Health & Safety Manager

At Laing O'Rourke, we're proud of our 160-year legacy, but our focus is firmly on the future. As a globally respected engineering and construction enterprise, we bring world-class expertise to deliver complex, high-profile projects for both public and private sector clients.

About the role: 

In this role, you will lead, manage, and champion Health and Safety within your assigned project, business area, or facility. You will provide expert local advice and support to help managers and staff meet their safety responsibilities to the high standards expected by the business. A key part of your role will be to coach and support operational teams on I+W and associated engagement tools, ensuring effective workforce involvement. You will also carry out essential Health and Safety assurance activities to give the business confidence that all relevant processes are operating effectively.

 Responsibilities include:

• Ensure delivery of Fatal and Severe Risk Assessments at frequencies as established by the facility/ project, providing risk assurance.
• Ensure delivery of positive investigations/ appreciative enquiries and engage with the workforce to understand how success is created within the business and what our people need and rely upon to replicate that success.
• Champion the Inclusion + Wellbeing Programme, including the three pillars.
• Supports and facilitates the delivery of I+W across the project/business/facility and measure H&S performance against strategic deliverables.
• Support, coordinate and lead (as necessary) the investigation of incidents including high potential incidents to ensure effective learning outcomes and timely closure of actions.
• Ensure the production of project/ establishment I+W strategy in line with the relevant Business H&S Strategy.
• Ensure delivery of reviews of work planned vs work as done and engage with the workforce to discover what normal work (imagined, planned, completed and disclosed) is.
• Ensure discovery feedback is regularly gathered from the staff and workforce and communicate it to directors and management to allow effective I+W leadership.
• Lead the project/business/facility in setting I+W maturity goals, inspire progress and report performance as required.
• Ensure implementation of the Health and Safety Management System including compliance with all relevant statutory provisions and provide assurance
• Lead, promote and coordinate the delivery of any necessary training and coaching.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Skilled in managing and coordinating direct reports / team of advisers to deliver an efficient service to the business.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels and to influence various stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong communication skills to confidently give constructive feedback when dealing with challenging operational situations in a professional manner
• Consults widely and involves all necessary parties in problem solving and decision making.
• Ability to review and analyse information quickly, be decisive and come to conclusions quickly
• Embraces change and sees new ways of working as an opportunity to improve. Is creative and innovative; seeks new options and ideas
• Can keep emotions in check and keeps a level head in pressure situations and when faced with set backs

Qualifications:

• Qualification at level 5 (min)
• Technical knowledge in Occupational Health risk management and wellbeing.
• Technical knowledge in Environmental risk management.
• Technical knowledge in Safety risk management.

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 email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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