Health and Safety Manager

Irwin & Colton Limited; Newport; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job description

Health and Safety Manager
Newport | £60,000 - £67,000 + Good Car Allowance & Excellent Benefits

Are you passionate about enhancing health and safety in construction? Join a well-established Principal Contractor as their new Health and Safety Manager to contribute towards high safety standards on a major single-site project. This is your chance to make a tangible impact within an existing, dynamic team.

We're partnering with an industry leader committed to excellence and ambitious growth. With a strong focus on creating safer workplaces, this role is ideal for someone eager to advance their career while driving meaningful change. To be successful in this role, you'll require previous experience managing health and safety on large-scale projects.

Responsibilities of the Health and Safety Manager will include:

• Engaging with project managers, the client, and engineers ensuring responsibilities are clear and answering Health and Safety related enquiries.
• Implementing health and safety policies and procedures on site, ensuring compliance, and keeping updated with key changes to legislation.
• Conducting audits, inspections, and accident investigations. Constantly seeking areas for improvement and development in health and safety performance.
• Promoting a positive health and safety culture throughout the site.

The successful Health and Safety Manager candidate will have:

• Proven experience in a similar role ideally within major projects, M&E, commercial fit-out or a related site-based industry.
• A NEBOSH certificate or equivalent, ideally with the relevant IOSH membership.
• Technical knowledge across relevant health and safety legislation, compliance, and regulations.
• Excellent communication skills, ideally with experience engaging a wide range of stakeholders.

For more information on this opportunity or to discuss your next career move, contact Kristian Gribble on 01923 432 690 / Job Ref KG 3573.