Health & Safety Manager

Role: Health & Safety Manager - Hybrid

Location: Exeter

Salary: c 45,000 - 50,000

Duration: Permanent

Industry: Highways

My client have an ambitious plan to ensure that all those who work with us return home, safe and well every day.
As a Health and Safety Manager working with their Major Projects Directorate you will support the delivery of their Home Safe and Well plan through project and programme support, adding value through Client assurance; engaging with internal and external stakeholders to positively influence decision making and encouraging innovation.
You will primarily work to support the safe delivery of significant investment projects, however as part of the Safety, Engineering & Standards Health and Safety team you may be involved in supporting other projects and initiatives across the wider business.
You will use your knowledge, skills, and experience to offer support and advice on health and safety matters, ensuring that the business is discharging their duties as both Employer and Client, whilst also making a valuable contribution to the development of our cultural and behavioural change programme. You will demonstrate our core values and behaviours by leading with passion and integrity and demonstrate the ability to work both independently and as a team.
The role will involve working from their Exeter office with occasional travel to Birmingham, as well as travelling to site. Hybrid working arrangements are an option and will be discussed at interview.
Duties:

Undertake assurance activities throughout the project lifecycle, writing good quality reports, and raising actions where necessary.
Ensure that incident reviews and associated actions plans are developed to a satisfactory standard and assure against corrective measures given.
Monitor and review health and safety performance, providing valuable insight to colleagues that will help inform management decisions.
Support the implementation of the strategic HS&W objectives. Providing advice and guidance on health and safety matters, sharing learning and best practice where possible.
Support the development and implementation of relevant health and safety unit plans and initiatives ensuring a consistent approach is delivered.
Engage with, and provide guidance to colleagues, empowering them to ambassadors of health, safety, and wellbeing.
You will need:
Hold a Degree or Diploma level qualification in Health & Safety, and membership of a recognised professional body, e.g. IOSH or IIRSM.
Have demonstrable experience of working within Client organisations or similar in developing supply chain strategies.
Have demonstrable experience and knowledge of CDM 2015, managing and assuring health and safety in design or construction, preferably working for a major infrastructure asset owner or developer.
Have demonstrable knowledge of performance data analysis, and incident investigation including the ability to identify trends and present it simply and accurately.
Experience of undertaking and reporting on audit and assurance activities in a clear and concise manner that adds value and applies the principles of prevention.
Benefits package:
The total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus,
Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
Flexible hours and blended working between base location/home
Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience.
Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort.

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