Senior Health and Safety Manager

As a Senior Health and Safety Manager at HS2 you will, through the provision of legally accurate information, guidance, engagement and demonstrable leadership, create an environment where health and safety is always the first consideration and empower the project teams to speak up and intervene where something is unsafe taking responsibility for the safety of themselves and others.

About the role:

• Direct and provide clear guidance and support to the project teams and others in the implementation and discharge of HS2 Ltd.'s legal duties in the role of client and principal designer as per the definitions within the Construction and Design Management Regulations 2015
• Develop and coordinate with the project teams a programme which implements the HS2 Ltd. occupational health targets, driving innovation across the project management team
• Lead the implementation of health and safety assurance and monitoring in accordance with HS2 Ltd. requirements
• Act as the main point of contact for information and support within a given project area as delegated by the Head of Health and Safety, directing and leading a team of effective and co-ordinated Health and Safety Advisors
• Develop and maintain a close working relationship with the project management team, HS2 stakeholders and the supply chain creating an environment of collaboration, shared learning and fair culture
• Control the arrangements for the reviewing and commenting on contractor/supplier documents on behalf of the appointed NEC Project Manager, identifying technical support available within the team and associated co-ordination and utilisation
• Establish arrangements that ensures that information necessary to control health and safety risk is collected and collated and provided to those that need it through dynamic information flows
• Raise awareness through training of the project teams in requirements
• and carry out assurance and monitoring in order to track contractor performance as a client
• Develop a strategy that provides the necessary tools to support training, briefing and coaching to the project safety management team on health and safety requirements.

About You:

SKILLS

• Ability to compile and analyse data, and present and produce reports to effectively communicate with senior stakeholders
• Data compilation, integration, analysis and presentation
• Project management skills
• Negotiation and influencing skills
• Confidence in public speaking
• Ability to deputise for the Head of Health and Safety and provide leadership to the project teams
• Building strong relationships with key stakeholders and influencing outcomes.

KNOWLEDGE

• A qualification in general or construction health and safety law and practice recognised by IOSH or the British Safety Council at least NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent experience
• Requirements of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
• Understand the application of the Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 and other legislation relevant to HS2 activities
• Knowledge of accident and incident investigation and reporting health and safety issues
• Knowledge of online incident reporting systems for health and safety
• BS14001 or equivalent
• Awareness of occupational health management
• Practical implementation of health and safety by design.

TYPE OF EXPERIENCE

• Providing advice and coaching on smart performance objectives for health and safety matters to project teams
• Experience of compiling and analysing data sets using in-house and external databases
• Experience of incident investigations and closing out of investigations
• Implementing health and safety change and innovation
• Experiencing of working with complex joint ventures, alliances and stakeholder groups.

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About Us:

High Speed 2 (HS2) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd is a safety critical organisation with safety being one of our core values. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to the HS2 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.