Regional Health+Safety Business Advisor

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 

 

35 hours per week

 

We have an opportunity for a very experienced Health and Safety Advisor to join our busy team. You will need previous housing construction and development, experience to be successful in the role. The role of Health and Safety Business Advisor – Construction and Development falls under Corp Safety. Development and Construction are responsible for the delivery of the Group’s affordable housing, private sale, grant funded, development and regeneration programmes.

 

This role will suit an experienced construction safety advisor in new build housing and refurbishment works for market sale or social rent already undertaking a similar role within a housing association local authority or private developer. Sanctuary provides a generous and attractive benefits package, including company pension, 25 days annual leave and life assurance.

  

The Safety team are responsible for providing construction related health and safety advice to our internal house builder Beech Grove Homes as the Principal Contractor and to Development team as the Client under the CDM regulations.

 

You will provide high quality health and safety advice in support of Site Managers, as well as undertaking regular construction H&S audits of its construction sites so there will be a need for frequent travel and, on occasion overnight stays.

 

You should hold as a minimum the NEBOSH General Certificate in Construction safety, ideally hold a SHEM Diploma (or actively working toward) be a member of IOSH at Graduate level and have ISO 45001 auditing experience to apply.

 

The role of Construction Health and Safety Business Advisor will include:

• Undertaking Health and Safety audits and Inspections at our construction and refurbishment sites in England.
• Working collaboratively with Construction and Development business managers and staff to provide guidance, advice and support where required.
• Delivering Health and Safety construction training to ensure appropriate training and learning is delivered to the business area.  
• Reviewing and monitoring accident incident reports and conducting or assisting with site investigations where required
• Creating and supporting risk assessments, safe systems of work and processes
• Liaising with the construction Senior Health and Safety Advisor on the progress of compliance actions, work streams, projects, risks and related issues
• Maintaining good relationships with key stakeholders across the business areas
• Supporting and assisting with the development of Health and Safety documentation e.g., policies and procedures help and forum development.
• Reporting RIDDOR incidents to the HSE (reporting of injuries, diseases, and dangerous occurrences regulations)
• Promoting and supporting the role of Health and Safety Representatives, Co-coordinators, and Forums to ensure that all Sanctuary’s subsidiaries and business operations have adequate health and safety representation.