Health & Safety Manager - #2192588

Health and Safety Manager

Reports to

Head of Property Management

Location

Glasgow preferable — with regular travel to managed assets and regional offices (Manchester, Leeds and London). Some Home working and some Glasgow Office and some travel.

Department

Health and Safety

Contract type

Permanent, full-time.

Salary

£50-55k dependent on experience and qualifications

Purpose of the Role

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded health and safety professional to take full ownership of the health and safety function across the business. Reporting to the Directors, the Manager, Health and Safety is the company’s principal source of competent advice, responsible for setting the operational health and safety objectives, securing their delivery across the asset management platform, and the Company as a business and an employer, providing the Board with assurance that the health and safety management system is working as intended.

The role is both strategic and hands-on. It combines policy ownership, audit and assurance, incident management and regulator liaison with the practical, day-to-day work of supporting Asset Managers, Property Managers and Facilities Managers to manage risk well across a live commercial portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy, Objectives and Continuous Improvement

• Set out operational health and safety objectives and ensure their achievement across the business.
• Ensure the adequate management of all health and safety objectives, with clear ownership, timescales and measures of success.
• Demonstrate continuous improvement of the health and safety strategy, evidencing progress year on year.
• Identify and source additional specialist health and safety assistance where this is necessary to meet the objectives.

Policy, Procedures and Documentation

• Implement the procedures and specific duties defined within the health and safety policy.
• Establish co-operation with the Directors, Asset Managers, Property Managers and Facilities Managers, and implement operational procedures which secure the objectives set out in the health and safety policy statement.
• Maintain the company’s health and safety documentation, including the Health and Safety Policy Statement, the Health and Safety Responsibility Chart and the Fire and Accident Reporting Procedures.
• Manage and maintain health and safety policy and working procedures so that documented practice and actual practice remain aligned.

Audit and Assurance

• Audit the overall health and safety policy and the working procedures that sit beneath it, providing assurance that the business is doing what it says it does.
• Collate non-conformance and health and safety incident data and use it to target audit and improvement activity.
• Report to the Directors on the performance of the health and safety management system, together with recommendations for improvement.

Incident Management and Statutory Reporting

• Administer the accident investigation and reporting procedure, ensuring investigations are timely, proportionate and properly closed out.
• Submit reports as required by local legislation, including the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) in the UK.
• Track trends and root causes across incidents and near misses and drive the corrective and preventive actions arising from them.

Legislation, Advice and External Liaison

• Advise the Directors and the Senior Management Team of policy, procedural and legislative changes.
• Identify the implications of changes in legislation or guidance and implement the required changes across the business.
• Liaise with the relevant local health and safety organisations (for example the Health and Safety Executive in the UK), the company’s insurers and other external bodies.
• Provide, and support the provision of, all necessary health and safety information to all stakeholders, including clients, occupiers, colleagues and contractors.

Training and Capability

• Identify and source health and safety training needs across the business.
• Upskill existing staff members in health and safety, building competence and confidence within the property and facilities management teams.

Third Party Managing Agents and Supply Chain

• Ensure that third party managing agents are maintaining compliance and managing risk appropriately.
• Ensure that health and safety responsibility is appropriately delegated and properly discharged, with clear evidence held on file.

Person Specification

The following are the essential requirements for the role.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH National Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety (or equivalent Level 6 qualification).
• Chartered Member of IOSH (CMIOSH), or Graduate Member working towards chartership.
• Recognised auditing qualification or demonstrable lead-auditor experience (e.g. ISO 45001).

Experience

• Substantial senior health and safety experience gained within commercial property management, facilities management or a comparable multi-site environment.
• Track record of setting health and safety strategy and objectives at company level and delivering measurable improvement against them.
• Experience of operating across multiple jurisdictions, or clear evidence of the ability to assist European offices and to source and manage outsourced specialist support appropriately.
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Knowledge

• Expert working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, including the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, CDM 2015, RIDDOR 2013 and fire safety legislation.
• Sound understanding of property-specific risk areas including asbestos, legionella and water hygiene, working at height, lifting equipment, electrical safety and the control of contractors.
• Awareness of the European health and safety framework (Directive 89/391/EEC and its national transpositions) and of how obligations differ between jurisdictions.