Health & Safety Manager – Harwich Haven Authority

UKHMA; Tendring; Hybride; GBP 65 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Generous pension

Wellbeing support

Learning & development opportunities

Résumé du poste

Harwich Haven Authority is seeking a Health & Safety Manager to lead safety across our marine, operational and shore-based activities. You will coordinate emergency preparedness, incident response and risk management to ensure readiness when it matters most.

You will bring substantial health and safety and emergency planning experience in harbour/port environments, with the ability to influence peers, drive continuous improvement and communicate complex information clearly.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in health and safety, emergency preparedness, marine or port operations, emergency planning or another safety-critical environment.
• Ability to influence others, challenge unsafe practice, and translate complex information into clear, practical action.
• Experience in harbour authority, port, terminal, shipping company, emergency service or other safety-critical/high-risk industry.
• Knowledge of emergency planning, incident management and multi-agency response.
• Experience developing, maintaining and exercising contingency or emergency plans.
• Excellent communication, influencing, analytical and organisational skills.
• Experience of ISO 45001 and professional body memberships (IOSH/IFE/CMI).
• NEBOSH General Certificate/Diploma or equivalent safety qualification.

Responsabilités

• Lead safety management across marine, engineering, operational and shore-based activities.
• Deliver inspections and audits, and support risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Lead emergency plans, procedures, communications and response arrangements.
• Plan desktop exercises, drills and multi-agency exercises.
• Coordinate marine pollution and oil spill preparedness.
• Support incident investigations and drive lessons learned into improvements.
• Provide safety and performance reports to senior leaders and committees.
• Promote open reporting, challenging unsafe practice and shared learning.
• Build strong relationships with regulators, emergency services and port partners.

Connaissances

Health & Safety

Emergency Preparedness

Marine/Port Operations

Emergency Planning

Safety-critical Environment

Formation

NEBOSH General Certificate or Diploma

Membership of IOSH/IFE/CMI

Outils

ISO 45001

Description du poste

As our Health & Safety Manager , you will lead and coordinate safety, emergency preparedness and incident response arrangements across our marine, operational and shore-based activities, to ensure we are ready to respond when it matters most

What the role involves

• Improving safety management across marine, engineering, operational and shore-based activities.
• Delivering inspections and audits, and supporting risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Leading emergency plans, procedures, communications and response arrangements.
• Planning desktop exercises, operational drills and multi-agency exercises.
• Coordinating marine pollution and oil spill preparedness.
• Supporting incident investigations and turning lessons into improvements.
• Providing safety and performance reports to senior leaders and committees.
• Promoting open reporting, constructive challenge and shared learning.
• Building strong relationships with colleagues, regulators, emergency services and port partners.

What we’re looking for

You will bring significant experience in health and safety, emergency preparedness, marine or port operations, emergency planning, or another safety-critical environment.

You will combine sound technical judgement with the confidence to influence others, challenge unsafe practice constructively and turn complex information into clear, practical action.

You will also have:

• Experience within a harbour authority, port, terminal, shipping company, emergency service or other safety-critical/ high risk industry.
• Knowledge of emergency planning, incident management and multi-agency response.
• Experience of developing, maintaining and exercising contingency or emergency plans.
• Excellent communication, influencing, analytical and organisational skills.
• The ability to manage competing priorities, take ownership and work collaboratively across different teams and specialisms.
• Confidence preparing reports, technical notes, briefings and performance information.
• Experience of ISO 45001.
• Membership of IOSH, IFE, CMI or another relevant professional body.
• A NEBOSH General Certificate, Diploma or equivalent safety qualification.

It would be an advantage if you have

• A marine qualification or significant maritime operational experience.
• A strong understanding of operational risk within a port, marine or similarly safety-critical environment.
• An understanding of relevant safety and resilience requirements, including the UK Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code, HSE requirements, the Civil Contingencies Act and marine pollution response arrangements.
• Experience of incident command, oil spill response, incident investigation or working with regulators and emergency responders.

Why join Harwich Haven Authority?

Join an organisation where your work has a clear purpose and the difference you make is reinvested in the long-term safety, sustainability and success of the Haven and its communities.

You will be part of a supportive, inclusive and values-led culture where people work together, share their expertise and are encouraged to grow. You will also enjoy a great range of benefits, including a generous pension, wellbeing support and learning and development opportunities.

Discover more about our people, purpose, benefits and opportunities to grow in our new employee attraction booklet, Where works means more

We welcome applications from people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.