Health, Safety and Security Manager

Base salary: £44,380 to c. £52,212 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top of base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a Health, Safety and Security Manager at HS2, you will be responsible for assisting the Senior Health, Safety and Security Manager and Head of HSS in ensuring HS2’s health, safety, security and management standards are met within development and delivery areas, by both HS2 and the Supply Chain. The role is also responsible for role modelling and embedding the ‘Safe at Heart’ culture across development and delivery.

• To be accountable for role modelling and embedding ‘Safe at Heart’ culture and ways of working throughout delivery.
• To be responsible for supporting risk-based Health, Safety and Security operational assurance within the development and delivery areas.
• To be accountable for assisting the Senior Health, Safety and Security Manager in overseeing and ensuring compliance to centrally defined processes and policies across Occupational Health, Safety and Security.
• To be responsible for supporting the investigation of Health, Safety and Security incidents within delivery areas.
• To be accountable for assisting in the provision of Health, Safety and Security services to support development & delivery teams.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Analysis Skills - can identify hidden problems utilising honest analysis and probing techniques.
• Problem solving - uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all relevant sources for answers.
• Planning and organising – Able to prioritise and manage own workload.
• IT proficiency (e.g. Microsoft Office).
• Ability to assist with the production and review of technical reports including assurance and investigation reports and interface with staff across all levels of the project.

• All aspects of health and safety, including occupational health elements of the Works Information, security policies/procedures/processes.
• Knowledge of a range of assurance activities, tools, techniques and their application.

• Experience of assisting with the delivery of assurance across a major programme, or a complex organisation, with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in being part of a multi-disciplinary Quality or Health & Safety team.
• Experience of contributing to and review of investigations.
• A professional qualification in Health and Safety or able to demonstrate the equivalent experience.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect. It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage.

Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept. Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.