Health & Safety Manager - Dungeness

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further!

Aureos are seeking a Health & Safey Manager to support our project in Dungeness.

As a Health & Safety Manager you will provide competent health, safety, quality assurance and environmental advice and support for a major demolition project on a nuclear licensed site. Promote proactive risk reduction, accident prevention and positive behavioural change through compliance with management system requirements, effective solutions and initiatives, workshop facilitation and clear communication.

Ensure HSE audits and inspections are completed, recorded and used to reinforce positive behaviours and support a strong health and safety culture. Promote and coach teams on HSEQ management system requirements. Manage and mentor direct reports, supporting their development and improvement. Demonstrate effective leadership, positive behaviours and a solutions-focused approach.

Primary duties, responsibilities and accountabilities :

• Working with the project SMT, exploring opportunities to de-risk the project and specific high hazard work scopes and applying the principles of prevention.

• Facilitating risk assessment workshops with the project team and subject matter experts.

• Maintain the project health and safety risk register and construction phase plan (CPP).

• Liaise with Client project team to ensure coordination with station operations and meeting client’s accountabilities as a nuclear licence holder.

• Contributing to wider company initiatives, procedures and lesson learnt as requested.

• Responsible for ensuring HSQE specific KPI information is tracked and produce appropriate performance reports

• Active attendance and participation in internal / external meetings / forums / working groups to promote the business activities

• Assisting the operational team with reviewing of CDM and other HSEQ documentation

• Assurance of process and working methods; monitor effectiveness of the business management system

• Take an active role in developing, maintaining and promoting a positive HSQE culture

• Ensuring compliance with standards and client requirements

• Undertaking task analysis of risk assessment and method statements / Task briefings

• Provide support and advice for staff to aid and promote sustainable practices

• Ensure all requirements and findings are closed within the required timescales

• For ensuring any lessons are shared with the wider team and managing the team resource in the most cost effective and economical manner.

• Ensuring any problems or positives are raised to a higher level as necessary.

• Ensuring the required level and quality of HSE advice required is provided.

Secondary duties, responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Liaison with regulatory/enforcement bodies when required

• Encourage quality contributions and ensure timely close out and feedback is actioned, promote lessons learnt and good practice sharing.

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with site teams, clients and other stakeholders

• Promotion of occupational health, and wellbeing.

• Prepare and aid delivery of workforce awareness, engagement briefings and training sessions

• Lead on Level 2 investigations and support others in such investigations

• Proactively reducing risk through input and attendance during the planning process

• Provide support to tendering activity as required

• Deputise for Lead HSQE Manager where appropriate

Qualifications and Training

Essential:

• NEBOSH Diploma – Level 6 (or similar)

• IOSH Chartered Membership

• Valid driving Licence

• CSCS Health and Safety Managers Card

• At least 5 years in heavy construction and/or demolition

• Major projects experience

• Experience to include at least 3 years with a Tier 1 contractor organisation

• Experience in effective accident investigations and follow up

• An excellent understanding of CDM 2015 and other related HSE related legislation

• A demonstrable track record success in improving and maintaining good health and safety performance

• A proven track record of proactive health and safety management

• Excellent time management and relationship skills, comfortably working effectively within a broad range of working environments.

• Positive attitude

• Ability to use IT systems including Microsoft 365, and HSQE specific systems.

Desirable:

• IEMA Practitioner member (or equivalent) - Essential if E is included in the role

• Mental Health First Aider

• Formal accident investigation training i.e. Kelvin Top Set 1 day – 3 day or similar

• Manager, Supervisor or Leadership Training

• Asbestos Management/Awareness training

• Lifting operations competencies/experience

• Confined spaces competencies/experience

• Emergency planning competencies/experience

• Radiological protection competencies/experience

• Behavioural Safety Training/experience incl TCUP

• COSHH Coordinator competencies /experience

• Experience on working on Nuclear Licenced facilities

• Experience in developing and the application of management systems

• Site inspections and risk assessment experience

• Sustainability and carbon capture

• Familiar with Bowtie Risk Analysis processes

• Strong interpersonal skills able to communicate clearly to inform and influence others; uses appropriate, effective methods to deliver messages.

• Embraces and drives continuous improvement, challenging the status quo for the benefit of the business, supporting learning and development.

• Hands on approach to problem solving

• Excellent standard of written and numerical literacy

In return you will receive

• Generous Salary
• 25 days Holiday with the option to buy more
• Pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Employee benefits portal.
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance
• Referral Scheme

Whether you are looking for progression in your new role or for your forever job, we will happily welcome your application.

Equal Opportunities

Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.