Rail: Health & Safety Manager: East London

There is a requirement for a Health & Safety Manager to join the Crossrail project at least until the end of the year.

Role Brief:

• Working to improve health & safety performance of Crossrail and its contractors in line with Crossrail's Target Zero principles.
• The post will work within either area delivery or health & safety specialist teams, this post-holder will maintain strong relationships with Area Delivery Directors and others to ensure a consistent approach is taken with regards to health & safety management.
• Manage a team of health & safety professionals to improve health & safety performance within the programme.
• Advise Delivery Teams on health & safety matters and assist them to discharge their duties.
• Ensure all sites in their area are subject to surveillance, inspection and audits as per the agreed master schedule, records kept, and data uploaded into the appropriate systems.
• Collaborate closely with contractors to enable them to understand and deliver their commitments under the contract with regards to health and safety standards and taken appropriate action when required.
• Provide guidance to teams on conducting data analysis to identify trends and implement improvement plans to address emerging issues.
• Consider contractor health and safety performance and identify relevant leading indicators to improve H&S performance and monitor/report on same.
• Deliver Target Zero initiatives across the area of responsibility maintaining a common approach with other health & safety teams.
• Advise Directors of their duties under CDM and allocate resources to assist and advise on CDM and risk documentation in meeting CRL's Client, CDM-C and Designer responsibilities.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Significant experience in heavy construction health & safety management at a senior level.
• NEBOSH Diploma, degree or equivalent in Occupational Health & Safety Management.
• Experience of large civil engineering and rail projects.
• Experience of incident investigation (preference for TOPSETT training).