Health and Safety Manager - Building & Construction

ZipRecruiter; Bradford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

ZipRecruiter is seeking a Health & Safety Manager for Morrisons, based in Bradford. The role involves ensuring safety compliance across property and construction activities, driving improvements in health and safety culture, and working closely with internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in health and safety management within complex organizations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in Health & Safety management.
• Experience in Property Health & Safety including construction.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve Health & Safety policies and frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety regulations.
• Lead continuous improvement of the Company safety plan.

Skills

Communication

Analytical

Coaching

Influencing

Risk Identification

Tenacity

Job description

Job Description

Health & Safety Manager - Property & Construction

Morrisons has a fantastic opportunity for a Property & Construction Health & Safety professional to be embedded within our Property team to enable the teams to put Safety First in all that they deliver from design to construction and maintenance across our complex estate. You will ensure continuous improvement and implement best practice to keep our customers, colleagues, contractors and members of the public safe.

The role involves travel across the UK to stores and sites to review compliance and standards. This will include completion of recorded audits during visits and provision of support to ensure a safe working environment. You will also spend time at Morrisons Head office in Bradford. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to meet existing objectives and lead on driving improvements in Health & Safety culture and compliance. Areas to be covered include, but are not limited to, Asset Creation, Pre-Construction phase, Construction phase, Asset Management and Maintenance, and Landlord Responsibilities.

Reporting to the Head of Health & Safety, in summary you will be responsible for leading Safety across everything we do within the Property division. This includes:

• Managing and continuously improving Morrisons Property Health & Safety policies and ways of working
• Developing and leading Health & Safety risk management strategies and frameworks across Property’s critical risk areas, supporting colleagues in their roles
• Ensuring contractors, colleagues and visitors comply with Health & Safety legislation and adhere to all Morrisons policies and procedures in relation to safe working practises
• Undertaking the lead role in the continuous improvement of the Company safety plan demonstrating a strong safety culture for employees, visitors, consultants and contractors
• Reviewing Health and Safety compliance on sites and delivering accurate reports and trends
• Ensuring regular Health and Safety reviews which measure safe working practices are undertaken by others and are completed
• Recording and reviewing statistical data of accidents, incidents and near misses
• Proactively leading and supporting others during investigations, production of root cause analyses reports and subsequent remedial actions
• Driving an open and honest environment with external contractors
• Identifying and arranging training and guidance both in person and online to drive a progressive Health & Safety culture within Property.
• Monitoring trends to ensure corrective actions are implemented and completed by managers
• Leading Health and Safety when in attendance at site meetings in partnership with Principal Contractors/Contractors and listening and responding to issues and concerns
• Proactively drive contractor and stakeholder meetings to build engagement, to provide information and trends which identify key concerns and to offer solutions for improvement

Knowledge Required:

• In-depth knowledge and experience of Property and Construction Health & Safety management systems including Fire
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of Property Health & Safety and related legislation and its requirements
• Knowledge of the Health & Safety requirements of Landlords and how these work in practice

Skills Required:

• Excellent and strong communication, engagement and motivational skills
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to produce management information in impactful ways
• Ability to coach to drive performance improvement
• The ability to engage with colleagues at all levels to drive improvements
• Ability to influence business decisions that impact on Health & Safety and legality
• The ability to champion the customer and retain a customer focus whilst keeping Health & Safety at the forefront
• Ability to identify risk and prioritise tasks
• Tenacity to follow up and resolve issues
• Analytical thinking

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years experience in Health & Safety management
• Experience working in a complex organisation with multiple Stakeholders
• Experience working in Property Health & Safety including construction