Health, Safety & Environmental Manager

Lawtech Group; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction contractor in the UK is seeking a Head of Health, Safety & Environmental to oversee and enhance health and safety practices across projects. The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge of health and safety regulations, extensive experience in the construction sector, and strong leadership skills. The role involves managing site inspections, ensuring compliance with ISO standards, and fostering a positive safety culture within the organization. This position offers an opportunity to lead a dedicated team and influence essential health and safety practices.

Qualifications

• A good working knowledge and experience of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001.
• Experience of delivering training and presentations.
• Good understanding of the construction and insulation industry.

Responsibilities

• Manage and monitor Health & Safety processes.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.
• Conduct site inspections and audits.
• Prepare and distribute health and safety alerts.
• Manage and support the Health & Safety team.

Skills

ISO 9001 knowledge

ISO 14001 knowledge

ISO 45001 knowledge

CDM Regulations 2015 knowledge

Health and safety legislation knowledge

Training and presentation skills

Executive reporting skills

Communication

Leadership

Education

Grad IOSH Level 6 qualification

NEBOSH Fire Certificate

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Project

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Role Overview:

The role of Head of Health, Safety & Environmental is to manage and monitor the delivery of Health and Safety processes, assist in writing policy and procedures documents, method statements and risk assessments.

Further to this, it is the responsibility of the Head of Health, Safety and Environmental to ensure that the Health and Safety team are kept up to date with relevant legislation and regulation and to manage, motivate and appraise Health & Safety staff across the business. They would provide support and elevate where necessary to the Head of HS&E directly.

They will Liaise with senior project and other managers within the company, in order to ensure delivery of health and safety policies and procedures.

Founded over 20 years, Lawtech have become a leading principal contractor specialising in cladding remediation. We deliver high-quality, compliant, multi-million-pound cladding repatriations & regeneration contracts throughout London and the wider Southeast.

Role Responsibilities:

• Ensure the skills and knowledge of site staff is maintained by identifying where training or requalification is required (in line with the company training matrix).
• Monitoring and reporting on site activities during regular site visits.
• Liaise with clients or other stakeholders and attend meetings as required
• Review the investigations and reporting of incidents to identify root cause, recommend actions and ensure actions are delivered to prevent re-occurrence.
• Prepare and distribute regular health and safety alerts as required.
• Liaise with technical, quality and contracts departments to ensure procedures and manuals include all relevant H&S requirements.
• Manage with the ongoing maintenance of the H&S internal management system and maintaining certifications for ISO 9001, and 14001.
• Knowledge in ISO 45001.
• To promote a positive Health & Safety culture.
• Manage the H&S team within Lawtechgroup.
• Attend pre-start site surveys, project handover meetings and ongoing project meetings.
• Attend regular H&S review meetings.
• Prepare H&S strategies and internal policies and ensure all project managers are aware of all policies and procedures.
• Work with ISO & Environment manager to prepare and maintain procedures and documentation as required including method statements and CoSHH assessments.
• Carry out H&S inspection/audit visits on regular and adhoc basis for sites – monitor compliance with all company H&S requirements and ensure all breaches and risks are identified and corrected.
• Identification and management of in-house training of managers and employees in Health & Safety issues and maintenance of H&S sections of Lawtech Ltd training matrix.
• Liaison with project managers, technical managers and EWI manager to manage subcontractor training requests.
• Recording of essential information including incidents, accidents and near misses for the production of accident statistics; improvements; site returns and issues.
• Keep up to date with relevant legislation, regulations and industry requirements.
• Advising on a range of specialist areas, e.g. fire regulations, hazardous substances, noise, safeguarding machinery and occupational diseases.

Skills and Qualifications:

• A good working knowledge and experience of ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001
• Detailed knowledge of CDM Regulations 2015
• Working knowledge of all major health and safety legislation. Knowledge of TG20-21 and SG4 NASC requirements.
• Experience of SSIP schemes and the maintenance of company accreditations.
• Experience of delivering training and presentations.
• Role-specific:
• Level 6 qualification Grad IOSH (eg Nebosh Diploma, NVQ level 6 Diploma, working towards CMIOSH)
• ISO 45001 auditor would be advantageous but not essential.
• NEBOSH Fire Certificate would be advantageous.
• A good understanding and experience of the construction and insulation industry.
• CSCS card (appropriate skills level)
• CRB checked as required for specific sites.
• The ability to construct executive reports summarising a range of activities and their impact.
• Financial budgeting for health and safety
• The ability to present key strategic decisions to the board for the better development of the business.
• Competent user MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, Microsoft Outlook email and calendars.
• Communication
• Working together effectively
• Managing our business commercially
• Managing self and others
• Leadership