Health & Safety Manager

This role is based in London and requires at least 2-day presence on-site weekly. The HSE Manager will work with a variety of stakeholders at all levels in our London operations and construction teams to develop and implement, maintain and improve the health, safety and environmental management.

Key Accountabilities

• Implement and maintain frameworks to support and enhance the HSE management within the organisation
• Ensure compliance with relevant HSE legislation in the UK, maintain and audit against the legal database
• Ensure Colt DCS minimum standards are maintained and audit against internal standards
• Work closely with the Head of HSE and other team members to develop, maintain and improve DCS operational and construction standards
• Drive consistency, sustainability and effectiveness in the management of HSE functions and processes that are revised and improved based on leading performance monitoring, audits and external evaluations
• Support the interface between construction and operations to ensure that HSE is correctly transitioned from a project's construction phase to a live facility
• Assist the HSE Director and Head of HSE for UK and Europe to develop, prepare and plan for ISO 45001 Certification
• Assist the HSE Director and Head of HSE for UK and Europe to maintain ISO 14001 and expand to new sites
• Liaise with the certification body and internal stakeholders to arrange external audits
• Develop and maintain HSE management system documents to support the planning and implementation process
• Support customer requests and attend meetings and customer audits; maintain good working relationships with customer (HSE) personnel
• Play an integral role in the team and provide support and statistics to colleagues to help identify trends and implement improvement plans
• Develop a positive team culture through achievement of results, teamwork, development, accountability, competency and professionalism
• Support the creation and delivery of internal training programmes and subject specific initiatives aligned to the development and roll out of management system elements and statutory requirements
• Administration of database systems including HSE communication sites and preparation of documents for issue
• Conduct workplace inspections, produce inspection reports, and develop action plans as and when required.
• Ensure any actions arising from audits, risk assessments or inspections are closed out
• Maintain accident and incident records and undertake investigations as required
• Assist with organisation and administration of HSE campaigns
• To perform additional duties within the scope of the position as requested by the Head of HSE for UK and Europe

Skills & Experience

• 10+ years' experience in a similar HSE role ideally within data centre (or similar) construction projects or large-scale engineering environments
• Experience of working in both construction and operational environments
• Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and verbal
• Good knowledge of HSE legislation (including CDM 2015)
• Experience at developing and implementing management systems in line with ISO 45001 and 14001
• Ability to write technical documentation to a high standard
• Incident Investigation Experience
• Audit against international standards and global company standards
• Proven track record of working with diverse multi-country teams
• Ability to adapt and guide teams through dynamically changing environments
• Willing to travel to London sites
• Exceptional attention to detail with a passion for quality and accuracy
• Excellent computer literacy with specific proficiency in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Additional European language an advantage
• Chartered Membership of IOSH an advantage
• Fluent in the English language

Qualifications

• Relevant BSc or MSc (Occupational Health, Safety and Environment), NEBOSH Diploma (or equivalent)