Health and Safety Manager - Pharmaceutical

The opportunity

Project: We are currently looking for a Health and Safety Manager to join our Major Projects team.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on the biggest and best projects in the country as well as growing with a high performing team within Mace.

This project will be the first of its kind in the UK and align to our sustainable goals. With focus on the mechanical and chemical sectors experience of these fields is desirable.

We are looking for a proactive and innovative individual who can help us redefine the boundaries of ambition. Experience of having worked on large, logistically challenging projects is preferred, however those with construction experience on smaller projects will also be considered.

Our Major Projects team are responsible for working on some of London’s most iconic buildings such as The Shard, so this is a very exciting opportunity for someone looking for a step up in their career.

You will provide visible health and safety leadership and direction to the project and be part of the health and safety team to implement business decisions by being a provider of guidance.

This role will suit a proactive project focused individual that is adept at understanding the needs of the team. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal/presentation skills and a proven ability to present information to different audiences at the project and business unit levels. You will be an ambassador for Health and Safety and the project.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting as health and safety advisor in own area, to keep the project abreast of new developments and apply professional standards to ensure best practice.

• Maintaining core areas of expertise and imparting knowledge to aid the development, training and mentoring of others.

• Applying tools and techniques, defining local strategies and methods to initiate and/or implement change to improve business health and safety performance.

• Providing health and safety advice to Mace managers and project managers to assist them in achieving business objectives.

• Maintaining awareness of business implications of own activities to improve the quality of technical or business recommendations.

• Creating, developing and maintaining a range of internal/external relationships to maximise impact of expertise and knowledge to influence the quality of decision making.

• Advising on and interpret project contractual and statutory requirements and obligations to protect the project’s integrity.

• Establishing, developing and maintaining relationships with customers, partners and suppliers to assist the achievement of business targets.

• Overseeing health, safety and welfare management system development, implementation and audit. Health, safety and welfare performance monitoring and measurement.

• Overseeing the health, safety and welfare risk management, health, safety and welfare incident reporting and investigation.

• Providing health, safety and welfare leadership, credibility, delivering through others and building lasting relationships.

• Overseeing health, safety and welfare standards and evaluation of compliance.

• Managing health, safety and welfare emergency preparedness and response.

• Providing strategic health, safety and welfare risk management.

About you
You have a diploma or NVQ plus professional qualification. You are digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships and lead strong, motivated teams. You will have a construction background and be hungry to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.
You are digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships and lead strong, motivated teams. You will have a construction or project management background and be hungry to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.