Property and Construction Health & Safety Manager

Driver Hire Borders; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Asda is seeking a Property and Construction Health & Safety Manager, responsible for enforcing and evolving health and safety policies across the construction sector. This role requires a proactive individual skilled in stakeholder engagement and risk management, ensuring safety standards are met and promoting a positive health and safety culture.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

Company Car allowance of £5,700

15% colleague discount in store and online

Free access to wellbeing services including 24/7 virtual GP

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Specialist experience in CDM 2015.
• Proven ability to engage stakeholders in health and safety matters.
• Strong knowledge of the Construction Design Management Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the health and safety protocols for construction execution.
• Manage the asbestos re-inspection programme.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards across all Asda locations.

Skills

Health and Safety Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Graduate level qualification

Job description

Job Title

Property and Construction Health & Safety Manager

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits

Category

Health and Safety

Closing Date

19 June 2025

"Find your Role"

The Property & Construction Health and Safety Manager is primarily responsible for evolving and enforcing Asda's Construction Health and Safety policies. As the owner of the 'Asda Way of Working' and Asbestos Management plan the role requires a candidate who can drive a positive health and safety culture engaging with key stakeholders across many areas of the business.

1. Leading the Health & Safety Protocols for wider Construction Execution and 3rd Party contractors ensuring all required standards, due diligence and measures are met and can be demonstrated.
2. Responsible for embedding the strategy that ensures the Asda Client Duties are met in line with the Construction Design Management Regulations (CDM 2015), and refresher training on construction
3. Lead all elements and planning of the corporate requirements in construction and safety including managing hazards across our estate such Asbestos and Radon.
4. Manage an asbestos re-inspection programme for Asda’s portfolio, inclusive of tenant units along with delivery of associated remedial works
5. Ensure a current system-based approach to maintain accurate monitoring of activity on site and the formal appointment of stakeholders carrying out duties under CDM
6. Managing inherent risk in Asda's buildings, delivering a considered approach to control measures and priority focus to drive optimum capital expenditure
7. Engage with the Asda Compliance team cross functionally to ensure an aligned approach to all Health and Safety matters
8. Responsible for ensuring the competence of approved Asda contractors by way of formalised auditing over regular intervals
9. Ensure site standards are inspected over a sample of projects throughout the year to demonstrate that the Asda Health and Safety culture is sustained and improved.
10. Attend working groups as a key stakeholder to improve compliance standards and develop control measures to mitigate incidents.

11. Candidate should be qualified to a graduate level with specialist experience in CDM 2015

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• Company Car allowance of £5,700
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves"