Health and Safety Manager in Northampton

To support the Head of Health and Safety in the undertaking of their role that includes:

• The promotion of a positive health and safety culture internally with all employees including Board and senior management.
• The promotion of a strong health and safety culture with directly employed contractors and housebuilder partners.
• The identification and positive development of the health and safety management systems for the business, proportionate to the risk posed. This will include forward identification of potential future strategic risks together with their mitigation.
• To identify health and safety risk within the activities of the business together with the identification of positive and cost-effective solutions to mitigate risk.
• Identification of health and safety training opportunities for all individuals or teams employed within the business.
• Identification of health and safety legislation and guidance updates relevant to the current and future potential business activities, together with impact assessments and proposals to implement.
• Setting empirical performance data across all aspects of the business against which targets and ambitions may be measured, including the frequency of measurement.
• Objectively analysing the company’s health and safety performance through an agreed management auditing process with the identification of opportunities for business improvement.

Role Responsibilities:

• Undertaking health and safety inspections of strategic land sites and individual directly employed contractors in line with the overall inspection process.
• Reviewing and analysing data provided via site inspections and closeout reports and proposing action plans to drive improvement.
• Working with external consultants providing site inspections and reports for our house builder partners and assisting in the analysis, implementation, messaging and audit of actions arising.
• Attending consortium meetings and relevant team meetings to develop relationships to enable the effective undertaking of the Health and Safety Manager role.
• Supporting project management teams in providing expert health and safety advice.
• Providing support to the office leads across all the company offices in undertaking statutory inspections.
• Producing relevant health and safety bulletins for distribution to key stakeholders within strategic land site consortiums.
• Undertaking accident investigations as required.
• Developing and delivering health and safety training as agreed.
• Maintaining relevant health and safety knowledge.
• Where required, providing support to internal development teams within the early concept design stages prior to the appointment of a principal designer.
• Where required and instructed, developing new health and safety procedures, guidance documents and templates.

Role Requirements:

• Member of a Professional Institution (IOSH, APS, NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent qualification in health and safety - desirable).
• NEBOSH General or Construction Certificate (necessary minimum).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a health and safety role within the construction industry or related sector.
• Evidence of ongoing relevant continued professional development.
• Strong knowledge of Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 and its application.
• Knowledge of Building Safety Act 2022 together with the associated supplementary legislation.
• Knowledge of the practical application of current health and safety legislation.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to constructively interact with internal and external teams and work collaboratively.
• Experience in undertaking internal audits.
• Ability to analyse data.
• Experience in the production of comprehensive and focused reports.
• Good IT skills and proficiency in Office 365 applications.
• Strong organisational abilities to manage own time and calendar.
• Attention to detail ensuring accuracy in documents and reports.