Health & Safety Manager
Location: Reading with travel to sites in the Thames Valley
Salary: £50‑60k (DOE), car/allowance plus excellent benefits
Client: Leading UK building, infrastructure, engineering and fit‑out contractor delivering projects across health, education, highways, justice, defence, aviation, water and environment sectors.
Primary non‑infrastructure partner for Thames Water in the Thames Valley, delivering asset improvements during the AMP7 regulatory period. Work mainly in the NW quadrant of Thames Valley (north of the M4 from Reading to Chippenham) and sites around Oxford and the Cotswolds, with projects ranging from £3m to £25m and an annual framework turnover of over £45m.
Role Overview
You will have primary responsibility to ensure health and safety management systems and arrangements are at the forefront of best practice. Provide assurance that these systems and arrangements are applied consistently across the business to control activity risks.
Responsibilities
* Review, revise and publish health and safety management systems processes and forms to meet policy commitments and legal obligations.
* Consider and respond to feedback on company systems, processes and forms.
* Act as point of contact for service monitoring and resolution of issues with external specialist system providers (Sypol for COSHH assessments and Cardinus for DSE assessment).
* Lead on development of new health and safety systems and initiatives as identified and required.
* Develop internal audit processes to ensure all business units meet policy commitments and legal obligations.
* Develop audit processes for joint ventures to ensure their systems meet policy commitments and legal obligations.
* Manage the audit program: undertake audits, produce audit reports, raise and monitor close‑out of NCRs.
* Produce monthly audit performance reports.
* Develop and maintain a regime of supplier audits for high‑risk and other suppliers.
* Lead supplier audit activities, liaising with procurement and suppliers.
* Investigate opportunities to generate income through audit processes.
* Produce monthly supplier audit progress and performance reports.
Experience and Qualifications
Minimum NEBOSH Health and Safety Diploma.
Member of IOSH or IIRSM with up‑to‑date CPD; International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) accredited OH&S lead and internal auditor training.
Certified by the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA).
Environmental training/qualification (desirable); Member of IEMA (desirable).
Enthusiastic promotion of first‑class health & safety standards.
Strong teamwork, independent and autonomous work, effective communication and influence, self‑management for high output, and experience in construction sector, ideally for a main contractor.
Benefits
* 26 days annual leave (option to buy/sell up to 3 days)
* Private medical insurance (option to buy family cover)
* Life assurance
* Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%
* Volunteer time (2 days)
* Flexible and agile working (dependent on role)
* Employee assistance programme, professional membership fees
* Flexible benefits scheme: critical illness insurance (option for partner), dental insurance, travel insurance, bike‑to‑work scheme, retail vouchers/activity passes for leisure attractions
Key Words
* Health and Safety Manager
* H&S Manager
* SHEQ Manager
* HSe Manager
* Construction
* Infrastructure
* Water Treatment
* Water Sector
* Water Industry
* Wastewater
* Utilities
* Sewage
* Rail
* Highways
* Power Generation
* Energy from Waste
* Defence
* Environment
* H&S Systems
* Compliance
* Audit
* NEBOSH
* IOSH
* IIRSM
* Lead Auditor
Job Information
Job Reference: 887273_1707737434
Salary From: £
Salary To: £
Job Locations: South East, South West
Job Types: Permanent
Job Skills: Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Operations
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