Health And Safety Manager

Stopford; Knutsford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Health & Safety Manager to oversee safety management across various projects. This full-time role involves ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, providing advisory services, and leading incident investigations. The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills and experience in the engineering sector, contributing to energy transition efforts.

Benefits

Profit related bonus payment (10%)

Pension (5% employer and 5% employee)

Additional day off to celebrate your Birthday

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Free on-site parking

Reimbursement of professional membership fees

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Experience of working for an Engineering Contractor.
• Extensive experience of CDM in roles of Designer and Contractor.

Responsibilities

• Manage health and safety across engineering consultancy to construction.
• Lead incident investigations and audits for compliance.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Project Management

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

Degree level education

Tools

ISO 45001

Job description

Health And Safety Manager

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Stopford has an exciting opportunity for a Health & Safety Manager to join our team. You will be based at our office in Knutsford with the opportunity for hybrid working. There will be ocassional travel required to other offices and client offices/sites. This is a full-time permanent position.

The Health & Safety Manager role:

Stopford are recruiting for a Health & Safety Manager to be responsible for managing health and safety across all areas that Stopford operate from engineering consultancy through to detailed design and construction, where Stopford acts as the Principal Designer and Principal Contractor.

The Health & Safety Manager will undertake the role of Safety Management Systems (SMS) Coordinator, responsible for providing expertise in safety issues.

Stopford’s business activities are at the forefront of the energy transition and together with our clients and partners, we are playing our part in tackling the biggest challenges of our time: Energy Security; Environmental Sustainability and Energy Affordability.

Key Responsibilities of the Health & Safety Manager include:

• Provide an advisory service supporting clients to understand legislative and regulatory requirements and provide support, when required, to implement regulatory requirements:-
• - Construction (Design & Management) (CDM).
• - Health & Safety at Work Act 1974.
• - Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmosphere Regulations 2002 (DSEAR).
• - Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (COMAH).
• - Control of Work.
• CDM support, oversee CDM compliance activities as part of the overall assurance approach, ensuring integration of CDM roles and responsibilities.
• Provide coaching and support to construction field operations.
• Lead in incident investigations identifying root causes and executing sustainable corrective actions.
• Review and provide input on construction work plans with project managers.
• Lead rigorous, detailed audits across pre-construction and construction phases, covering site safety, logistics, design risk management, subcontractor control, and compliance with H&S legislation.

Role requirements for Health & Safety Manager include:

• Educated to a degree level, with NEBOSH Diploma or other relevant health and safety qualifications.
• Experience of working for an Engineering Contractor undertaking design and construction activities.
• Extensive experience of CDM in roles of Designer and Contractor.
• In depth knowledge of relevant UK regulations and standards.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience in managing stakeholder relationships in a management role.
• Line management experience with strong leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Experience working with ISO 45001.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate may be required to achieve and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (SC clearance) for this role.

• Profit related bonus payment (10%)
• Pension (5% employer and 5% employee)
• Additional day off to celebrate your Birthday
• Private medical insurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Free on-site parking
• Reimbursement of professional membership fees
• Long service awards

Please go to our website for a full job description to familiarise yourself with all of the responsibilities, skills and experience required before you apply.

Please note that we do not accept applications from agencies, and you must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

We look forward to receiving your CV for the post of Health & Safety Manager.

Closing date: 15th June 2025

Stopford reserves the right to bring forward the closing date if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we would recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing

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