Job title: Health & Safety Advisor
Location: Cheshire or Merseyside (with regular travel to other Plus Dane locations).
Responsible for: N/A
Responsible to: Health & Safety Manager
Car Allowance: Salary includes £1,100

Overview of the role

The Health & Safety Advisor will be responsible for assisting the Health & Safety team in the development and embedding of a positive, proactive and visible Health & Safety culture across the whole organisation, and more specifically, the repairs team.

You will support the Asset, Repairs and Development Teams to implement measures necessary to comply with legislation including Construction (Design Management) 2015 Health & Safety framework and best practice to ensure so far as reasonably practicable the safety of customers, colleagues, contractors and tenants who live and work in our homes/developments.

Working alongside the Health & Safety Manager, key stakeholders, senior managers, repairs team colleagues and trade unions, you will provide professional and subject matter expert advice across in particular the repairs and assets team.
Your technical H&S expertise, experience and support will ensure colleagues are competent, instructed, trained, informed and continually developed to ensure their safety when at work, in line with statutory regulation and legislation more importantly Construction (Design Management) 2015 (CDM)

Main responsibilities and accountabilities

• To work with the Health & Safety team to embed a positive health & safety culture within the repairs team and wider organisation.
• Support Health & Safety Manager, assets, development and repairs Senior Management Team in ensuring a robust health & safety management system across the trades team and subcontractors in line with OHSAS 45001 and provide robust health & safety guidance on legislation and best practice
• Responsible for the health & safety aspects of repair’s team projects, ensuring The Construction (Design Management) Regulations 2015 are compliant and undertake the day to day running of workplace safety
• To develop, implement and review risk assessments and method statements relating to repairs activity to ensure they remain suitable, sufficient, consistent with legislation and Plus Dane Housing policies.
• Carry out duties associated with CDM, Construction (Design Management) 2015 where required and provide support and guidance to ensure Repairs teams and the wider organisation are compliant.
• Produce, develop, and deliver toolbox talks relevant to the repair’s teams and record appropriately.
• To undertake site inspections, audits, record findings, identify trends and create actions to continually develop and promote safe practices as required by the business and legislation and escalate where appropriate.
• Assist in developing, implementing and monitoring a Health & Safety training plan and working in collaboration with People Team and Health & Safety Manager for its effective delivery across the repairs team.
• Complete accident, incident and near miss investigations where required and make recommendation to prevent a recurrence and feed back to the Health & Safety team
• Monitor the health, safety and environmental performance of all subcontractors to ensure they meet required standards of compliance from documentation to working on a Plus Dane Housing site and participate in contract review meeting where required. Providing support and tools to Contract Managers where required.
• Attending and supporting the repairs team in Health & Safety Steering group (HSSG) and operational meetings.
• Assisting Directors in their legal responsibilities in partnership/subsidiary companies.
• Develop, implement, manage and monitor a process to ensure all tools and equipment used by the repairs team are fit for purpose, safe for use, inspected and maintained and per legislation.
• Work collaboratively with Health & Safety team and wider organisation to ensure initiatives are joined up and consistent.
• Ensure risk assessments, method statements, COSHH assessments are reviewed inline with required review timetables or when required as per legislation or change in process. Work with team leaders/managers to develop, implement, monitor and review health & safety policies and assist in communicating changes to relevant parties.
• Identify any health risks that require surveillance and ensure appropriate control measures are implemented, monitored and reviewed.
• Inform mandatory training requirements across the organisation and support the Health & Safety Manager and the People Team with the commissioning of training providers
• Carry out all other duties as may be reasonably assigned from time to time, with the level of this job description

Key contacts

The post is responsible for actively promoting and representing Plus Dane to a broad range of stakeholders. Key contacts in the post are detailed below.

Key internal contacts are:

• Health & Safety Manager
• Business Services and Operational Managers
• Director of Repairs
• Head of Operations and Head of Planned Investment
• Repairs Team Leaders
• People Team
• Colleagues across the organisation
• Key external contacts are:

• • • HSE
    • External Consultants
    • H&S Forum.

Education/Qualifications

E=Essential
D=Desirable

• NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction (or NEBOSH General will be considered). (E)
• Construction (Design Management) 2015 (E)
• Health & Safety Lead Auditor (ISO 18001/ISO 45001) (D)
• Professional membership status of Institute of Occupational Health & Safety (IOSH) (D)
• Site Management Safety Training (SMSTS) (D)

Experience & knowledge

• A minimum of 2yrs practical experience of working as a qualified Health & Safety Advisor preferable with the construction industry. (E)
• Experience of working with CDM Regulations. (E)
• Experience of working in a health & Safety environment, implementing health & Safety policies and procedures and working with in a team to ensure a proactive health & safety culture. (E)
• Producing and presenting of reports, briefings, toolbox talks, training to variety of audience levels including Directors. (E)
• Conducting comprehensive inspections, audits and risk assessments where required.(E)
• Maintaining records, prioritising workload, time management and dealing with conflicting priorities. (E)
• Sound knowledge of health & Safety law and its applications in a business housing management, construction, or building maintenance, including CDM regulations. (E)
• Knowledge of technical issues relating to but not exhaustive to chemicals, tools, asbestos, PPE, construction materials and equipment. (E)
• Excellent IT skills, including MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and ability to adapt to bespoke software packages. (D)

Personal Qualities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to deal with complex and sensitive issues effectively and objectively
• Committed to continuing individual professional development.
• Results focussed.
• High personal integrity and a strong focus on personal accountability to deliver effective outcomes.
• Wide range of influencing/coaching skills.
• Excellent written, verbal and numerical skills.
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic.
• Adaptable and able to respond effectively to rapidly changing deadlines and pressures.
• Customer focussed.
• Ability to identify practical solutions.
• Work well in a team and on initiative.

Plus Dane Housing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.