Health & Safety Manager| Leeds/Manchester/York | Up to £65,000 | 

The Opportunity:

Ford & Stanley - The Rail Recruitment Specialists are partnered with one of the largest train operators in the UK, serving more than 500 stations, and transporting over 100 million passengers per year. 
This is perfect opportunity for a strategic Health and Safety Business Partner to be part of the SMT, holding the responsibility for 5 sites, with 5 HSE Advisors reporting into you. You will take the lead in developing an excellent health and safety culture, in a fast-paced and varied role. 
The engineering business is currently undergoing a transformation in terms of modernisation, and as such, has committed substantial investment to enhance existing infrastructure and ways of working.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering team to deliver the business’ safety plans and objectives by providing effective communications and professional advice, guidance and support to the director, managers, health and safety representatives and the occupational health service.
• Lead the integration of occupational health and safety best practice and risk management principles into all Northern activities, facilitating continuous improvement in safety standards and performance.
• Manage the annual safety plan and supporting objectives to support the railway strategic safety plan, ensuring these plans are integrated within the business planning and objective setting process.
• Identify hazards associated with Northern engineering activities and develop generic or specialised risk assessments which address the key risks to the business and others who may be affected. Develop and facilitate the introduction of relevant control measures identified in risk assessments and lead periodic systematic reviews to ensure they remain suitable and sufficient.
• Compile and manage the delivery of the annual audit plan to assess the effectiveness of adherence to the safety management system

Location: Leeds, Manchester or York. 

Salary: Up to £65,000

Working Practice: Generally 5 days on site

Candidate Essentials:

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent (or strong evidence working towards).
• Experience dealing with multiple stakeholders at all levels of an organisation.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to develop short and long terms plans.

How the apply for the Health and Safety Business Partner role -

If you are interested in this role, then please apply via this job board. For more information, please get in touch with the Consultant listed on this page.

Likely Job Titles: H&S, SHEC Manager, HSE Manager, HSEQ Manager 

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.

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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.

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