Health & Safety Officer - London (Central)

Our client is one of the top 5 building companies in Northern Ireland Ireland and operates throughout the country and in the UK. They deliver projects for both the public and private sectors ranging from Education to Retail to Interior Fit-outs and large scale commercial projects.

The company has need of a site based Health & Safety Officer to join their team on a project in East London, to take control of all aspects relating to H&S on this site, as well as any new sites at the projects end

Key Tasks:

• Ensuring compliance with all current legislation, including codes of practice and relevant standards (BS/ISO).
• Ensure that the company procedures are being fully implemented throughout the Company, providing assistance to the managers on practical management of the Health and Safety systems.
• Produce and Develop Site Health and Safety Plan.
• Produce and Develop Site Construction Stage Environmental Management Pan
• Arrange, prepare and carry out Site Inductions.
• Update and keep all records associated with HSEQ
• Review and comment on Sub Contract’s MSRA
• Produce MSRA’s when required.
• Ensure all HSEQ statistics are recorded and logged.
• Arrange, co-ordinate and minute, Site Health and Safety meetings
• Provide a professional audit role in the company, carry out site Audits. To work with the Company management team to ensure that the corrective action from the audit is carried out within given timescales.
• Investigate accidents and dangerous occurrences, maintaining proper records and complying with and reporting to relevant bodies (RIDDOR).
• Ensure that breaches of the health and safety programme and regulations are reported to the H,S&E Manager and that these are dealt with under the company Disciplinary Rules and Procedures.
• Maintain working relationships with the Health, Safety & Environment Manager, Health and Safety administrator and designated H&S representatives in each division.
• To maintain an open relationship with the management team allowing for the reporting of health and safety management information in an efficient manner.
• Attend at company health and safety committee meetings and advise on suitable action plans.
• Maintain internal relationships with other internal departments as appropriate for the effective operation of the health and safety function – human resources, environmental, insurance, quality, transport fleet managers etc.
• Build effective relationships with appropriate external bodies appropriate for the management of health and safety – Health and Safety Executive, Health and Safety Inspectors, CITB, IOSH, QPA etc.

Key Skills:

• Postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject related to industrial health and safety management – preferably the NEBOSH Diploma in Health and Safety Management. Other NEBOSH qualifications will be considered.
• At least 3 years’ experience in a health and safety role to include experience implementing and operating to Health and Safety Management Systems.
• Preferable to have experience in construction on similar sized projects (£15million +)
• In depth knowledge of current best practice of health and safety in this industry, and a working in-depth knowledge of legislative compliance.
• Excellent administration skills, and knowledge of the importance of record keeping to the H&S function. Computer literate

This is a great opportunity for NI based, UK wide Top Tier contractor on a prestigious project for the company.

For more information or to discuss in confidence, please contact Henry Deazley at CSR on 02892627488. Alternatively, to apply, click on the link below.

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