Health and Safety Manager

Job Title:Health and Safety Manager

Location:Project Offices - Carlisle

Thorn Baker's Award-Winning Civils Specialist client is looking for a Health and Safety Manager to join their joint venture, delivering the civils work for a substation upgrade. Works include earthworks, roads, drainage, concrete structures and piling, followed by fit out works.

Reporting to the Project Director, the Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for leading on all HSEQ matters across the joint venture

What's in it for you:

• £70-72kper annum+ car or carallowance
• Generous pension contribution
• Learning and Development opportunities

Required Skills:

• Previous experience as a Health and Safety Manager working on a major infrastructure project
• Degree or equivalent in Environment Management / Sciences / Sustainability and/or completion of IEMA Foundation Certificate
• NEBOSH General or NEBOSH Construction Certificate or NVQ L3 in Health and Safety

Your 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.
• Full job description available upon request.

Key skills: health and safety manager, construction, civils, NEBOSH

For more information on the role please contact Rhian at Thorn Baker on (phone number removed) or email: (url removed)

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