Overview
Salary: £400/day | Location: Bristol | 3-month FTC
Bryan & Armstrong are delighted to be working exclusively with a large, complex, fast-paced business to recruit a Health & Safety Manager, initially on a 3-month fixed-term contract. At an operational level, you will be responsible for helping to provide a safe working environment for employees, business partners and customers, whilst promoting a positive health and safety culture. You will also be responsible for providing technical health & safety advice, support, and guidance to the business, ensuring systems, policies and procedures are effective and fit for purpose.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in a customer-focused environment, with excellent communication, engagement, and interpersonal skills, along with the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders to achieve health & safety objectives. Key responsibilities include:
- Working closely with Fire Safety staff on fire safety management matters
- Delivering Health & Safety awareness and training programmes
- Contribute to the Health, Safety & Sustainability forum
- Chair and lead a cross-functional Health & Safety committee
- Undertake risk assessments across the site
- Ensure all accidents and incidents are fully reported and investigated
- Undertake frequent safety inspections and checks
- Provide monthly reports to the Executive Board
- Support the maintenance, execution and testing of Emergency and Contingency Plans
We are ideally looking for:
- NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent
- Chartered Membership of IOSH (CMIOSH) or working towards (GradIOSH or CertIOSH)
- Significant experience in an operational environment, ideally a dynamic, 24/7, customer-facing business
- Demonstrable experience with ISO 45001 systems
- Operational leadership and people management skills
- Demonstrable experience of effectively managing third parties and contractors
- Tenacious, resilient and positive nature, with a pragmatic approach to problem solving
This role is available immediately, so we are particularly interested in hearing from health & safety professionals currently between jobs / contracts or those available at short notice.
Want to find out more? Simply apply for the role and I’ll call you back to discuss – all applications will be treated in strict confidence.
Bryan & Armstrong Ltd is a specialist Health & Safety recruiter, supplying Health & Safety professionals on an interim and permanent basis across the following disciplines: Health & Safety, Health, Safety & Environment, SHEQ, CDM, Fire, Environmental, Quality Management and Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Systems.