Health & Safety Manager HS2

Croydon, Birmingham & Warrington

They boast a strong global Rail, Highways & Aviation capability having been appointed to major roles on numerous major transport schemes and light rail, mass transit, main line, and high-speed rail schemes in Europe and worldwide. The rail teams offer multi-disciplinary design and engineering services as well as program & projects services and business advisory. Key clients include Network Rail, HS2, Crossrail 1 & 2, TfL, Hitachi etc. Are RISQS registered, carry a principal contractor license for NR, and are BS9001, BS14001 and BS11000 accredited

Our client is a leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets. Applying our deep market sector insights and collective design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services we work in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes throughout the lifecycle of their natural and built assets

Requirements:

Provide visible leadership and direction for Health and Safety agenda for the HS2 DJV with regards to the implementation of the Health and Safety strategy. The role exists for the development of project systems which will reinforce the project H&S culture and lead to high levels of discretional effort in areas of Safety, Health, and Environment across the DJV project team.

To be considered, we are seeking candidates with the following credentials:

Minimum Academic Qualifications:

• Relevant degree with significant consulting experience
• Post graduate qualification and/or fellowship in appropriate professional institution preferred
• IOSH Member

Essential Experience:

• Recognised H&S specialist within transportation consultancy discipline
• Proven ability to network and influence at senior levels
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills, both internally and externally

Key Accountabilities:

• Develop the health and safety strategy for the DJV.
• Working collaboratively with other HS2 delivery teams to roll out leading edge developments and best practice
• Generate and promote awareness and understanding of Health and Safety at all levels in the DJV.
• Develop and maintain Health and Safety processes for the DJV.
• Author, update, amend and issue the Project Health and Safety Plan throughout lifetime of the Project.
• Carry out an evaluation of compliance against the legal register and use internal and external auditing data to carry out an annual Health and Safety review of the DJV performance in line with OHSAS 18001 requirements
• Ensure that new legislative requirements which will have an impact on the project, are identified and reviewed and acted upon accordingly.
• Develop schedules for surveillance. These include internal audits of all parts of the DJV including supply chain, audits by the CJV team, audits by HS2 and their advisers and any third-party audits required to meet the needs of the participating companies
• Lead internal auditing of all parts of the DJV including supply chain.
• Prepare and attend external audits of HS2 project work across all delivery offices with regards to the conformance with OHSAS18001
• Collate Health and Safety data, monitor Health and Safety performance and report against objectives and targets.
• Provide monthly reports to the DJV Board via Dashboard and the Project Director on specified issues.
• Continuously improve the safety maturity of the DJV team using a basket of measures to deliver increasing levels of discretionary health and safety effort in the team.
• Create, roll out and continuously improve training and support for training where required, e.g., Health by Design etc.

Remuneration & Benefits

They believe in rewarding our staff for their commitment and endeavours and we have designed a flexible benefits package that we feel will suit all of our team. You will receive a basic salary that will match your skills, experience and requirements, coupled with:

• Pension matched to 8%
• Healthcare
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Annual Leave
• Annual Professional Institution Subscription Paid
• Tax Free Season Ticket Loan
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Childcare Vouchers
• Refer a Friend Scheme that rewards you for every successful introduction you make!

Opportunities like this are rare. Don’t miss out on a chance to put yourself in a place where great things can happen.

If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us you CV. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation

Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Infrastructure & Building professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Please call Richard at Carrington West on <phone number removed> for more information