Safety First Lead

The Crown Estate; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Performance bonus

Flexible working

Family policies

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Holiday entitlement

Job summary

The Crown Estate in London is seeking a Safety First Lead to shape a culture where health, safety and environmental excellence are embedded across a diverse property portfolio.

You will develop and maintain HSE frameworks, drive governance, manage risk across commercial, retail and residential assets, and lead incident investigations to deliver safe, sustainable places for customers and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in health, safety and environmental management within property, facilities management or related sector.
• Chartered IOSH membership preferred.
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification.
• Strong knowledge of UK health, safety and environmental legislation and industry best practice.
• Expertise in at least one specialist risk area such as Working at Height, CDM Regulations 2015, Business Continuity Planning, Fire Engineering or Fire Safety Design.
• Understanding of residential compliance requirements, including Building Safety Act and associated legislation.
• Experience delivering fire safety, building safety or related compliance projects.
• Practical experience implementing and maintaining ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and HSG65 frameworks.
• Strong auditing, governance, compliance monitoring and performance reporting experience.
• Excellent project management, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Proven ability to develop policies, procedures and operational standards.
• Strong communication skills with a collaborative, customer-focused approach.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated experience driving continuous improvement, behavioural safety programmes and values-led cultural change.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of health, safety and environmental management systems aligned to ISO 45001 and wider regulatory requirements.
• Partnering with Portfolio Operations and Portfolio Management teams to identify, assess and manage HSE risks across a broad range of activities and projects.
• Creating and maintaining a portfolio-wide risk register and driving effective risk mitigation strategies.
• Developing and reviewing HSE policies, procedures and governance frameworks to ensure compliance and operational effectiveness.
• Supporting building surveying and project teams to ensure health and safety considerations are embedded from project inception through delivery.
• Leading incident and near-miss investigations, identifying root causes and implementing preventative actions.
• Chairing governance forums and driving behavioural and cultural change initiatives across the organisation.
• Designing and delivering HSE training programmes to build capability and ensure compliance with legislative requirements.
• Providing meaningful performance insights, reporting and recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Managing audit, inspection and assurance activities, including supplier and contractor performance reviews.
• Collaborating with the wider HSSEW team to deliver strategic action plans and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Health & Safety leadership

HSE governance

ISO 45001 knowledge

NEBOSH Diploma

UK Health & Safety law

Audit & reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Residential compliance

Fire safety expertise

Education

Chartered IOSH

Job description

Closing Date : 02/10/2016

Purpose of Role:

At The Crown Estate, we create lasting and shared value for the nation. As Safety First Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and driving a culture where health, safety and environmental excellence are embedded across a diverse and complex property portfolio.

Acting as a strategic partner and trusted advisor, you will lead the development of best-in-class HSE frameworks, ensuring compliance, strengthening operational resilience and supporting the delivery of safe, sustainable places for our customers, communities and colleagues.

This is a highly influential role operating across portfolio management and portfolio operations, spanning commercial, retail and residential assets, as well as activations, refurbishments and capital projects. You will work closely with internal teams, contractors, tenants and external stakeholders to strengthen governance, improve performance and embed a proactive \"Safety First\" culture throughout the portfolio.

Context of opportunity / Main accountabilities:

• Leading the development, implementation and continuous improvement of health, safety and environmental management systems aligned to ISO 45001 and wider regulatory requirements.


• Partnering with Portfolio Operations and Portfolio Management teams to identify, assess and manage HSE risks across a broad range of activities and projects.


• Creating and maintaining a portfolio-wide risk register and driving effective risk mitigation strategies.


• Developing and reviewing HSE policies, procedures and governance frameworks to ensure compliance and operational effectiveness.


• Supporting building surveying and project teams to ensure health and safety considerations are embedded from project inception through delivery.


• Leading incident and near-miss investigations, identifying root causes and implementing preventative actions.


• Chairing governance forums and driving behavioural and cultural change initiatives across the organisation.


• Designing and delivering HSE training programmes to build capability and ensure compliance with legislative requirements.


• Providing meaningful performance insights, reporting and recommendations to senior stakeholders.


• Managing audit, inspection and assurance activities, including supplier and contractor performance reviews.


• Collaborating with the wider HSSEW team to deliver strategic action plans and continuous improvement initiatives.

Most important skills based requirements:

• Extensive experience in health, safety and environmental management within property, facilities management or a related sector.


• Chartered IOSH membership preferred.


• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification.


• Strong knowledge of UK health, safety and environmental legislation and industry best practice.


• Expertise in at least one specialist risk area such as Working at Height, CDM Regulations 2015, Business Continuity Planning, Fire Engineering or Fire Safety Design.


• Understanding of residential compliance requirements, including the Building Safety Act and associated legislation.


• Experience delivering fire safety, building safety or related compliance projects.


• Practical experience implementing and maintaining ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and HSG65 frameworks.


• Strong auditing, governance, compliance monitoring and performance reporting experience.


• Excellent project management, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.


• Proven ability to develop policies, procedures and operational standards.


• Strong communication skills with a collaborative, customer-focused approach.


• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.


• Demonstrated experience driving continuous improvement, behavioural safety programmes and values-led cultural change.

Our Offering / benefits:

As well as a competitive salary, pension and performance related bonus offering, we have a wealth of benefits available ranging from flexible working; market leading family policies and shopping discounts in the West End, to private healthcare; life and critical illness cover and 28 days holiday with the option to buy more. We value work life balance and your wellbeing highly, enabling you to be your best self to work.

Disability Disclaimer:

We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme Disability Confident employer scheme - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.

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