✨HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGER✨

LONDON

£70,000 - £80.000

We are seeking a Health and Safety Manager to oversee and support a Property Management Teams and Residential Managing Agents across their portfolio. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure health, safety, and fire compliance across all properties, aiming to minimise risks and protect staff, service providers, tenants, occupiers, visitors, and the public. You will also play a key role in troubleshooting the use of their electronic management systems to ensure they are utilised correctly, reducing risk and safeguarding the company’s reputation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Health & Safety Audits: Manage and monitor the annual Health and Safety and Fire Risk Assessment program, ensuring audits are conducted as scheduled.
• Compliance Support: Assist the Residential Management Team in implementing the Building Safety Act and related legislation, ensuring proper documentation and submissions to the Building Safety Regulator.
• Action Monitoring: Review responses from Property and Engineering Managers to risk assessment findings, ensuring timely and effective actions are taken.
• Statutory Inspections: Ensure that all statutory Thorough Examinations and testing are carried out in advance of deadlines.
• Health and Safety Meetings: Organise and attend Health and Safety Committee meetings, record minutes, and follow up on action items.
• Health and Safety Bulletins: Prepare and distribute bulletins to communicate key health and safety updates or issues across the company.
• Compliance Guidance: Serve as the main point of contact for Property Management Teams, providing advice and guidance on interpreting Health and Safety legislation and Codes of Practice.
• Risk Assessment Support: Assist Property Management Teams in preparing task-specific risk assessments for properties under management.
• Training & Assessments: Ensure Display Screen Equipment and Manual Handling assessments are conducted and followed up with appropriate action.
• Training Oversight: Review and ensure effective Health and Safety training is provided to staff at all levels.
• Accident Investigations: Oversee and guide accident investigations, ensuring proper reporting and follow-up actions.
• In-House Audits: Conduct annual internal audits to meet statutory requirements and ensure compliance with company service commitments.
• Emergency Evacuation Plans: Manage Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEP) and Display Screen Equipment assessments for staff requiring desk-side support.
• Event Support: Assist Property Management Teams in event set-up, ensuring compliance with health and safety guidelines.
• Onboarding: Induct new employees into the company’s Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• Ad-Hoc Tasks: Perform other duties as needed to support health and safety initiatives across the company.

Essential:

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Health and Safety (NEBOSH Diploma preferred)
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and CoPilot
• Experience in managing health and safety in residential (HRB) property management

Knowledge & Experience of:

• Health and Safety legislation, including the Building Safety Act and associated regulations
• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
• Codes of Practice and CDM Regulations
• Occupational Health and Safety standards
• Risk Assessment and Accident Investigation principles
• Auditing and compliance monitoring
• Training and educating others on Health and Safety procedures
• Risk assessments, including Fire Risk and Structural Safety assessments
• Managing permits to work and water treatment processes

If you're a proactive, knowledgeable professional with a passion for maintaining a safe working environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Please send your CV to sally.ridgway@foundationrecruitment.com