Health And Safety Manager

Location: Brighton and Hove

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…