Health and Safety Manager

Equans is looking for a Health & Safety Manager to join the team covering Birmingham and the West Midlands on a permanent basis. This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. On offer is a competitive salary, company vehicle or allowance, bonus and benefits package.

Reporting to the Senior SHEQ Manager, the post holder will support operational teams within a public sector portfolio. The role offers hybrid working, with an expectation to be on site Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

The purpose of the role is to provide guidance and leadership to ensure that contracts in the Sustainable FM Services division meet their statutory safety and environment requirements and to assist contracts in delivering on responsible business initiatives.

The post holder will identify and deliver solutions to improve operational safety, health, environment & quality (SHEQ). Working closely, and in partnership, with the operational teams as well as the wider FM SHEQ teams, this role will ensure the EQUANS objectives & SHEQ culture are embedded within sites and contracts at a regional level.

We are looking for a passionate and collaborative individual with previous experience working with multisite FM operations, ideally within a similar role.

• Management of SHEQ across the Regional Operational area to ensure all work is undertaken to external and internal standards and guidelines
• Ensure all reportable data (Near Misses, Accidents, RIDDORs, HiPo’s, LTI’s, Incidents, LSV/MSV, Waste, Water, Energy, Social Initiatives, Volunteering etc) is recorded accurately on the contract – coach contracts, sites and individuals where required
• Establish SHEQ Action Plans for each contract with the Contract Director/Manager – these outputs will deliver safer workplaces, improved employee engagement, culture and support our work-winning activity as models of best practice
• Act on the findings of SHEQ Audits – providing guidance to the sites and feedback to SHEQ Solutions on tools, processes and systems that made be needed to improve the safety and quality of our work
• Mentor the Safety Ambassadors within the contracts that you will be responsible for
• Lead by example in following the company’s values and objectives
• Ensure that each contract has a Training Matrix or Learning Management System to ensure that all colleagues within the area have the appropriate, Quality and H&S training, qualifications, and development. The delivery of training that impacts safety should be monitored and prioritised
• Lead investigations and liaise with stakeholders, ensuring detailed investigations are undertaken and full reports/ recommendations are provided – these reports will adequately identify the root causes of incidents
• Hold close out meetings, to ensure incidents/ investigations are fully closed and firm action plans with recommendations are presented to the Accident Incident Review boards to prevent further occurrences across the division and UKBU
• Coach contracts to use the Divisional Reporting tools power Bi and feedback to the central SHEQ team on what further reporting may be needed
• Provide innovation and market leading solutions, delivering continuous improvement and data led focus on safety and responsible business

On offer is a competitive salary, company vehicle or allowance, bonus and benefits package, which includes;

• 25 days annual leave(+ public holidays)
• Life Cover equivalent to 2 times annual salary
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Cycle to work scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalized support programmes
• Attractive Employee…