Job Information
Fedcap Health & Safety Manager in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Company
Fedcap Employment (part of The Fedcap Group) is a not-for-profit organisation delivering employability solutions across a range of UK contracts through a blend of local frontline professional teams. Our services are more vital than ever before to individuals and their wider communities as we tackle unemployment rates head on.
We are currently recruiting for a Health and Safety Manager to join an existing team.
The Role
Reporting to the Heads of Estates & Safety the Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining Health and Safety policy and procedures that enable us to prote ct the Health and Safety of our people and customers.
Location: Middlesbrough
Shifts- This is a part-time role, we are flexible regarding hours and days.
Salary £45,000 (pro-rata)
Key Responsibilities
Ensure the smooth running of the Health & Safety model, including incident investigation and risk assessment. Indicating the necessary measures required for continued legal compliance and continuous improvement.
Carry out Annual Fire Risk Assessments of Fedcap’ premises
Promote a culture of full compliance and continual improvement for all HSE requirements, ensuring compliance with legislation and company HSE policies is maintained.
Work collaboratively with the HR team to support our people with adequate health and safety assessments, reasonable adjustments and health and adequate supportive measures.
Work collaboratively with the estates and facilities team to ensure all our premises are compliant with all Health and safety regulations.
Work closely with HR to develop our approach to employee wellbeing.
Lead on the company safeguarding approach for both customers and employees, liaising with the relevant internal / external stakeholders to mitigate risks for both the business and the individual.
Collaborate with managers and colleagues to provide guidance on all Health & Safety related matters and give information, advice asnd coaching on relevant legislation and internal HSE systems and reinforcement of site standards.
Managing the business to ensure colleagues are successful in complying with Health & Safety legislation, delivering sessions to various stakeholders to ensure the Health and Safety model is followed.
Develop and maintain written occupational health and safety (OHS) and business continuity procedures, ensuring we comply with relevant legislation, meet customer requirements, and deliver services with the Health and Safety of our employees and customers in mind.
Implement and maintain an effective OHS Management System, including procedures for monitoring, measuring, audit, review, risk assessment, risk control and recommending corrective actions so that all employees and customers benefit from a safe working environment.
Advise on the implementation of OHS procedures in all areas of our existing business, providing support to operational managers when working with enforcing authorities (e.g. HSE, local authority) to ensure the best possible local relationships exist in these areas to safeguard the business.
Ensure all employees receive relevant and up-to-date information and guidance on all Health and Safety matters and promote active interest in Health and Safety issues by use of e-mail, intranet and training sessions so that Health and Safety issues are communicated to and understood by all employees.
Ensure that regular inspections/audits are carried out on all workplaces according to the arrangements set out in our Health and Safety Policy, and monitor these to check that the standards of inspections are satisfactory, following up issues arising from inspections as necessary to ensure compliance with policy.
Assist with the development and maintenance of the Business continuity plan, ensuring records and systems are up to date so that in emergency critical operations are able to function effectively.
Person Specification
Proven experience in a Health and Safety management role
Experience in building a strong Health & Safety culture understanding both people related, and estates related health and safety practice and legislation.
Ability to develop and train others within the H&S team.
Experience in implementing health and safety management systems, including developing policies, guidance, and auditing.
Self-motivated problem solver with a positive approach to their workload
Someone with the ability to deal with and thrive in an environment of regular change
NEBOSH qualification
Fire Safety/Fire Risk assessor qualification
GradIOSH / CMIOSH
Experience of dealing with enforcing authorities.
Up-to-date knowledge of relevant OHS legislation, including health and safety in the workplace and customer safeguarding legislation.
Experience of assessing and implementing statutory requirements and responding to developments in case law
Experience of leading health and safety policy development in an organisation where safeguarding of vulnerable adults is a core business activity.
Benefits
You won’t work on weekends or bank holidays!
A monthly benefits scheme worth £500 with access to over 900 retailers
A cycle to work scheme that is open all year long!
Laptop and mobile phone for every employee!
Employee assistance programme (EAP). A telephone service offering various support services including emotional support, stress helpline amongst others.
The opportunity of an Institute of Employability Professionals (IEP) qualification for all employees
A two-week Induction and training programme
Company annual leave, including a buy/sell scheme.
Free life cover!
Pension with a 4% match from Fedcap
Additional information
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Fedcap Employment is committed to applying equal opportunities at all stages of recruitment and selection, in line with its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy in addition to our duty under the Equality Act 2010 to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination; to advance equality of opportunity.
Fedcap Employment is a Disability Confident Leader employer and as such, any candidate with a disability will not be excluded unless the candidate is unable to perform a duty intrinsic to the role, having considered reasonable adjustments. Reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process will be made to ensure that no applicant is disadvantaged because of their disability.
Disability confident employer
Fedcap is a recognised Disability Confident Leader with commitments to aim to recruit, retain and develop disabled people within the company. We encourage applications from people with disabilities and will offer to support with reasonable adjustments where required.
Veterans and service personnel
Fedcap is positive about employing veterans and service personnel spouses or family members as part of our commitment to upholding principles of the Armed Forces Covenant.
Advert expiry: If you are interested in the position we recommend applying at your earliest convenience. Fedcap reserves the right to withdraw a job advertisement at any time.
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