Job Introduction

Job Title:  Health & Safety Manager (Construction)

Salary Banding:  £42,000 - £48,000 per annum

Job Location:  Birchwood, Warrington

Contact Duration:  Permanent

Hours (weekly):  35 working Monday - Friday

Do you like to roll up your sleeves and tackle health & safety issues head on, both strategically and operationally?

Do you enjoy a role with a high level of autonomy, including the opportunity to set the standard?

With more than 28,000 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, Your Housing Group has a large and diverse portfolio and a successful track record of delivering quality homes on time and under budget.

Your Housing Group is growing and evolving and at the heart of what we do is the desire to build further quality affordable housing and continue to grow our private rental portfolio throughout the North West of England.

Due to this growth, we now have a new opportunity for a proven and experienced Health & Safety Manager with a strong construction bias, to join the business and lead the way on developing and delivering a first-class Health and Safety service, implementing procedures and processes across all construction based projects throughout the Business.

The role of Health & Safety Manager (Construction bias) is varied, diverse and comes with a high level of autonomy, as you will have responsibility for both strategic and operational Health & Safety management of Group wide construction-based activities.

Reporting directly to the Group Head of Health and Safety, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of the H&S strategy for managing contractors, construction projects and R&M works in conjunction with the businesses H&S plan.

As this is a new position within the business, you have a real opportunity to put your own stamp on this role and be a driving force in designing effective H & S Plans that will become the standard for the business throughout Development, Asset, Compliance and Planned works whilst also ensuring legal compliance is adhered to effectively.

To be successful in this role and due to its high level of autonomy, you will need to have a strong technical background within construction, (preferably with some experience in small build projects) and will hold a NEBOSH (diploma) or NVQ level 5 in Health & Safety and be a graduate within IOSH as a minimum.

A keen influencer and facilitator, you will be hands on and able to give clear direction whilst onsite, yet also be strategically minded and able to assess the wider picture, identify gaps in process and create and roll out effective solutions. As a senior leader within the Health & Safety team you will also champion building a collaborative H&S culture throughout the business.

In return, we offer our Health & Safety Manager (Construction bias) a competitive salary of £42,000 - £48,000, plus an excellent benefits package including, a flexible approach to working, 25 days holiday (22 contractual, 3 non-contractual for Christmas shutdown) plus bank holidays, option to buy further holidays, contributory pension (matched up to 8%), life insurance, medical benefits scheme and subsidised gym membership.

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

Your Housing Group is a new generation of housing provider, working efficiently and effectively to build as many quality houses as possible, thereby playing its part in solving the national housing crisis. With over 28,300 homes across the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands, the business has a large portfolio of retirement living developments and an innovative private rental offer in Nuvu.

Closing date:  21 March 2019                        

Should we receive a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy earlier than the date indicated above

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for tenants or anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property.  It also operates the scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability. Those applicants who meet the minimum requirements for the role as set out in the role profile will be guaranteed an interview.  Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified. 

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