Health and Safety Manager

Health and Safety Manager - Suffolk - infrastructure project within the power/energy sector - well-established main contractor - £65k-£75k+excellent benefits.

Health and Safety Manager - responsible for developing a positive health & safety culture focused upon accident prevention and improving the health & safety across the project. 3 year project supporting infrastructure works across a major National Grid asset.

Responsibilities:-
- Initiate and maintain positive measures to raise standards, ensuring the company complies with OHSAS 18001 obligations, health & safety legislation and all minimum health & safety standards (MSS).
- Support the monitoring of sites through the audit process, in a proactive manner to address any issues.
- Establish a system to ensure that all personnel on site, to work or to visit, have received a site induction briefing before going on site. Ensure the induction is regularly updated to reflect current site hazards/conditions.
- Ensure effective investigations take place to prevent accidents & incidents, whilst ensuring effective learning from all events are presented to the head of HSEQ for wider business distribution.
- Ensure a construction phase health & safety plan is prepared and accepted before works start and make sure the plan is continually updated.
- Introduce initiatives to improve standards and ensure safe working, whilst focusing on the proactive side of health & safety management.
- Identify, promote and where required, implement health & safety best practice.
- Participate in supporting the business with regards to tenders and pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQ’s) and tender submissions, as designated by Senior Safety Manager/Preconstruction Team.
- Work with the supply chain to establish effective relationships and ensure continuous improvement in delivering safety solutions.
- In cases of difference of opinion on health & safety issues, lead negotiations to reach the best solution for the project.
- Ensure a schedule of weekly health & safety inspections is established and monitored, including operational staff, senior management and support services.

Person Specification
- Previous experience as a Health and Safety Manager working on a major infrastructure project
- Degree or equivalent in a construction related subject
- NEBOSH General/Construction Cert (minimum)
- NEBOSH Diploma/NVQ L6 in Health and Safety (desired)