Health and Safety Lead

About the role

Magna Housing is looking for a Health and Safety Lead to guide teams, strengthen a proactive safety culture and help create safe workplaces and operations across its regions. The role is home-based with regular travel across the operating area, 37 hours per week Monday to Friday, and is permanent. It sits in the Safety & Wellbeing team and reports to the People Experience Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Provide competent, up-to-date advice and guidance on occupational health and safety, interpreting legislation and good practice so colleagues know how to work safely in their day-to-day roles.
• Develop, implement and maintain occupational health and safety management arrangements, including risk assessments, RAMS, procedures, records and controls.
• Work with managers, the People Experience Manager and the Health and Safety Coordinator to coach and support managers and their teams, giving tools, training, briefings and escalation routes.
• Plan and deliver health and safety audits, workplace inspections and incident investigations, including RIDDOR where relevant, ensuring root causes are understood and lessons learned are shared.
• Use health and safety data and trends to identify risks and improvement opportunities, supporting reporting, action tracking and delivery of improvements through the Operational Safety Group.

Required profile

• Excellent working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation, applied proportionately in an operational setting.
• Ability to turn requirements into clear procedures, guidance, training and safe systems of work.
• Experience of health and safety management systems, risk assessments, RAMS, assurance programmes, accident and incident investigation and root cause analysis.
• Strong organisation, communication and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
• Willingness to travel between Magna workplaces and operational sites.
• NEBOSH National General Certificate or equivalent health and safety qualification; equivalent combinations of qualifications, experience and competence will be considered.
• Applicants must already have the legal right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available.

What we offer

• Salary of £49,611 per year plus benefits.
• Annual leave starting at 5 weeks plus bank holidays, increasing progressively over the first five years.
• Social Housing Pension Scheme defined contribution, matched up to 8%.
• Learning and development support.
• Mileage allowance of 45p per mile, plus 5p per passenger.
• Agile working support depending on the role.