Taylor Woodrow is recruiting for a Health and Safety Manager to join their team working on the delivery of the infrastructure to support construction of 10,000 homes at Enfield Council's £6Bn Meridian Water development.
This £80M framework involves the remediation of the existing site and construction of roads, bridges and flood mitigation measures; as well as electricity, gas, communications, water connections and hectares of new landscaped parkland areas.
Duties:
- Initiate and maintain positive measures to raise standards, ensuring the company complies with ISO 45001 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.
- Work with the supply chain to establish effective relationships and ensure continuous improvement in delivering safety solutions.
- In cases of difference of opinion on health & safety issues, lead negotiations to reach the best solution for the project.
- Ensure a schedule of weekly health & safety inspections is established and monitored, including operational staff, senior management and support services.
- Ensure effective assessments of the site are carried out prior to the start of any work, focusing on potential hazards e.g. services, access, ground conditions, etc
Person Specification
- 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