Health and Safety Manager

Health and Safety Manager

Essex and East London (Hybrid Working with travel)

£55,293 plus benefits

Permanent, Full Time (Monday - Friday, with flexibility)

35 hours per week + participation in out of hours rota

Estuary Housing is excited to announce a significant opportunity for a Health and Safety Manager. This role is crucial for overseeing and ensuring effective Health and Safety practices across our housing stock situated in Essex and East London

As the Health and Safety Manager, you will be tasked with leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive health and safety strategy that proactively addresses existing challenges while anticipating future legislation. Your responsibilities will include conducting thorough risk assessments, identifying potential hazards, and developing actionable plans to mitigate those risks.

You will also facilitate collaboration with customers, colleagues, and external partners, fostering open communication channels to enhance understanding and compliance regarding health and safety standards. Your leadership will be pivotal in ensuring that all stakeholders are engaged and informed, ultimately contributing to a safer living environment for all residents.

You will be required to travel around our housing stock and be on-site a few times a week, as well as two office days, the rest of the time you can work at home.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Carry out inspections and audits in all Estuary workplaces to identify unsafe plant, unsafe working conditions and practices and fire hazards.

• Develop, undertake, monitor, and review the programme of health, safety and fire assessments/audits

• Provide data of any incident and/or work-based accident that may have a fiscal impact on the Association and/or where the incident has had to be reported to the relevant authorities to the Assistant Director of Property Compliance.

• Manage the team’s customer complaints and be proactive in evaluating and making changes to prevent complaints in the future, working closely with managers within Built Environment.

• Monitor compliance of the CDM regulations and other site health & safety issues. Work with and review health and safety plans in conjunction with the Principal Designer and Principal Contractor to ensure that all Client duties are met for planned investment works

To be successful in this role you must have:

• Substantial experience of providing a proactive & responsive Health and Safety service.

• Line management experience is essential.

• Experience of working within a similar background, housing, local authority, construction or facilities would be preferred.

• NEBOSH national diploma in Occupational Health & Safety or equivalent or the willingness to work towards one.

• P405 certificate in asbestos management or P402 Asbestos Surveying.

• P901 Legionella Awareness

• Full UK driving licence and access to a car - travel throughout Essex and East London. If you think you have the skills and experience to make a big difference and impact in how Estuary takes services forward, we would love to hear from you!

Please apply as soon as possible as you may be contacted sooner for an interview so if you have the attitude and skills needed to excel in this role, apply today!

Due to the nature of the role, you will be required to work from the office when required for business needs, therefore must live at a commutable distance (office working will also include face-to-face meetings). You will also be required to climb ladders for site inspections as and when required.

Rewards & Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including blended working, benchmarked pay, an excellent pension scheme, healthcare cash plan, cycle scheme and season ticket loans. Further to this you can expect generous holiday and paid leave allowances, a tailored induction programme and fantastic ongoing training and development opportunities. So, do you think this is for you? Are you ready for the challenge? Well, if you are, we would love you to apply.

Values-based recruitment

Estuary has a value-based recruitment policy which means our selection process is aligned with our core values of Respect, 'One Estuary’, Accountable and Responsible when recruiting, we find the right person with the right values and expected behaviours for the job, who will strive to provide excellent services to the people we support. This supplements our requirements for essential and desirable skills, knowledge and abilities for each role.

Safeguarding & Recruitment

Estuary is committed to safeguarding and practices safer recruitment standards and expects all staff to share the commitment to safeguarding children and people with care and support needs. The successful applicants will be required to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Diversity & Inclusion

At Estuary Housing Association we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work and everything we do. We aim to be an inclusive organisation, where individual differences are respected, where staff, people who use services, as well as their families and carers, are treated with dignity and on the basis of their merits, abilities and needs, and where everyone has a fair opportunity to fulfil their potential without suffering discrimination or disadvantage.

Closing date: 12th November 2024

Interview date: To be confirmed