Health and Safety Manager - Bristol - major construction/infrastructure project - andpound;50k-andpound;60k+excellent benefits

Duties:
- Initiate and maintain positive measures to raise standards, ensuring the company complies with OHSAS 18001 obligations, health andamp; safety legislation and all minimum health andamp; safety standards
- Support the monitoring of sites through the audit process, in a proactive manner to address any issues.
- Establish a system to ensure that all personnel on site, to work or to visit, have received a site induction briefing before going on site. Ensure the induction is regularly updated to reflect current site hazards/conditions.
- Ensure effective investigations take place to prevent accidents andamp; incidents, whilst ensuring effective learning from all events are presented to the head of HSEQ for wider business distribution.
- Ensure a construction phase health andamp; safety plan is prepared and accepted before works start and make sure the plan is continually updated.
- Introduce initiatives to improve standards and ensure safe working, whilst focusing on the proactive side of health andamp; safety management.
- Identify, promote and where required, implement health andamp; safety best practice.
- Participate in supporting the business with regards to tenders and pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQ''s) and tender submissions, as designated by Senior Safety Manager/Preconstruction Team.
- Work with the supply chain to establish effective relationships and ensure continuous improvement in delivering safety solutions.
- In cases of difference of opinion on health andamp; safety issues, lead negotiations to reach the best solution for the project.
- Ensure a schedule of weekly health andamp; safety inspections is established and monitored, including operational staff, senior management and support services.
- Ensure effective assessments of the site are carried out prior to the start of any work, focusing on potential hazards e.g. services, access, ground conditions, etc.

Person Specification
- Previous experience as a Health and Safety Manager working on a major construction/infrastructure project
- NEBOSH General or NEBOSH Construction Certificate or NVQ L3 in Health and Safety