TristoneNash are recruiting a Heath & Safety Manager on behalf of a social housing provider.

The Health & Safety Manager role is to ensure that the delivery of the organisation’s services complies with health and safety laws and aims for best practice in health & safety at work and in the office.

Duties will include:

• Reviewing, creating and enforcing policies, procedures and management systems to maintain an effective and positive health and safety culture across the organisation
• Liaising with and advising relevant managers on all Heal0074h and Safety/CDM issues relating to the repair, planned and response maintenance and development programmes and acting as the Duty Holder for all Health and Safety areas.
• Monitoring the organisations compliance with its safety policies and legal duties using both performance data and by inspecting employees, operations and site works
• Linking health and safety performance focus to critical areas such as: safe buildings (fire risk assessment, heating & M&E servicing, water testing), contractor operations (trade staff safety management), construction projects/CDM (delivered internally or by external contractors), residential schemes (supported housing, other residential blocks) staff accident trends and reported incidents & near misses
• Being responsible for all RIDDOR reporting in liaison with the Director of Property
• Inspecting places of work including offices, construction sites, housing and support schemes, vans, equipment and machinery to observe, report and address any unsafe conditions

We are looking for someone with

• Relevant Health and Safety qualifications, ideally IOSH or NEBOSH certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent)
• NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management.
• NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety.

Coupled with experience of:

• Social Housing
• working as a safety professional for a complex organisation (multisite and complex operations).
• construction services and working with a Direct Labour Team (tradespersons) and influencing positive safety outcomes.
• writing policies, procedures, safe working practices and guidance notes and setting up processes to support a H&S Management System.
• undertaking risk assessments, workplace inspections and investigating accidents to drive safety improvements.
• CDM, asbestos and fire safety legislation.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Fire Safety Act 2021, Building Safety Bill 2021, Regulatory and the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974/ The Management of Health & Safety Work regulation 1999/Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and/or related legislation, Approved Codes of Practice and Guidance Notes. Construction, Design and Management Regulations 2015.

To apply for this position, please submit your CV