Housing Repairs & Maintenance - Health & Safety Manager

Brighton & Hove City Council; Brighton; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Brighton & Hove City Council seeks a dedicated Health & Safety Manager for its Repairs and Maintenance Department. The role demands strong leadership in managing health and safety compliance across multiple sites, focusing on customer service and efficient risk management. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Paid annual leave

Full induction and on-going mentoring

Qualifications

• Experience of managing Health & Safety across multiple sites.
• Understanding diverse staff and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure operations comply with Health and Safety regulations.
• Analyze and identify health and safety issues.
• Provide professional support to management teams.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Risk management

Customer service

Job description

Housing Repairs & Maintenance - Health & Safety Manager

• Directorate BHCC: Homes and Adult Social Care
• Salary £52,230 - £55,911 total pay including 5.5hrs p/w contracted overtime
• Contract Permanent
• Closing Date Apply by 29 June 2025

Location

Brighton

Job Summary

Job reference

• Positions available 1

Working hours

• Working hours 37 hours plus 5.5 hours contracted overtime

Job category

• Job category Health & Safety

Organisation

• Organisation Brighton & Hove City Council

Job introduction

BHCC's Housing Directorate is looking for a talented and motivated candidate for a Health, Safety and Compliance Manager role within the busy Repairs and Maintenance Department.

Do you have experience of managing Health & Safety across multiple sites with a high volume of tasks? Do you have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to negotiate and influence both colleagues and customers?

If so, our role for a talented and motivated Health & Safety Manager within the busy Repairs and Maintenance Department may be of interest to you.

You will be working alongside Repairs & Maintenance Management Team To ensure all operations within the Repairs and Maintenance Service are conducted according to the provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 and all relevant legislation and council policy. You will be Responsible for providing professional, specialist and technical support working directly with management teams across the Repairs and Maintenance Service.

The role involves ensuring Housing Repairs and Maintenance have appropriate safety management arrangements in place, delivered in accordance with the health and safety policy. Ensuring a proportionate approach to risk management and legal compliance through interpreting legislation and guidance and working with R&M managers to put this into practice.

You will have excellent customer service skills and an understanding of the needs of our diverse staff and customers and be able to tailor delivery accordingly while satisfying all safety, quality and cost control standards.

Performance objectives will include analysing and identifying health and safety issues within the Repairs and Maintenance Service area and working with other specialist health and safety staff, R&M management and operational teams to implement appropriate solutions through training, process change and compliance.

This is an opportunity to develop your experience in a fast-paced environment. Delivering these projects requires resilience and determination and our focus on customer service makes this work rewarding as we are able to deliver housing improvements to residents across our city.

In return for your skills and hard work, we offer:

• A standard working week of 37 hours per week plus 5.5 hours of contracted overtime (Monday – Friday 08.00 – 17.00). Part-time hours are also available.
• A full induction with job shadowing and on-going mentoring and development
• Paid annual leave

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Application Form guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is term-time only. For part time applicants, where your working week is less than the council’s basic 37 hour week, contracted overtime rated pay will not form part of your working hours. This is because overtime rated pay is payable for hours worked in excess of the council’s basic 37 hour week. Your starting salary will be pro rata based on the basic annual salary elements of pay between £42,708 & £45,718.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.