Job Title: Health, Safety & Compliance Lead
Target Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
Salary Range: £37,000 - £47,000
Location: Eastleigh
Closing Date for applications: 11th August
Health, Safety & Compliance Lead: We're looking for an experienced Health & Safety Manager to join our team at Ageas UK.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead Health & Safety across our UK business. You'll shape our strategy, improve the way we work, and help create a positive safety culture where everyone feels responsible for keeping themselves and others safe.
Your base office will be Eastleigh, but this is a multi-site role and regular travel to our UK locations will be an important part of the position. You'll build strong relationships with colleagues across the business and provide visible Health & Safety leadership at all of our operational sites
Main Responsibilities as Health, Safety & Compliance Lead:
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Lead and continuously improve our Health & Safety strategy, policies and management system across eight UK sites.
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Travel regularly to our UK locations to carry out audits, inspections, risk assessments and provide on-site Health & Safety support.
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Make sure we meet UK Health & Safety legislation and maintain compliance with ISO 45001 or an equivalent management system.
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Develop engaging Health & Safety training, communications and awareness campaigns that help build a positive safety culture.
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Produce meaningful reports and dashboards, using data to identify trends, reduce risk and support better decision making.
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Partner with teams across Property, Facilities, HR, Operations, Legal and ESG to embed safe ways of working into everyday business activities.
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Manage contractor safety, CDM requirements, emergency planning, fire safety, DSE assessments and business continuity Health & Safety activities.
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Act as the organisation's competent Health & Safety professional, working with regulators, insurers and external auditors.
Skills and experience you need as Health, Safety & Compliance Lead:
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A NEBOSH Certificate (or equivalent professional qualification).
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Experience leading Health & Safety in a multi-site commercial environment.
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Strong knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and how to apply it in practice.
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Experience implementing or maintaining an ISO 45001 Health & Safety Management System.
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A proven track record of improving safety culture and influencing leaders at all levels.
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Experience managing contractors, construction, fit-out projects or CDM environments.
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Strong analytical skills with experience producing reports, dashboards and performance insights.
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the flexibility to travel regularly between our UK sites.
At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve, Top Employer status in the UK.
Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:
Flexible Working- Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares. We also offer a minimum of 35 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
Supporting your Health- Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.
Supporting your Wealth- 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
Supporting you at Work- Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
Supporting you and your Family- Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
Benefits for Them- Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
Get some Tech- Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
Getting around- Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
Supporting you back to work- Return to work programme after maternity leave.
About Ageas:
We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers.
As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. For more information, please see Ageas Everyone.
We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.
Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements. To find out more about Ageas, see About Us.
Want to be part of a Winning Team? Come and join Ageas.
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