Health and Safety Manager Assets, Growth & Development

Platform Housing Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing organization seeks a Health and Safety Manager to drive safety excellence across its operations. The role involves critical responsibilities like conducting risk assessments, delivering training, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, while offering opportunities for career development and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Up to 28 days annual leave

Family friendly policies

Medicash membership

Health Cash Plan

Pension scheme with up to 12% contribution

Learning and Development opportunities

Employee recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in CDM, Construction Safety, and Building Safety.
• Demonstrable H&S experience within social housing or construction.
• Experience with health and safety management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead inspections, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
• Deliver training and safety communications.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

Skills

Leadership

Risk Assessment

Incident Investigation

Communication

Education

NEBOSH General and/or Construction Certificate

Membership of IOSH (TechIOSH or CertIOSH)

Job description

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Client:

Platform Housing Group

Location:

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Other

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

25.06.2025

Expiry Date:

09.08.2025

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Job Description:

Are you passionate about driving and delivering the highest health and safety standards and making a real difference?

We’re on the lookout for a talented, passionate, and people-focused Health and Safety Manager to support our Assets, Growth, and Development Operations teams in delivering a best-in-class safety service and culture. Our diverse portfolio includes over 50,000 homes, stretching from Hereford in the west to Lincolnshire in the east of the Midlands, as well as a range of housing schemes and new build developments.

In this exciting new role, you will be part of a high profile, high performing Health and Safety team working closely with colleagues and managers to support the delivery of robust Health and Safety controls and embed a strong safety culture across our Assets, Growth and Development teams, housing stock, schemes regeneration and new build developments.

What you’ll be doing:

Reporting to the Head of Occupational Health and Safety, you’ll drive and support the delivery of health and safety excellence across the Assets, Growth and Development Operations teams. This includes leading inspections, risk assessments, incident investigations, and ensuring compliance with construction and workplace safety standards.

You will deliver training, toolbox talks, and safety communications, while monitoring systems, behaviours, and data to drive continuous improvement across our homes, schemes, and developments. You’ll also ensure construction safety controls are in place, including CDM management and site safety and welfare requirements. In addition, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that lone working procedures, PPE, driving for work, scheme facilities, first aid, and fire safety equipment are compliant with required standards and controls.

Why Join Us?

We’re committed to delivering best in class health and safety by embracing innovation, best practices and collaborative working. Join us to create safer homes, build strong partnerships with contractors, customers, and communities, and grow your career in a dynamic, supportive organisation.

Some things we need from you:

• NEBOSH General and/or Construction Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety.
• Membership of IOSH (TechIOSH or CertIOSH)
• Practical knowledge and experience in CDM, Construction Safety and Building Safety
• Demonstrable experience of supporting diverse health and safety activities and risks.
• Experience of delivering health and safety solutions within social housing, construction or facilities management would be considered beneficial.
• Experience of positively changing culture through coaching and mentoring at all levels within an organisation along with a focus on continuous improvement to maintain a positive H&S culture.
• Experience in implementing and working within a recognised health and safety management system framework e.g. ISO45001 is considered desirable
• Experience of undertaking health and safety investigations making recommendations for improvements

While this role is home-based, you’ll regularly travel to Group offices and other locations to conduct inspections, site checks, and toolbox talks as needed.

Some of the great benefits we can offer you:

• Up to 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy and sell leave
• Family friendly policies including generous Paternity, Maternity, Shared Parental and Adoption leave plus 3 days paid Urgent Domestic Leave
• Medicash membership for all employees which includes access to an employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership and exclusive discounts
• Health Cash Plan worth up to £1700 p/a with cashback for dental, optical, physio and complementary therapies and more
• Pension scheme with minimum employee contributions of up to 3% and Platform will contribute up to 12% (inclusive of life assurance and dependent on employee contributions)
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Employee reward and recognition scheme with wellbeing hub and discount from a wide range of retailers

How to apply:

If this sounds like the role for you simply click "apply now" to complete an online application and upload your current CV.

For more details about the role, please refer to the attached job description or if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at

Interviews:

We aim to conduct the first-stage interviews via Microsoft Teams, with final stage interviews to be held in person during the week of 14th July 25.