Health and Safety Specialist (Localities)

Health and Safety Specialist
Permanent, Full Time
Up to £45,492 per annum (depending on experience)
Home based with regular travel throughout the Platform Group geography, with focus in East Midlands/Lincolnshire/Nottingham areas

 

Are you a customer focused Health and Safety professional with experience in housing, property or construction?

We're looking for an experienced Health and Safety Specialist to join our dedicated Health and Safety Team to support leaders and colleagues across Platform Housing Group; providing knowledgeable, practical health & safety advice and guidance to manage risk effectively while enabling customers and services to thrive. 

Reporting to the Head of Occupational Health and Safety, you'll act as a key health and safety contact for allocated operational services, providing timely, competent and proportionate advice to leaders and colleagues. You'll deliver second-line health and safety assurance through risk-based inspections, monitoring and reporting, identifying trends, areas of non-compliance and opportunities for improvement. 

In this role, you will: 

• Support accident, incident, near miss and dangerous occurrence investigation; risk assessment, safe systems of work, operational procedures and health and safety learning, translating legal and technical requirements into clear, workable controls. 
• Monitor and report health and safety performance, using evidence and data to provide insight, highlight emerging risks and support effective decision-making. 
• Assist leaders with the development and review of suitable and sufficient risk assessments, safe systems of work and operational controls. 
• Review and contribute to health and safety policies, standards, procedures and guidance, develop and deliver health and safety briefings, toolbox talks and training, coaching colleagues and leaders to strengthen competence and self-service capability. 
• Build constructive relationships with leaders, frontline colleagues, customers, contractors and other stakeholders, influencing positive and sustainable risk management behaviours. 
• Communicate complex legal and technical health and safety information in clear, practical language tailored to the audience. 
• Make effective use of digital tools and data to improve assurance, action tracking, reporting and learning.

What are we looking for?

• NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, or equivalent Level 3 health and safety qualification.
• Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development in occupational health and safety.
• Significant H&S experience, ideally within housing, construction, or facilities management. 
• Experience of providing practical health and safety advice to leaders and colleagues.
• Proven ability of undertaking health and safety inspections, audits or other assurance activity and following actions through to completion.
• Evidence of supporting accident and incident investigations, identifying root causes and recommending proportionate corrective actions.
• Ability to translate legislation and technical requirements into clear, practical guidance.
• Sound working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, regulatory expectations and recognised health and safety management principles.
• Experience managing H&S risks across colleagues, contractors and customers
• A proactive, tenacious individual with excellent communication, problem solving and strong stakeholder engagement skills. 
• This role involves regular travel, therefore a driving licence and use of your own vehicle is essential. 

Whilst this role is home based, there will be regular travel throughout the Platform Group geography, with focus in East Midlands/Lincolnshire/Nottingham areas

How to apply?

If you're looking for a role where your expertise will be valued, your ideas welcomed, and where you can help shape the future of Health & Safety at Platform, in a supportive and forward-thinking team, then we'd love to hear from you.


Click Apply Now to complete an online application and upload your Current CV.

For more details about this position, please refer to the attached job description. If you'd like further information about the role, please refer to the attached job description or email recruitment@platformhg.com

1^st stage interviews will take place via MS Teams on 9^th & 10^th November, with 2^nd stage face-to-face interviews to be scheduled for 18^th November at our Birmingham Business Park office.


We encourage early applications, as we may end the advert ahead of the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of interest.


Recruitment agency support is not required, any speculative CVs will be treated as direct candidates.