Health and Safety role with Construction Experience for our client based on the South Coast in Devon.
The position is for someone with solid experience in Health and Safety. Additional experience within a construction environment will be beneficial.
This is a long-term contract. Initially 6 months, but will be extended ongoing as the role is for a Government-based client offering excellent long-term work security.
The pay is: PAYE £23-34.00 per hour, £25-40.00 per hour Ltd.
The role:
You will be reporting to the Compliance Manager and responsible for leading the provision of Health and Safety Management and support. You will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and guidance and site health & safety policies, procedures, and standards.
In conjunction with the Compliance Manager, assist in the planning, delivery, monitoring, and evaluation of the performance of the team with the aim of enhancing delivery of measurable performance while demonstrating a duty of care to staff in the working environment.
Provide support to the Project Management/Principal Contractor teams, providing specific specialist knowledge and advice to allow them to support their specific assigned areas of responsibility.
To carry out, and report on, scheduled and unscheduled Active Monitoring checks and inspections to ensure compliance with health & safety policies, procedures, and standards.
Where required, deputise for the Due Diligence Manager in their absence.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
1. To proactively support in the implementation of key elements of the Site Safety plan and to proactively manage and reduce construction health and safety risk.
2. Assist the Compliance Manager in coordinating project construction safety implementation.
3. Implementation of the Company Safety, Quality, and Environmental policies in the HS&E area of the business ensuring that assessment of risks is carried out which lead to safe working attitudes and practices.
4. Compile and/or review core documentation, including the following: Construction Phase Plan compilation and updating where the Principal Contractor is Babcock. In the case where an external Principal Contractor is appointed, the role will be to review, comment, and ensure updates occur.
5. Provision of competent professional construction health and safety advice across Major Infrastructure Projects.
6. Undertake construction project workplace inspections to identify hazards, determine ways of reducing risks, ensure adherence to risk assessment and best practice. Feedback this information to the project teams and the business by defined routes for action and closure.
7. Participate in the site audit program including the management of corrective and preventive actions.
8. Provide active monitoring – by both scheduled and unscheduled health checks and inspections to ensure compliance with health & safety policies, processes, and standards.
9. From time to time, in relation to projects carry out investigations of accidents, incidents, and cases of ill health to identify root causes and ensure suitable and sufficient corrective and preventative action is captured in line with management system process.
10. Undertake reviews of Contractor HS&E documentation and advise Project Management on its suitability and alignment with site project requirements.
11. When tasked, develop and deliver health and safety awareness sessions for learning best practice opportunities for project works.
12. Represent the department as required at committees/meetings providing relevant input and maximising shared learning opportunities.
13. Liaise where required with the MOD Safety team in relation to safe working practices for construction projects.
14. Develop and deliver Health and Safety Improvement Projects.
15. Keep up to date with current health and safety legislation and best practice.
16. Play an active role in promoting learning lessons from near misses and incidents at project level whilst ensuring this information is shared through reporting processes to Babcock Devonport.
Qualifications and Experience:
1. Minimum HNC or Equivalent in a relevant discipline.
2. Construction NEBOSH Cert or BSC Diploma, and courses in specific high-risk activities.
3. Examples of Membership include: The Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (CMIOSH), ROSPA, Construction Group memberships, affiliations to engineering groups such as ICE.
4. Desirable: Scaffold Inspection, Confined Spaces, Asbestos Awareness training qualification. If these are not already achieved, must be working towards.
5. Ongoing CPD.
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