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Health & Safety Manager (FI Facilities Management)

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Job Details

Job Title: Health & Safety Manager
Division: FI Facilities Management Ltd
Location: Chorley – Various Sites.
Reporting to: Head of Facilities Management

We have a brand-new opportunity for a Health & Safety Manager to join the FIFM team. This is a new role to work across the business to deliver the highest quality safety regime for both our staff, tenants, visitors and external contractors. The role requires you to lead on both corporate health and safety as well as property compliance functions across the Industrial, Retail, Office and Residential portfolio. You will provide leadership in driving a safety culture within our business and ensure that we meet all applicable statutory requirements. Ensuring robust auditing processes are in place to assure compliance to legislative requirements including Building Safety, Fire Safety and Health & Safety legislation.

You will have oversight of, and drive a coordinated approach to, several key areas: the health and safety of our people and the effectiveness of our policies and practices to ensure our properties are compliant with all relevant regulations and therefore safe for our tenants, staff, visitors and contractors.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Be responsible for the statutory and regulatory obligations under the Building Safety Act 2024, Fire Safety Act 2021, Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and for complying with the Building Safety Regulator’s requirements.
  • Be accountable and drive forward a strategy for building safety compliance to ensure that our tenants, clients remain safe in our properties.
  • Lead on our collaboration with internal and external stakeholders including key Clients, the Building Safety Regulator, and relevant authorities to ensure we provide safe property portfolio.
  • Have a thorough understanding of all applicable statutory and regulatory obligations for building safety, fire safety and health & safety compliance.
  • Ensure robust monitoring and key performance indicators and quality management governance systems are in place including effective budgetary control and financial forecasting.
  • Cultivate positive relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally.
  • Training a dynamic and diverse team by being an effective coach and mentor and empowering colleagues to reach their full potential identifying skills gaps through needs analysis and nurturing future talent.
  • Provide leadership, direction and advice ensuring that the team is focused, motivated, and inspired to achieve objectives, and create a positive team culture, ensuring others follow the expected ways of working.
  • Provide assurance to our Senior Management Team through comprehensive performance reporting that we are fully compliant with all statutory, regulatory, and best practice building safety requirements.
  • Develop and implement strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Embrace and champion the culture, values, and behaviours of FIFM.
  • Work in partnership with colleagues to develop our offer to deliver an exemplary, sector leading service with high levels of customer satisfaction.
  • Keep up to date with external developments in relation to your business function.
  • Conduct regular team meetings, performance reviews and training sessions to enhance individual and collective performance.
  • Work in partnership with colleagues across the organisation to ensure our properties are safe, well managed and compliant.

What are we looking for?

  • CMIOSH, MIFSM, Nebosh Diploma or Degree qualified and able to demonstrate competency in Building Safety
  • Demonstrable experience of strategic leadership and driving transformational change within the Commercial and residential property arena
  • Robust practical experience of managing compliance of complex high-end buildings across industrial, office and retail.
  • People management, and customer relationship experience.
  • Tremendous drive, energy, and passion for delivering high quality, professional services
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to articulate complex information to clients and colleagues.
  • Positive and collaborative leadership skills, and a desire to build incredible teams and drive positive change
  • This list is not exhaustive.

Skills/Approach

  • Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate teams to achieve their full potential.
  • Ability to think strategically, with effective planning, decision making and execution skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues, evaluate options, and implement effective solutions.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, with a flexible and adaptable approach to work. Ability to travel to multiple sites across the UK as required
  • Construction and project H&S knowledge and experience.

FIFM requires people who are professional, hard-working, innovative, passionate, who are effective in their roles and who truly engage with the customer.

This role will form part of the Facilities Dept and will have specialist responsibility for assisting in the provision of Health & Safety support to the Group

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