate income through above.
• Produce monthly report of supplier audit progress and performance.
  
  

What Is Needed From You

• Minimum NEBOSH Health and Safety Diploma.
• Member of IOSH or IIRSM with up-to-date CPD;
• International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) accredited OH&S lead and internal auditor training.
• Certified by the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA).
• Environmental training/qualification (desirable).
• Member of IEMA (desirable).
• Enthusiastic in promoting first class health & safety standards.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to work independently and autonomously.
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively with a range of people.
• Ability to self-manage to ensure a consistently high level of output.
  
  

Please apply by sending your CV or contact Donna in the Birmingham office for more information.

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