Health and Safety Manager

Mace Group; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated health and safety professional to drive compliance and improve wellbeing across projects. This role involves implementing health and safety policies, leading audits, and fostering relationships with stakeholders to ensure a safe working environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong organisational skills, be proactive, and have formal qualifications in safety management. Join a forward-thinking company that values safety and integrity, and make a meaningful impact in the construction sector while contributing to a net-zero carbon transition.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and time management skills are essential.
• Formal qualification in safety management is required.

Responsibilities

• Drive implementation of health safety and wellbeing policies.
• Lead preparation of external ISO standards and manage audits.
• Contribute to incident investigations and continuous improvements.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Proactive problem-solving

Negotiation skills

Coaching

Stakeholder management

Education

Nebosh Certificate or equivalent

Additional H&S qualifications level 3 or above

Job description

Position status: This opportunity is for a secured role that is due to commence in March subject to approval. If you would like to be considered as we progress with this position, please click to apply.

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our construct business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we construct and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

Provides visible health and safety advice and management to project/s (or multiple small projects), provides guidance and assurance to project team/s and business.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Driving the implementation and compliance of business health safety and wellbeing (HSW) policies, procedures, guidance notes and standards on assigned project/s.
• Leading preparation of external ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 and other applicable standards.
• Monitoring and assisting with the creation and coordination of the inspection and audit schedule, undertakes and provides support for operational health safety and wellbeing (HSW) inspections and audits.
• Providing Input and participates in the development of new and updates to existing standards.
• Analysing and interprets results of reporting, audits, corrective actions, operations reports and key performance indicators (KPI’s), ensuring mechanisms are in place to enable accurate measurement, reporting and rectification – identifies gaps for improvement and develops mitigation plans with operations to support rectification.
• Contributing to and manages incident investigations in line with business procedures.
• Seeking opportunities for continuous improvements/improving working processes.
• Developing effective working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Managing stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You’ll need to have:

• Strong organisational and time management skills and deliver to deadlines.
• Good communication and presentation skills, written and oral.
• Ability to build rapport and good working relationships with people at all levels.
• Attention to detail.
• Use own initiative, proactive and solution focused.
• Able to use SMART objectives to effectively deliver results.
• Self-motivated and purpose led.
• Lead by example.
• Formal qualification in safety management (level 3 in UK), e.g. Nebosh Certificate (or equivalent).
• Plus, additional H&S qualifications level 3 or above (or equivalent).

You’ll also have:

• Able to manage conflicting priorities under pressure and to deadlines.
• Proven ability to present information to different audiences.
• Guides and manages relevant stakeholders.
• Experience of an HSW role in the industry and sector.
• Able to motivate and coach team members.
• Deliver results through influencing and negotiation.
• Able to challenge the status quo.
• Member of relevant professional body such as IOSH, OHSA etc (or equivalent).

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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