Senior Health and Safety Officer

Senior Health & Safety Officer

Tower Hamlets (with regular travel to Park Street and London sites)

Up to £45,000 per annum

Hyde is looking to recruit a Senior Health & Safety Officer .

Hyde is one of the UK’s leading and award-winning providers of affordable homes in London, the South-East and surrounding areas. We provide and manage 50,000 homes to over 100,000 customers. Our ethos is simple: by providing customers with a safe and decent home it allows them to realise their potential, enjoy their environment and contribute to their community.

As a Senior Health & Safety Officer at Hyde, you will work within the Property Maintenance team to provide practical, operational health and safety support and advice to ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory and policy requirements, helping to embed a strong safety culture and continuous improvement mindset across Hyde’s maintenance operations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver toolbox talks, site inspections (30+ monthly), and H&S audits across London
• Support accident/incident investigations and lead on “lessons learnt” communications
• Provide guidance on risk management, compliance and CDM procedures
• Deputise for the Health & Safety Manager as required
• Monitor staff and contractor safety behaviours and escalate non-compliance
• Drive and maintain robust health and safety systems and procedures (including asbestos and manual handling risks)

Skills and Experience Required

• Experience in a similar health and safety role, ideally in property maintenance or construction
• Level 5 qualification in Occupational Health & Safety or equivalent required
• Strong knowledge of H&S legislation, including CDM and asbestos management
• Desirable: TechIOSH/GradIOSH, L3 training qualification, ISO 45001 auditing experience
• Confident communicator and relationship builder across varied stakeholders

Benefits

• A fantastic pension
• Life assurance
• Great holidays
• An award-winning flexible benefits package
• Volunteering days

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the Hyde Group. We strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusivity is the norm and not an initiative. Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences, and we’re committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace which reflects our customer profile and where everyone is proud to be unique.

Hyde is a disability confident employer and we are here to support you with any reasonable adjustments that you need throughout the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this advert as soon as a suitable candidate has been identified.