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Senior H&S Manager
October 27, 2023 | Comments Off on Senior H&S Manager
Rethinking Safety through Inclusion + Wellbeing
Inclusion and Wellbeing is our holistic approach to physical and psychological health and safety - addressing the unique risk factors in construction.
At Laing O'Rourke we are looking for a Health & Safety Manager to manage, lead and champion Health & Safety delivery within our Select Plant Hire Business.
Select has built an excellent reputation as one of the UK's largest and most diverse suppliers of choice for equipment, accommodation, and services to the construction industry.
Select owns and operates one of the UK's largest and most comprehensive ranges of lifting equipment including tower cranes, crawler cranes, mobile cranes, and lifting accessories.
This is a national role, however, Select depo is based out of St Neots, where regular meetings and collaboration are likely to take place.
Position Summary:
- Manage, lead and champion for Health and Safety delivery within their project/business/facility.
- Knowledge of previous H&S regulations around the plant hire industry, tower cranes, plant hire equipment
- To provide local advice and support necessary to assist managers and staff to fulfil their safety responsibilities to the high standards demanded by the Business.
- Facilitate and coach operational teams on I+W and the respective engagement tools, which allow the team to engage effectively with the workforce.
- Carry out relevant H&S assurance activities, providing confidence to the business that operational effectiveness of all relevant processes is being delivered.
- Support and influence the project leadership team to develop the soft skills required to deliver Inclusion + Well-being successfully, i.e., listening, openness, honesty, collaboration, willingness to learn and suspended judgement/ understanding
What skills & experience are we looking for?
- Qualification at level 5 (min)
- Technical knowledge in Occupational Health Risk Management and Wellbeing
- Technical knowledge in Safety Risk Management
- Coaching / Training competence
- Assurance / Audit / Investigation competence
- Member of the relevant professional body
- Well developed capacity to deal sensitively with people understanding their motivation, beliefs and behaviours
- Positive minded, looks for the positive in all situations and sees change as an improvement opportunity
- Belief and enthusiasm in doing the right thing and creating a good honest and trustworthy personal brand
Select Plant Hire depo is st Neots however the role can be based nationwide.
Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.
About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please get in touch.