Senior Health & Safety Manager

Sisk Group; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

26 days annual leave

Pension and benefits

Unlimited learning and development

Much more

Job summary

Sisk Group is seeking a Senior Health & Safety Manager to provide direct operational support to project teams, ensuring health, safety, environment, quality and wellbeing standards are consistently applied on site. The role involves leading a small campus-based H&S team, coordinating with the Campus Project Director, and interfacing with the campus client for H&S matters.

You will implement company standards, supervise risk reviews, investigations, and reporting, and stay current with

Qualifications

• CMIOSH and member of IEMA (or equivalent)
• At least 12 years in construction industry
• At least 12 years as a Health and Safety professional
• Proficient IT skills
• Ability to anticipate change
• Collaborative and consensus-driven in team tasks and client relationships
• Capacity to stretch performance requirements
• Monitoring and managing performance
• Be innovative
• Interpersonal & engaging skills
• Time Management and Organisation Skills
• Assertiveness
• Leadership

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate exceptional H&S leadership at a campus level by your beliefs and behaviours
• Provide support and direction to the Campus Project Director and Project Manager
• Be the interface with the Campus Client and/or their representatives for H&S matters
• Lead and provide line management to a team (2-4) of Campus based H&S Managers
• Assist Head of H&S and Business Unit H&S Manager in roll out of company Strategy
• Ensure consistent implementation of company standards, procedures, policies and expectations; including identifying variances and equivalents needed due to working outside Ireland / UK
• Ensure workplaces receive Health Checks, Inspections and Risk Reviews at specified frequencies and with intrusiveness in accordance with Policy and Direction. Raise at risk / early intervention concerns to Head of H&S and Business Unit H&S Manager when needed.
• Ensure accidents/incidents are investigated and lessons learnt communicated.
• Monitor Health and Safety performance within the Campus and prepare appropriate reports.
• Prepare a Health and Safety report for the Campus at applicable internals.
• Ensure adequate cover for Health and Safety is provided and alert the BU H&S Manager if this is likely to become a problem.
• Provide main point of contact for enforcement agencies following their visits or investigations.
• Keep up to date with legislation and interpretations thereof to facilitate the provision of competent Health and Safety advice to the business.
• Be aware of own limitations and ensure advise given remains within those limitations. Call in additional support to supplement own abilities where required.
• Identify learning and development requirements for yourself as well as those of staff who report to you
• Coach staff at all levels in Health and Safety expectations and standards

Skills

Communication (oral & written)

CMIOSH

Leadership

IT skills

Influence & empathy

Collaboration

Time management

Organisational skills

Assertiveness

Interpersonal skills

Education

NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent

Lead Auditor or equivalent

Engineering or construction technology/management (ideally)

Member of IEMA or equivalent

Job description

Overview

The Senior Health & Safey Manager provides direct operational support to project teams, ensuring health, safety, environment,quality and wellbeing standards are applied consistently on site.

John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrate exceptional H&S leadership at a campus level by your beliefs and behaviours
• Provide support and direction to the Campus Project Director and Project Manager
• Be the interface with the Campus Client and/or their representatives for H&S matters
• Lead and provide line management to a team (2-4) of Campus based H&S Managers
• Assist Head of H&S and Business Unit H&S Manger in roll out of company Strategy
• Ensure consistent implementation of company standards, procedures, policies and expectations; including identifying variances and equivalents needed due to working outside Ireland / UK
• Ensure workplaces receive Health Checks, Inspections and Risk Reviews at specified frequencies and with intrusiveness in accordance with Policy and Direction. Raise at risk / early intervention concerns to Head of H&S and Business Unit H&S Manger when needed.
• Ensure accidents/incidents are investigated and lessons learnt communicated.
• Monitor Health and Safety performance within the Campus and prepare appropriate reports.
• Prepare a Health and Safety report for the Campus at applicable internals.
• Ensure adequate cover for Health and Safety is provided and alert the BU H&S Manager if this is likely to become a problem.
• Provide main point of contact for enforcement agencies following their visits or investigations.
• Keep up to date with legislation and interpretations thereof to facilitate the provision of competent Health and Safety advice to the business.
• Be aware of own limitations and ensure advise given remains within those limitations. Call in additional support to supplement own abilities where required.
• Identify learning and development requirements for yourself as well as those of staff who report to you
• Coach staff at all levels in Health and Safety expectations and standards

Experience

Experience

• Communicate clearly, both orally & in writing
• CMIOSH & member of IEMA (or equivalent)
• At least 12 years in construction industry
• At least 12 years as a Health and Safety professional
• Use influence and empathy for relevant occasions.
• Proficient IT skills
• Have an instinct to anticipate change.
• Show collaboration and consensus in team tasks & client relationships.
• Capacity to stretch performance requirements.
• Monitoring and managing performance.
• Be innovative.
• Interpersonal & engaging skills
• Time Management
• Organisation Skills
• Assertiveness
• Leadership

Qualifications

Training & Skills

• Managing & developing direct reports
• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent.
• Member of IEMA or equivalent
• Lead Auditor or equivalent
• Mandatory aspects of Sisk L & D directory.
• Extracurricular exposure to a related Health and Safety specialism e.g. BBS, Occ Health, BIM etc.
• Ideally a qualification in engineering or construction technology / management.
• Awareness of lifting operations: BS 7121/ IS 361 (or in country equivalent).
• Temp Works Awareness
• Incident Investigation Training

Additional Information

• Competitive salary
• 26 days annual leave
• Pension and benefits
• Unlimited learning and development opportunities
• Much more

Our People and Recruitment Commitment

At Sisk Group our people are at the heart of our success. We offer the chance to work with purpose, build a career with no limits and be part of a great team.

All vacancies are managed directly by our Internal Recruitment Team. Unsolicited contact or speculative CVs from unapproved agencies will not be accepted and no introductory fees will apply.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or any other protected characteristic.

Reasonable adjustments are available during the recruitment process

We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can stop talented candidates applying. You do not need to meet every criterion – your skills and potential matter. Don’t hold back we want to hear from you

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