Interested in qualified Senior Health & Safety professionals with experience on large complex design & build projects in a wide range or sectors- Rail, manufacturing, utilities, Civil, aggregates, waste, Power, Nuclear, Airports, Stations, Infrastructure, complex building, facilities, council, universities etc to work on a pivotal Senior Health & Safety role for High Speed Two the largest infrastructure project in Europe.

In particular Interested in H&S professionals with Health & Safety by Design - early planning, design stage, mitigating risks in design stage before you get to site & occupational Health & Safety reducing risk for operations and maintenance staff in the end state of an asset.

A Senior Health & Safety Manager is required to work for the Client Organisation (High Speed Two Ltd) responsible for the New High-Speed Rail project in the UK. The role is based within HS2’s Rail Systems Alliance team– a unique alliance framework put together within HS2 to deliver the 11 Rail Systems contracts in a collaborative and intergraded model.  Each Rail System Contract- Signalling, HV Power, M&E Systems etc each has they own Design & Build Contract with HS2 (based on a NEC3 Contract), in addition each of the successful Rail Systems Contractors will sign up to the Rail Systems Alliance – which seeks to identify collaborative and more efficient & safer ways to delivery using contractual incentives.

The Senior Health & Safety Manager will provide Health & Safety leadership to the Rail System Alliance typically responsible for 1 -2 rail system contracts depending on size.  This role is responsible for ensuring HS2’s health, safety, security management standards are met within the Rail System Contracts, by both HS2 and the Supply Chain. The role is also responsible for role modelling and embedding the ‘Safe at heart’ culture across development and delivery.

Successful Candidates will have:

• Health & Safety By Design – Identifying, eliminating and reducing risks to safety and health through design can lead to significant risk reduction during construction, operations and maintenance.
• Leadership of team / stakeholders – where you have demonstrated Health and Safety Leadership on a project or framework could be a team you directly manage or a collection of stakeholders you pulled together, impowered them to work together (collaboration) to solve a common problem / common goal – superb influencing skills are key.
• Occupational Health – understanding of occupational health, especially in the operations and maintenance – ops & maintenance role analysis is being undertaken to reduce occupation health risks of the end state railway.
• Health & Safety Culture – The Rail system Alliance will have more than 15 companies to build 1 railway – a common culture, ways of working, strategy, delivery must align with companies working consistently with common goals, beliefs and culture – therefore being able to influence & embed the correct culture, across the whole alliance is essential for success.
• Analysis Skills – Highlight where you have used analysis to identify problems (hidden or otherwise) – this could be analysis of incidents or near misses or analysis of ways of working – have you identified the common issue?
• Problem Solving – evidence examples where you solved problems, highlighted better ways of working, used logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions.
• Health & Safety Qualifications – A professional qualification in Health and Safety equiv to NEBOSH diploma.

Working Relationship – Co-located

The Senior Health & Safety Manager works alongside the 11 Rail Systems Contractors (9 separate Joint Ventures) who will make up the Rail Systems Alliance, during the design development stage from HS2’s Birmingham office.  The role requires individuals with the correct behaviours/ leadership skills – collaboration, engagement, stakeholder management skills who are able to drive the best from the relationship, pick up on problems as they arrive and resolve quickly rather than waiting and reviewing once the problem has manifested. 

Working Situation – Hybrid

The office location is Birmingham they operate a flexible hybrid working model with plans to be working 2 days a week from the office.  Overall, this is a very flexible modern employer who cares about delivery not where you deliver from, however, if you wish to be based front the office more you can.

Salary  

Senior Health & Safety Manager            £70 – 75,000 + Pen (6:12) + health + 25 days 

Duties & Responsibilities

• To be accountable for role modelling and embedding ‘Safe at Heart’ culture and ways of working throughout delivery.
• To be responsible for supporting risk based Health, Safety and Security operational assurance within the development and delivery areas.
• To be accountable for overseeing and ensuring compliance to centrally defined Safety and Assurance processes and policies across:
• Occupational Health
• Safety
• Security
• To be responsible for supporting the investigation of Health, Safety, Security incidents within delivery areas.
• 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.

Required Criteria

Looking for a Qualified Senior Health & Safety Manager, equiv NEBOSH Diploma with experience on large complex design & build projects in a wide range or sectors - Rail, manufacturing, utilities, Civil, , waste, aggregate, Power, Nuclear, Airports, Stations, Infrastructure, complex building, facilities, council, universities etc

Individuals will have experience pf mitigating risk at design/planning stage as well as construction delivery.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate Leadership and the ability to influence a wide range of stakeholders and develop and embed successful Health & Safety culture.  You will have experience and understanding of managing occupational health in operations & maintenance of an asset.  And have used analysis skills & tools to identify risks and problems and successfully resolve or reduce those risks and complex problems,

The candidates can be from client, consultant or indeed main contractor and have the correct behaviours to manage the unique structure of the project (co-located in the same offices) – Collaborative, open communicator, proactive & Integrator.