Construction Specialist Safety Practitioner

Venn Group

Construction Specialist Safety Practitioner

Recruitment Agency Reference: 7013600

Devonport

Contract – 6 Months initially

Hourly Rate, Ltd or PAYE

Successful candidates must satisfy security criteria

A position has arisen for a Construction Specialist Safety Practitioner tolead the provision of Health and Safety Management support at HMNB Devonport and its associated supply chain, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and guidance and site health & safety policies/procedures/ standards.

Within this contract, you’ll be responsible for:

• Proactively supporting the implementation of key elements of the Site Safety plan and to proactively manage and reduce construction health and safety risk

• Assisting the CDM Compliance Manager in co-ordinating project construction safety implementation

• Implementing the Company CDM and Safety, Quality and Environmental policies in the HS&E area of the business ensuring that assessment of risks is carried out which lead to safe working attitudes and practices

• Compiling and/or reviewing CDM core documentation, including the following: Construction Phase Plan compilation and updating where the Principal Contractor is Babcock. In the case where an external Principal Contractor is appointed The role will be to review, and comment and ensure update occurs

• Providing competent professional construction health and safety advice across Major Infrastructure Projects

• Undertaking construction project workplace inspections to: identify hazards, determine ways of reducing risks, ensuring adherence to risk assessment and best practice; feeding back this information to the project teams and the business by defined routes for action and closure

• Participating in the site audit program including the management of corrective and preventive actions

• Providing active monitoring – by both scheduled and unscheduled health checks and inspections to ensure compliance with health & safety policies/processes/standards

• On occasion, carrying out Investigation of accidents, incidents and cases of ill health to identify root causes and ensuring suitable and sufficient corrective and preventative actions are captured in line with management system process

• Undertaking reviews of Contractor HS&E documentation and advising Project Management on its suitability and alignment with site project requirements

• When tasked, developing and delivering health and safety awareness sessions

• Representing the department as required at committees/meetings, providing relevant input and maximising shared learning opportunities

• Liaising where required, with the MOD Safety team in relation to safe working practices for construction projects

• Developing and delivering Health and Safety Improvement Projects

Required qualifications & experience:

• Minimum HNC or Equivalent in a relevant discipline

• Construction NEBOSH Cert or BSC Diploma, and courses in specific high risk activities

• Examples of Membership include: The Institute of Occupational Safety & Health (CMIOSH), ROSPA, Construction Group memberships, affiliations to engineering groups such as ICE

Desirable experience/qualifications:

• Scaffold Inspection, Confined Spaces, Asbestos Awareness training qualification (if these are not already achieved, must be working towards)

• Ongoing CPD

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.