Vacancy Details

Job Title:  Health and Safety Manager

Salary: £44,000- £50,000 p/a  

Job Location:  Warrington / Agile working

Duration:  Permanent

Hours (weekly):  35 h/pw (Mon – Fri)

Are you a Health and Safety Manager looking for a role that offers more flexibility and a better work/life balance?

Do you thrive in a fast-paced, challenging role where every day is different?

Your Housing Group has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Health and Safety Manager who will support Fix 360 (our In-House Contractor) to ensure operations across all business units and central functions are fully compliant with Health and Safety legislation and Group Health and Safety policy and procedures.

As Health and Safety Manager you will ensure a consistent approach to Health and Safety across the Group and develop a health, safety and wellbeing culture amongst all Fix360 colleagues, embedding Health & S at the core of all Fix360 activity.

Fix360 is a dynamic Contractor that provides a growing suite of property maintenance services to 28,000 properties owned by Your Housing Group (YHG) across the North of England. With a strong value proposition, our vision is to deliver 100% of YHGs repairs and maintenance works by 2026 and to achieve this we need great people. 

This will be a fast paced role where the Health and Safety Manager will lead the delivery of a Fix360 central Health and Safety service, offering technical advice to internal business units and across Group on how to optimise Health and Safety, supporting the implementation of safe working practices, leading on the implementation of training and ensuring that the team’s activities are customer focussed and delivered to required timescales.

Alongside a very competitive basic salary you will receive fantastic benefits including 33 days holidays (plus the option to buy more), a pension matched up to 8% and the ability to manage your own life with our agile working scheme - meaning you will no longer be tied to an office chair after an already hefty commute everyday of your working life.

If you have……

• National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) Diploma or equivalent
• Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH)
• Experience of dealing with outside agencies including the HSE, local authorities, fire service and insurance companies Experience of leading and managing a Health and Safety function and associated budgets.
• Experience of implementing and operating Health & Safety Management Systems.
• Knowledge of current Health and Safety Legislation and best practice
• Knowledge of COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health), asbestos and other appropriate legislation
• Ability to produce Board level reports based on Health and Safety data

…..then we’d love to hear from you!

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.

Applicants are advised that in the event of receiving a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. YHG1         

Closing date: 8th March 2020

Your Housing Group