Health & Safety Manager

TN United Kingdom; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Tier One Hard and Soft Landscape Contractor is seeking a Health & Safety Manager with extensive construction experience. The role involves ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation, conducting site audits, and promoting a proactive safety culture across various sites in London and the South.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in construction health and safety.
• Experience as a Principal Contractor.
• Extensive construction experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clients and project teams on health and safety objectives.
• Conduct regular site audits and inspections.
• Manage incident investigations and develop recommendations.

Skills

Risk Assessment

Contractor Management

Safety Culture

Education

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

CERT IOSH

Tools

Constructionline

Job description

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Job Opportunity: Health & Safety Manager

We are recruiting for a Health & Safety Manager with extensive construction experience. The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of ISO 45001, risk assessment, and contractor management. This role is on behalf of a leading Tier One Hard and Soft Landscape Contractor that is passionate about building a positive, people-first safety culture. They focus on ensuring compliance through practical and collaborative solutions. The offered salary is up to £70,000, negotiable based on experience.

As the Health & Safety Manager, you will be travelling to sites across London, the South, and Midlands regularly. Your responsibilities include:

1. Collaborating with clients, construction managers, and project teams to ensure alignment with health and safety objectives and performance management.
2. Designing and implementing a robust safety programme that complies with current legislation and industry best practices.
3. Conducting regular site audits and inspections, identifying non-conformances, and executing corrective and preventative actions.
4. Leading comprehensive risk assessments to identify hazards and developing mitigation strategies.
5. Managing incident investigations, determining root causes, and developing recommendations to prevent recurrence.
6. Ensuring site compliance with health and safety legislation by developing and enforcing safe working procedures.
7. Supporting pre-qualification and tender processes with health and safety expertise and documentation.
8. Promoting a proactive safety culture through site engagement, training, and continuous improvement initiatives.
9. Leading site establishment activities, including exclusion zones, signage, emergency protocols, permit systems, and PPE standards.
10. Leading the accreditation renewal process.
11. Building and maintaining effective relationships with construction managers and site teams to ensure SHEQ objectives are met.
12. Championing continuous improvement initiatives to enhance safety performance.
13. Investigating health, safety, and environmental incidents, ensuring prompt resolution, reporting, and lessons learned communication.
14. Measuring occupational health and safety performance metrics and preparing detailed reports with proposed improvements.

Requirements

To be considered for the role, you will need:

• A proven track record in a construction health and safety environment.
• Experience as a Principal Contractor.
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate.
• CSCS Black Card / SMSTS.
• CERT IOSH.
• A good working knowledge of Constructionline.
• Experience producing Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
• Extensive construction experience.
• A good knowledge of Main Contractors / Developers.

The salary is up to £70,000, negotiable based on experience.