Health & Safety Manager

Cole & Yates Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; 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 audits, and fostering a proactive safety culture across various sites in London and the Midlands.

Qualifications

• Extensive construction experience required.
• Experience as a Principal Contractor.
• Managing health and safety at high-footfall public realm projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement safety programs in line with legislation.
• Conduct site audits and inspections.
• Lead risk assessments and manage incident investigations.

Skills

Risk Assessment

Contractor Management

Health and Safety Compliance

Safety Culture

Education

NEBOSH Construction Certificate

CSCS Black Card / SMSTS

CERT IOSH

OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor

Tools

Constructionline

SSIP Accreditation

Job description

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We are recruiting for a Health & Safety Manager with extensive construction experience, a strong understanding of ISO 45001, risk assessment and contractor management on behalf of a leading Tier One Hard and Soft Landscape Contractor who are passionate about building a positive, people first safety culture, ensuring compliance through practical and collaborative solutions and are offering a salary of up to £70,000 which is negotiable based on experience.

As the Health & Safety Manager you will be travelling to sites across London, the South and Midlands regularly and will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with clients, construction managers and project teams to ensure alignment with health and safety objectives and performance management.
  
• The design and implementation of a robust safety program in line with current legislation and industry best practice.
  
• Conducting regular site audits and inspections, identifying non-conformances and executing corrective and preventative actions.
  
• Leading comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential hazards and developing effective mitigation strategies.
  
• Managing incident investigations, determining root causes and developing recommendations to prevent recurrence.
  
• Ensuring site compliance with health and safety legislation through the development and enforcement of safe working procedures.
  
• Supporting pre-qualification and tender processes by contributing health and safety expertise and documentation where required.
  
• Promoting a proactive safety culture through site engagement, training and continuous improvement initiatives.
  
• Leading site establishment activities, including the implementation of exclusion zones, signage, emergency protocols, permit systems and PPE standards.
  
• Managing SSIP accreditations and drafting policy and governance frameworks in alignment with ISO 45001 standards.
  
• Overseeing traffic management plans and emergency procedure coordination.
  
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with construction managers and site teams to ensure alignment to SHEQ objectives.
  
• Championing continuous improvement initiatives, driving positive change across project teams and enhancing safety performance.
  
• Leading investigations into health, safety and environmental incidents in accordance with company policy ensuring prompt resolution, timely reporting and effective communication of lessons learned.
  
• Measuring occupational health and safety performance metrics and preparing detailed reports for stakeholders including proposed improvements to standard operating procedures.
  
• Managing health and safety at high-footfall public realm projects.
  
• Overseeing the integration of health and safety considerations into public art installations and heritage site restorations.
  
  
  
  

We are recruiting for a Health & Safety Manager with extensive construction experience, a strong understanding of ISO 45001, risk assessment and contractor management on behalf of a leading Tier One Hard and Soft Landscape Contractor who are passionate about building a positive, people first safety culture, ensuring compliance through practical and collaborative solutions and are offering a salary of up to £70,000 which is negotiable based on experience.

As the Health & Safety Manager you will be travelling to sites across London, the South and Midlands regularly and will be responsible for:

• Collaborating with clients, construction managers and project teams to ensure alignment with health and safety objectives and performance management.
  
• The design and implementation of a robust safety program in line with current legislation and industry best practice.
  
• Conducting regular site audits and inspections, identifying non-conformances and executing corrective and preventative actions.
  
• Leading comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential hazards and developing effective mitigation strategies.
  
• Managing incident investigations, determining root causes and developing recommendations to prevent recurrence.
  
• Ensuring site compliance with health and safety legislation through the development and enforcement of safe working procedures.
  
• Supporting pre-qualification and tender processes by contributing health and safety expertise and documentation where required.
  
• Promoting a proactive safety culture through site engagement, training and continuous improvement initiatives.
  
• Leading site establishment activities, including the implementation of exclusion zones, signage, emergency protocols, permit systems and PPE standards.
  
• Managing SSIP accreditations and drafting policy and governance frameworks in alignment with ISO 45001 standards.
  
• Overseeing traffic management plans and emergency procedure coordination.
  
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with construction managers and site teams to ensure alignment to SHEQ objectives.
  
• Championing continuous improvement initiatives, driving positive change across project teams and enhancing safety performance.
  
• Leading investigations into health, safety and environmental incidents in accordance with company policy ensuring prompt resolution, timely reporting and effective communication of lessons learned.
  
• Measuring occupational health and safety performance metrics and preparing detailed reports for stakeholders including proposed improvements to standard operating procedures.
  
• Managing health and safety at high-footfall public realm projects.
  
• Overseeing the integration of health and safety considerations into public art installations and heritage site restorations.
  
  
  
  

Requirements

To be considered as the Health and Safety Manager you will need:

• Experience as a Principal Contractor.
  
• NEBOSH Construction Certificate.
  
• CSCS Black Card / SMSTS.
  
• CERT IOSH.
  
• A good working knowledge of Constructionline and SSIP accreditation processes.
  
• Experience of producing Risk Assessments and Method Statements.
  
• A good knowledge of Main Contractors / Developers.
  
• To be OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor trained.
  
• CPCS Appointed Person (Lifting Operations).
  
• NVQ Assessor Qualifications including Level 2 to Level 7 Diplomas (Plant Operations to Senior Management).
  
• Face Fit Testing Trainer (Qualitative Testing).
  
• NPORS Excavator Operator Certification.
  
• Academically Qualified Person (AQP) CSCS card.
  
• Extensive construction and public realm safety management experience.
  
  
  
  

Benefits

A salary of up to £70,000 for the successful applicant which is negotiable based on experience.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Construction

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