What you’ll be doing
as a Health, Safety & Wellbeing Audit & Risk Manager
1. As a technical expert (formal Lead Auditor qualification), develops audit objectives, plans, and scope to support implementation of the agreed HSW assurance plan.
2. Leading audits and directing audit team resources to ensure that the business is working to the agreed safety management system and company policies.
3. Provide written reports on assurance activity evaluating the various outcomes to agree and track to completion relevant preventative and corrective actions that drive improvements in business knowledge and compliance.
4. Contribute to improvements to the health and safety management system as informed by audit findings. Collaborating with management to monitor compliance and identify areas of improvement.
5. Develop audit tools and proformas and ensure audit teams have a full understanding of their use.
6. Undertake internal audit for various departments’ external accreditations – MCerts, ISO, etc.
7. Oversee Thames Waters IOS45001 accreditation, ensuring pre-audits and assurance with the requirements to maintain status.
8. Effectively lead the Health, Safety and Wellbeing culture of the team, as well as driving and creating an environment where good practices are a way of everyday life and total compliance is adhered to in line with Health & Safety Policy.
9. Ensuring an exceptional service to both our internal and external customers with early personal interventions as required.
10. Manage, guide and coach a team of professionally qualified auditors.
Base Location: Field-based - covering all of the Thames Valley
Working Pattern or hours: 36 hours
What you should bring to the role
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need are:
11. Charted Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) or working towards
12. Minimum NEBOSH Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety or recognised equivalent
13. Recognised Lead Auditor qualification in HSW
14. Proven experience in a Health & Safety role, including understanding of health and safety systems
15. Developed communications and diplomacy skills – written and verbal
16. Self-motivated and able to work as part of a team
17. Fully competent at using the appropriate Company IT systems and office software
18. UK driving licence or transferable equivalent
What’s in it for you?
19. Competitive salary from £44,000 - £58,000 per annum, depending on experience
20. Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
21. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
22. Generous Pension Scheme through AON
23. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.