Elvet Recruitment are working alongside a Major Projects division of a long-standing Civil Engineering contractor who are currently on the lookout for a Health & Safety Manager for a scheme in Cumbria.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a business who truly value their staff, and work on a number of High-Profile projects in the area.
Duties:
* Initiate and maintain positive measures to raise standards, ensuring the company complies with OHSAS 18001 obligations, health & safety legislation and all minimum health & safety standards (MSS).
* Support the monitoring of sites through the audit process, in a proactive manner to address any issues.
* Establish a system to ensure that all personnel on site, to work or to visit, have received a site induction briefing before going on site. Ensure the induction is regularly updated to reflect current site hazards/conditions.
* Ensure effective investigations take place to prevent accidents & incidents, whilst ensuring effective learning from all events are presented to the head of HSEQ for wider business distribution.
* Ensure a construction phase health & safety plan is prepared and accepted before works start and make sure the plan is continually updated.
* Introduce initiatives to improve standards and ensure safe working, whilst focusing on the proactive side of health & safety management.
* Participate in supporting the business with regards to tenders and pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQ’s) ...