Health & Safety Manager

AtkinsRéalis; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm seeks a Health and Safety Manager to oversee their Major Projects portfolio in the UK Nuclear sector. This role involves managing health and safety aspects, leading workshops, and ensuring a culture of safety compliance across various project teams. Candidates should have substantial experience in health and safety management, alongside relevant certifications like NEBOSH and CIMOSH. The position offers opportunities to lead initiatives that promote safety awareness and best practices in a forward-thinking organization.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in a leading health and safety role.
• Demonstrable knowledge of health and safety statutory frameworks.
• Knowledge of quality, safety, and environmental standards in design.

Responsibilities

• Supervise health and safety for Major Projects portfolio.
• Lead health and safety workshops with project teams.
• Communicate health and safety developments to professionals.

Skills

Health and safety management

Collaboration and communication

Incident investigation

Leadership in safety culture

Education

Chartered Member of CIMOSH or equivalent

NEBOSH General or Construction Certificates

Job description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis Nuclear EMEA Major Projects Market are embarking on a number of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and EPC Management Projects across the UK Nuclear sector. To meet our growth ambitions, we are seeking a high calibre Health and Safety Manager to manage across our Major Projects portfolio. We are looking nationwide for someone who can work with our project teams in various areas of the UK, is able to work as part of a multi-disciplined team and is willing to travel across the UK to meet the needs of our projects and Clients as required. If you're looking to join a forward-thinking organisation that focusses on building, maintaining, and improving a natural health and safety culture to ensure that everyone gets home safely, then this is the role for you. Your Purpose:

Responsibilities

• Supervise on all aspects of health and safety for our Major Projects portfolio, including establishing and implementing a health and safety plan, and facilitating excellence in day to day delivery.
• Collaborating with Client's and key stakeholders in a professional, responsive, outcome focused manner.
• Leading, facilitating and delivering project health and safety workshops with collaborative teams including Clients, suppliers and contractors, as well as internal staff.
• Embodying safety leadership to develop behavioural safety on projects and in teams, ensuring that all our teams develop their approach to safety as a natural behaviour.
• Maintaining a knowledge base of current and future developments in the health and safety field and communicating the relevant aspects to a wide group of professionals.
• Leading investigations into health and safety incidents, undertaking inspections, audits and assurance reviews and identifying/implementing measures for improvement accordingly.
• To achieve this, our Energy Teams are ensuring a mix of secure and sustainable energies that can meet our industry and lifestyle demands today, and in 30 years' time. We help to power our world through exciting new technologies and intelligent cybersecurity systems on projects that vary greatly in size, scope, and scale. So, you'll be creating the right safe and resilient systems across nuclear power, renewables, decarbonisation development, new builds and energy efficiency.

Qualifications

• Chartered Member of or working towards CIMOSH or accreditation with another relevant Professional Institution, with solid experience in a leading health and safety role.
• Holder of current NEBOSH General or Construction Certificates, and IOSH managing and working safely is desirable.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the statutory framework for health and safety in a workplace and construction environment.
• Knowledge of relevant Standards for Quality, Safety, Security and Environmental aspects of design projects; actively identifying and managing risk.
• Experience in the safe delivery of site-based activities.
• Proven ability to collaborate, communicate and support engineering design teams by advising on, and driving continuous improvements in their health and safety culture and leading on best practice.