Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.
Regional Health and Safety Business Advisor – Construction and Development
Homeworking – Covering Essex Region
£43,235 - £45,605 per year
Plus Company car or car allowance of £8,279 per annum
Sanctuary Housing have an opportunity for an experienced regional construction Health and Safety Advisor to join its busy construction safety team based in the South East of England.
The construction Safety team are responsible for providing construction related health and safety advice to both Sanctuary Housing’s Development team, as the Client and to its internal house builder Beech Grove Homes as its Principal Contractor who are responsible for the delivery of the Group’s affordable housing, private sale, grant funded, development and regeneration programmes.
Your knowledge and experience will provide high quality health and safety advice in support of Site Management teams where you will be responsible for undertaking ISO 45001 safety related audits, delivering training and leading on the digital safety management system so you will need to be tech savvy. There will be a need for regular travel plus some overnight stays where required.
To be successful in the role You will need previous new build housing and apartment building experience using both traditional block and beam and RC framing techniques alongside a sound working knowledge of Temporary Works management. You will hold, as a minimum the NEBOSH General Certificate in Construction and Technical membership of IOSH though ideally already hold a SHEM Diploma (or actively working toward) and CITB membership at MAP level.
Sanctuary provides a generous and attractive benefits package, including company pension, 25 days annual leave and life assurance alongside a company car or car buy out scheme.
Why work for us?
One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 13,000 people and manages over 100,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
* 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays
* A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
* Life Assurance
* Employee Advice Service including counselling
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Voluntary health plans
* Employee discounts
* Wellbeing support and tools
* Employee recognition scheme
* National - £43,235 per annum (rising to £45,605 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)
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Closing Date: 25/11/2024
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
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Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
A basic Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.