Group Health and Safety Manager in Wiltshire

Role: Group Health and Safety Manager

Salary: £44k plus Company car and other benefits package to incude 25 days holiday etc

Job Status: Permanent / Full Time

Location: National - ideally based near Swindon, Wiltshire

Vacancy Reference: VR/0481 (Please quote this vacancy reference number when making an application)

Role Description:

Our Client is a major player in today’s marketplace, offering a wide variety of service provision, with national capability. The original company was founded in 1987 to provide high quality cleaning and support services to all sectors of the marketplace - commercial, retail, leisure, governmental and educational and they now service 500+ sites with over 3,600 employees.

They are now recruiting for the position of Group Health & Safety Manager and it is preferable for someone to have experience of the FM market.

As Group Health and Safety Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the H&S legal compliance is maintained. To include all operational activities implementing best practice procedures for all levels of employees.

Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

Working closely with the HR Director, Operations Director and Senior Management team across the group to develop and deliver the strategic business objectives to drive success through, leadership & Health & Safety strategies.
Act as the lead “Competent Person” for the company in all Health & Safety matters.
Provide specific, competent HS advice to the organisation
Maintain the organisation’s accreditation to; ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & OHSAS 18001
Ensure the smooth transition from OHSAS 18001 to ISO 45001
Maintain all Safety Scheme in Procurement registrations
Ensure all accidents are reported, investigated thoroughly and lessons learned are cascaded across the organisation as remedial actions to avoid reoccurrence.
Report all RIDDOR events to the authorities within the statutory time frame.
Deal with all insurance claims including EL, PL and property and liaise with company insurers.
Manage the organisation’s pro-active approach to HS by;
Managing, recording and following up the in house Near Miss reporting scheme.
Managing the output of and assisting in the completion of internal assurance audits across sites
Managing the Fleet Risk Management system
Produce and cascade regular Tool Box Talk type training to Managers
Carry out reviews and updates of all site specific risk assessments and COSHH assessments
Liaise with operational managers to ensure that site specific controls are adhered to
Produce and update in house documentation / operational HS manuals
Attend pre-contract meetings and estimate H & S risks for tenders/quotations.
Monitor the competence of all sub-contractors and employees on site.
Carry out Health & Safety inductions to employees and sub-contractors.
Manage the safety and compliance of company premises, e.g. DSE, Fire Safety and management of first aid arrangements