Senior Health & Safety Officer
Location
Walsall, West Midlands | United Kingdom
Job description
Up To £60,000 + 10% yearly Bonus + £5500 cash/car allowance
HomeServe are currently recruiting for a Senior Health & Safety Officer to join the Compliance & Risk Team. This role is predominantly home based with some national travel and a requirement to visit our Walsall office when required. To be successful in this role a Level 6 Health & Safety qualification is required.
As you will be responsible for managing a team, managerial experience is essential - preferably remote as your team will be split nationwide.
Salary is up to £60,000 + £5,500 cash/car allowance, 10% bonus and 25 days holiday.
The Safety department is responsible for developing strategies and frameworks as well as providing advice and assurance monitoring to enable management to keep our People and the business safe through risk management, safe working practices, domestic gas and water competence and assurance.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- To support the Director of Safety & Estates to ensure that all areas of HomeServe’s business comply with Health and Safety Legislation.
- To manage the Health & Safety team including 1:1s, time management etc.
- To lead the team in all areas of environment, health and safety within the remit of the role comply with business requirements, including but not limited to the FCA standards, data protection and corporate governance requirements.
- Ensure to team investigate RIDDOR reportable accidents and prepare reports to be submitted to the Director of Safety & Estates for the relevant regulator in a timely manner.
- Lead the team and monitor their progress to design, implement, maintain and review all aspects of the health and safety management system and the Safety and Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), in line with the latest health and safety guidance.
- Communicate incident trends and areas of risk, ensuring lessons are learnt and communicated to the key stakeholders of the region and encourage cross-functional learning throughout the team.
- Ensure the team maintain a good relationship with the People team, working with them in areas such as occupational health.
- Lead by example when completing and managing risk assessments, providing health & safety advice, carrying out workplace inspections, on-boarding contractors and maintaining records appropriately.
- Ensure health and safety training needs are identified and delivered where appropriate including, but not limited to, induction, IOSH, field training for both internal and external stakeholders
- Any other duties as required by the Director of Safety & Estates.
About You
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following knowledge, skills and attributes:
- Management experience or a management qualification (or working towards)
- A member of IOSH
- Strong oral and written communication skills, interpersonal and influencing skills with ability to promote understanding of complex issues
- Significant experience of working within the health & safety industry including creation of standards, procedures, safe systems of work and risk assessments
- Experience of working with the Regulator e.g. Health & Safety Executive
- Experience of working with insurers and brokers with claims
- Experience of creating reports at all levels up to, and including, Board level
- Ability to analyse and decipher data
- An understanding of health and safety legislative requirements
- Full driving licence
- Good IT skills including understanding of Microsoft Office suite/Google
- Proven experience of carrying out external and internal audits
Up To £60,000 + 10% yearly Bonus + £5500 cash/car allowance
Competive Salary + £5500 Cash/Car Allowance + 10% Yearly Bonus
Between £32,159 - £39,000 (Salary dependent upon experience) Plus £3000 signing on bonus
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