Health And Safety Manager

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
 

KSD Support Services Ltd is part of the KSD Group, a leading building maintenance and facilities management provider operating across the UK. The company delivers comprehensive FM services to a portfolio of prestigious clients, including major retail, hospitality, and commercial organisations such as Tesco and Stonegate Group.
 

JOB PURPOSE:
 

To work in developing, implementing, and maintaining health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment for staff, subcontractors and clients. Your expertise will help us identify potential hazards, promote safety awareness, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The primary responsibilities are detailed below; however KSD Support Services Ltd may require additional responsibilities to be absorbed within reason from time to time to meet business demands.
 

•    Liaise closely with the SMT to effect new H&S systems for the business.

•    Provide day-to-day health, safety and environmental advice and guidance to managers, supervisors, engineers, clients and subcontractors;

•    Implement, and review health, safety and environmental policies and procedures in line with current legislation; 

•    Ensure compliance with company procedures, client requirements, legislation, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & ISO 4500 standards; dedicated audit governance. 

•    Attend client meetings as and when required by the client;

•    Manage the relationship and on-boarding process for subcontractors;

• Conduct site inspections, spot checks and audits, prioritising high risk activities for the Company and subcontractors; 

•    Deliver in-house training sessions, toolbox talks and new starter inductions;

•    Lead with investigations of incidents and accidents, including reporting any RIDDOR reportable incidents to the HSE within the prescribed time frame and performing root cause analysis to prevent future occurrences; 

•    Work closely with KSD’s various departments to promote and improve a positive culture of health and safety awareness throughout the Company; 

•    Form risk assessments and method statements across genres – CoSHH, Work Equipment, Lifting Operations, Manual Handling, Display Screen and so on and so forth. 

•    Prepare documentation and site folders for large projects.; particularly F10 contracts.

•    Maintain and keep the Company’s accreditations up to date (9001/14001/45001) • Prepare detailed reports on the Company’s health and safety performance, compliance, and make recommendations for improvement for board meetings presentations. 

•    Ensure that appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is provided to staff and that machinery and equipment meet safety standards in tandem with the HR department. 

•    Support the HR Department from time to time with health and safety training course bookings and follow-up with staff where necessary. 

•    Attend Board meetings from time to time to report as required (RIDDOR events or similar).

PERSON SPECIFICATION:
 

Essential Requirements:
 

•    Full Clean UK Driving License; 

•    Proven experience in a health, safety and environmental management role or similar position, ideally within the construction or facilities management industry;

•    Strong knowledge of health, safety and environmental regulations and best practices; 

•    Maintain accurate records;

•    Excellent report writing skills with the ability to communicate complex findings and information clearly; 

•    NEBOSH certificate or equivalent qualification;

•    Proficient in the use of IT platforms, Outlook, Word, Excel; 

•    Excellent time management skills;

•    Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to engage with staff, subcontractors and clients at all levels; 

•    Strong organisational skills with attention to detail in managing multiple tasks effectively and prioritising when needed; 

•    Ability to work independently as well as part of a team, demonstrating leadership in promoting health and safety initiatives. 
 

Desirable Requirements:

•    Internal auditing experience, ideally in ISO9001, ISO14001 and ISO45001 
•    IOSH membership; 
•    CSCS Card or equivalent;
•    Experience in face fit testing;
•    Site Management Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS) or Site Supervision Safety Training Scheme (SSSTS) certificate; 
 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT :

Working Hours:

•    Working Days/Hours: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.00pm.

  Company Benefits:

•    Excellent training and development opportunities.
•    20 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
•    Friendly working environment.
•    Paid team events.
•    Paid 30-minute lunch break.
•    Free on-site parking.
•    Dress down Fridays.
•    Workplace Pension contributions – 3% employer, 5% employee.