Health & Safety Manager in London

Department: LOCATION: MARBLE ARCH, LONDON (Hybrid – 4 days in office) REPORTING TO: Senior Health & Safety Manager TYPE OF CONTRACT: Permanent

PLACES, PEOPLE, PREFER

Our purpose is to create and manage outstanding places which deliver positive outcomes for all our stakeholders on a long term, sustainable basis. We are a FTSE listed business with a strong balance sheet and £13bn of assets under management. But with just 600 employees you’re given the ability to make a big impact and elevate your career quickly. Our diverse, passionate team of experts works on some of the most ambitious, innovative and sustainable projects in the country – from our high-quality campuses across central London, to some of the top retail schemes in the UK – providing a rewarding career journey where you can shape how you grow. We believe in shared success and enabling people to be themselves. If you want to feel listened to and understood in an environment where your opinions count and bright ideas are encouraged, you’ve come to the right place! In our recent engagement survey 93% of our employees stated they were proud to work for British Land!

THE ROLE

To guide, support and audit the Property Management Teams and Residential Managing Agents across the Company’s portfolio in all matters relating to health, safety and fire compliance with the objective of minimising accidents to our staff, Service Providers, Occupiers, Tenants, visitors and members of the public. To “Trouble Shoot” the use of the Company’s electronic management systems to ensure they are being used by said Management Team stakeholders in the intended way and are keeping the Company safe from risk and protecting its reputation, whilst achieving and maintaining British Land compliance standards/targets.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Monitoring the annual General Health and Safety and Fire Risk Assessment/ Audit program.
• Provide support to the Residential Management Team to the Building Safety Act & associated legislation with regards to all relevant documentation management requirements and subsequent Building Safety Regulator submissions/liaison.
• Reviewing the Property Managers’ and Engineering Managers’ responses to the matters arising from the subsequent reports to ensure these are comprehensively reviewed and actioned.
• Monitoring actions arising from the on-line Compliance systems and reporting on progress.
• Checking that all statutory Thorough Examinations and Testing is being carried out by the relevant stakeholders in advance of deadlines.
• Organising, attending, minuting and helping with actions arising from relevant Health and Safety Committee Meetings (currently four per year).
• Preparing and issuing Health and Safety Bulletins for any issues that may affect the Company.
• Offering a central source of support and guidance to all Property Management Teams in relation to knowledge and interpretation of Health and Safety legislation and Codes of Practice; keeping abreast of both proposed and actual changes to such legislation.
• Assisting with general guidance, as required, all Property Management Teams in the preparation of specific risk assessments to cover specific tasks relating to aspects of their property under management.
• Ensuring Display Screen Equipment and Manual Handling assessments are undertaken by all relevant users and that any action required is undertaken.
• Reviewing the Health and Safety Training being provided to all levels of staff in the Company.
• Ensuring accident investigations are conducted by relevant stakeholders and providing guidance in the proper reporting of same.
• Carrying out annual in-house Audits on the properties in accordance with the Company’s Statutory requirements and British Land’ ‘Key Service Commitments’.
• Undertaking Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans and Display Screen Equipment Assessments for those individuals requiring desk-side support and recommend the appropriate equipment.
• Reviewing British Lands’ Exemplar Risk Assessments to ensure that they’re suitable and sufficient in detail to provide support to Property Management Teams and ensuring that bespoke RA’s are in place for all properties by the Property Management Teams.
• Providing support to Property Management Teams in relation to event set-up and ensuring that they are following the Guidelines within the British Land’s’ Events Manual.
• Inducting all new British Lands’ employees to the Company’s Health and Safety requirements.
• Undertaking ad hoc tasks as required.

ABOUT YOU

Essential

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Health and Safety – ideally NEBOSH Diploma
• Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Co Pilot.
• Experience in residential (HRB) management

Desirable

• Experience in Event Management
• Appreciation of Building Regulations
• Asbestos Management
• Membership of Institute of Occupational Health and Safety
• Structural surveying
• Fire Engineering

Knowledge of:

• Health and Safety legislation
• Building Safety Act - residential (HRB) H&S management; BSR HRB registration; Mandatory Occurrence Reporting; Resident Engagement Strategy; Structural Survey/FRAEW management; Building Safety Case management.
• Regulatory Reform Order 2005
• Codes of Practice
• CDM Regulations
• Occupational Health

Experience of:

• Accident investigation
• Risk Assessment
• Auditing
• Training others
• Permits to Work
• Water Treatment

Behavioural Competencies

• Business Alignment
• Professional Integrity
• Unrivalled Service Excellence
• Effective Communication
• Commercial Awareness
• Customer Focus
• Results Orientated
• Impact & Influence
• Team Working
• Developing Self & Others

OUR SHARED VALUES

Our values are what we stand for at British Land, they’re not just a label on the door; they connect us every day to our vision, purpose, and strategy. They help us to promote an inclusive, positive, and collaborative culture.

A REWARDING PLACE TO BE

Our People – Just ask anyone why they love working here and they will tell you it’s the people. They’re highly talented, passionate, and collaborative! We thank our people with rewards that feel rewarding; you can review our market leading benefits.

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS

If you enjoy bringing your whole self to work, share our values and are excited about our purpose we’d love to hear from you! We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive process.