Health & Safety
We are working with an award-winning commercial landscape construction and maintenancecontractor to recruit a Health & Safety Manager. This is a great opportunity to join awell-established business known for delivering high-quality hard and soft landscapingschemes, ongoing maintenance services and, with specialist partners, specialistfeatures including irrigation systems and water features across ground-level,podium and roof-terrace environments.
With more than 300employees, annual turnover exceeding £40 million and projects ranging fromapproximately £100,000 to more than £10 million, this is a substantial businessoffering plenty of variety. You will have the opportunity to work acrossprojects throughout London and the South of England and make a genuinecontribution across Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality matters.
Applications arewelcomed from experienced Health & Safety Managers, HSEQ Managers, Construction and SHEQManagers who have practical environmental,quality and integrated management-system experience.
Reporting to theManaging Director, you will be the person colleagues turn to for practical,knowledgeable HSEQ advice and support. You will lead and maintain the company’sHSEQ arrangements across the full project lifecycle and line manage and developan Apprentice.
What you will be doing
- Act as thecompany’s competent Health & Safety adviser, providing practical guidanceon UK legislation, HSE guidance and construction industry good practice.
- Review,maintain and continually improve HSEQ policies, procedures, RAMS frameworks andinspection systems.
- Plan andundertake inspections and audits across projects and maintenance operations,investigate incidents and ensure findings and corrective actions are completed.
- ProvideHSEQ input from tender and pre-construction through mobilisation, construction,handover and ongoing maintenance.
- Advise onCDM 2015 duties and Principal Contractor arrangements and support contractorand supplier competence assurance.
- UndertakeAppointed Person or Temporary Works Coordinator duties only where separatelyand formally appointed and competent.
- Maintainand continually improve the Integrated Management System and arrangementssupporting ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
- Coordinateinternal and external audits, surveillance and recertification, includingevidence requirements and non-conformity close-out.
- Maintainenvironmental, sustainability and quality arrangements and administerConstructionline and other compliance or pre-qualification portals.
- Maintaintraining, competency and CPD records, deliver company-wide SHEQ training andsupport higher-risk activity authorisations.
- Linemanage and mentor an Apprentice, providing structured development,coaching, supervised experience and staged competency support.
- Raisenon-conformities, require corrective action and stop any activity presenting animmediate or serious risk.
Location and travel
The office is nearMaidenhead. The role requires regular travel to project sites across London and theSouth of England, with business travel expenses paid, this is a hybrid role with a requirement for one day a week in the office and four days onsite / home based working.
A full UK drivinglicence is required because of the regular project-site travel.
Requirements
- Strongoperational Health & Safety experience gained within landscaping orbuilding construction, together with practical experience of wider HSEQ systems.
- Strongknowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation, including CDM 2015 and theHealth and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
- Practicalworking knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 and their applicationwithin an Integrated Management System, including audits, evidence andcorrective action.
- Experiencedeveloping and critically reviewing RAMS, procedures and management-systemdocumentation.
- Practicalunderstanding of COSHH, PUWER, LOLER, working at height and other relevantconstruction legislation.
- Experiencemanaging or supporting certification, accreditation, pre-qualificationrequirements or external compliance portals.
- Experiencemaintaining training and competence records, delivering HSEQ training andcoaching or mentoring less-experienced HSEQ personnel.
- A relevantoccupational Health & Safety qualification, supported by ongoing continuingprofessional development.
- Theconfidence to work with Directors, operational managers, clients, employees,contractors and suppliers, challenge non-compliance constructively and providepractical solutions.
- A full UKdriving licence and willingness to travel regularly to project sites acrossLondon and the South of England.
Useful additional experience
- Directexperience within Comercial Landscaping, Civils, Groundworks or Landscape Construction for large scale projects.
- Previousresponsibility for external ISO audits, surveillance or recertification.
- Experiencemaintaining Constructionline or similar compliance and pre-qualificationportals.
- LeadAuditor training or relevant professional membership.
- AppointedPerson or Temporary Works Coordinator competence or experience.
- Strategicenvironmental, sustainability or CSR experience.
- Workingknowledge of the Building Safety Act 2022, National Highway Sector Schemes orstreetworks.
Package and working pattern
- Competitive Salary that is negotiable based on experience and current package.
- 25 days’annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Full-time,permanent position.
- Hybridworking, with a minimum of one day each week at the office near Maidenhead.