Health and Safety Manager - Berkshire

Health and Safety Manager

Reference	213575SJF
Salary	Negotiable
City	Berkshire
Locations	South East,
Contract Type	Contract Full Time
Date Posted	14/07/2010

Job Description

Our client is currently for a Health & Safety Manager to provide services to Nuclear Construction to assist relevant Business Units in the delivery of the health and safety requirements for the projects.

Security Clearance:

Candidates should ideally be MOD SC Cleared or be eligible for MOD Clearance.

Specific Accountabilities:

- The health & safety of all personnel reporting to this post holder;
- Visible commitment to health & safety improvement programmes and ensures health and safety incidents and accidents are investigated to prevent recurrence and provide learning;
- Contributes to a culture of zero accidents and incidents relating to occupational and personal safety, security, health and environmental issues;
- Communicating to staff and contractors the importance of meeting customer, statutory, regulatory and internal requirements;
- Ensuring that company strategies, policy and management system requirements are communicated and understood;
- Ensuring the implementation of the Environmental Safety and Health policy and arrangements on all construction projects;
- Provide occupational health & safety advice to the Construction Management Department; &
- Manage projects ensuring suitable resources are in place to support the delivery programme.

Performance Delivery:

- To exercise Duty of Care for self and others;
- Ensure that appropriate construction health and safety arrangements are in place to ensure compliance with customer, company & legal requirements;
- Verifying through monitoring, and review the effectiveness and implementation and delivery of the Construction health and safety management system;
- Provide reports to the Head of Construction Environmental Safety and Health on the adequacy of construction health and safety performance;
- Management and delivery of health & safety risk management and controls;
- Support professional development of construction Environmental Safety and Health professionals via input to Continuing Professional Development, succession planning, recruitment strategy and resource planning / priorities;
- Set and monitor construction health & safety improvement strategies to enable continual improvement in construction health & safety management and performance;
- Ensure policy and arrangements are appropriate to the business area;
- Ensure the Construction health & safety resources are appropriately assigned to the delivery programme;
- Ensure each project has a suitable and sufficient Construction Phase Health and Safety Management Plan, and monitor its implementation;
- Ensure all construction team members and associated contractors receive adequate health & safety training, instruction and guidance prior to commencement of any works;
- Provide relevant training, coaching and mentoring to project staff, contractor management and general workforce on an as-needed basis or as warranted by project conditions;
- Track, trend and analyse performance indicator information and formulate recommendations for continuous improvement;
- Ensure accident investigations are conducted to determine root cause(s), recommend corrective and preventative measures to prevent recurrence and communicate lessons learned with construction organisation;
- To take part in Change Control for major projects and to ensure health and safety requirements are addressed;
- To influence Project Leadership teams to drive health and safety best practice and continual improvement;
- To safeguard company information and assets from unauthorised access or disclosure, report security breaches and apply security at all times;
- Influence health and safety best practice in construction management. This includes participating in the Review, Learn and Improve process for the department;
- Advise procurement on the adequacy and competence in health and safety of potential contractors working within the construction framework contracts when required;
- Undertake formal inspections of site activities on a daily basis and provide recommendations to management and / or supervision, where necessary, on improving conditions when found to be below acceptable standards;
- Take immediate action on any imminent danger situations observed on any project and notify the CM/PM/line Manager of actions and any necessary follow up actions;
- Active participation in continuous professional development relevant to the role; &
- Mandatory attendance at monthly Construction Environmental Safety and Health team meetings.

Qualifications:

- Degree in a Quality / Safety / Engineering discipline or ONC/HNC/HND in an engineering discipline with substantial relevant Construction and/ or Safety Management experience NVQ Level 4;
- NEBOSH Certificate;
- NEBOSH Construction Certificate; &
- IOSH Managing Safely.

Knowledge:

- Substantial knowledge of BSI OHSAS 18001 and HS (G) 65;
- Current Health & Safety legislation applicable to construction (in particular the Construction (Design & Management Regulations 2007);
- Corporate Quality & Safety Management systems; &
- NII licence conditions and the Corporate Arrangements.

Experience:

- Substantial demonstrable experience in Safety Management in multidiscipline organisation;
- Substantial experience of operating at a senior level, leading, motivating & managing Safety teams within a customer focused and highly regulated environment;
- Interpreting customer requirements and developing relationships with internal / external supply chains;
- Monitoring and reporting on supply chain performance against contract safety requirements;
- Experience in configuration / change management and technical issues;
- Similar work on a Nuclear Licensed Site desirable and/or other industry operating under a safety case e.g. Railway and / or oil and gas.

To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK

Matchtech Group Plc is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Job Details: Health and Safety Manager