Job Description
Job Description
Morrisons has a fantastic opportunity for a Property Health & Safety professional to lead all Health & Safety matters across all RIBA stages in the Property function, including construction matters.
The role supports the Property team, driving health & safety compliance across our estate in stores and all affiliated sites. You will ensure continuous improvement and implement best practice to keep customers, colleagues, contractors and members of the public safe.
The role involves travel across the UK to our construction sites and projects to review compliance and standards. This will include completion of recorded audits during visits and provision of support to ensure a safe working environment. You will also spend time at Morrisons Head office in Bradford. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to meet existing objectives and lead on driving improvements in Health & Safety culture and compliance. Areas to be covered include, but are not limited to, Asset Creation, Pre-Construction phase, Construction phase, Asset Management and Landlord Responsibilities.
Reporting to the Head of Health & Safety, in summary you will be responsible for leading Health & Safety across everything we do within the Property division. This includes:
● Creating Morrisons Health & Safety policies and ways of working
● Developing and leading Health & Safety risk management strategies and frameworks across Group Property’s critical risk areas
● Managing and continuously improving Property Health & Safety Management Systems
● Confidence and robustness when reporting to senior management via all appropriate Property Health & Safety Governance Forums
● Ensuring, contractors, colleagues and visitors comply with Health and Safety legislation and adhere to all Morrisons policies and procedures in relation to safe working practises
● Undertaking the lead role in the continuous improvement of the Company safety plan demonstrating a strong safety culture for employees, visitors, consultants and contractors
● Reviewing all Health and Safety compliance on sites and delivering accurate reports and trends
● Ensuring regular Health and Safety reviews which measure safe working practices are undertaken by others and are completed
● Recording and reviewing statistical data of accidents, incidents and near misses
● Proactively leading and supporting others during investigations, production of root cause analyses reports and subsequent remedial actions
● Ensuring regular Health and Safety information bulletins are produced and circulated whenever required by lessons learned from incidents or changes in legislation
● Driving an open and honest environment with external contractors
● Ensuring that all Health & Safety targets and standards are met at all times
● Identifying and arranging training and guidance both in person and online to drive a progressive Health & Safety culture within Property.
● Monitoring trends to ensure corrective actions are implemented and completed by managers
● Leading Health and Safety when in attendance at site meetings in partnership with Principal Contractors/Contractors and listening and responding to issues and concerns
● Proactively drive contractor and stakeholder meetings to build engagement, to provide information and trends which identify key concerns and to offer solutions for improvement
● Building great relationships with internal stakeholders at other sites, sharing best practice and proactively supporting and coaching all colleagues to ensure Health and Safety is prioritised on site
Knowledge Required:
● Member of relevant professional organisation & undertaking CPD
● In-depth knowledge and understanding of the Health & Safety management systems including Fire.
● In-depth knowledge and understanding of Health & Safety and related legislation and its requirements
● Knowledge of the Health & Safety requirements of Landlords and how these work in practice
Skills Required:
● Excellent and strong communication, engagement and motivational skills
● Excellent analytical skills and ability to produce management information in impactful ways
● Ability to coach to drive performance improvement
● The ability to engage with colleagues at all levels to drive improvements
● Ability to influence business decisions that impact on Health & Safety and legality
● The ability to champion the customer and retain a customer focus whilst keeping Health & Safety at the forefront
● Ability to identify risk and prioritise tasks
● Tenacity to follow up and resolve issues
● Analytical thinking
Experience:
● Minimum of 5 years experience in Health & Safety management
● Experience working in a complex organisation with multiple Stakeholders
● Experience working in Health & Safety in Construction
● Incident investigation and management
Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.
Alive with activity, this is where decisions are made and our corporate teams make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, newsagents and subsidised restaurant all within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - always with free parking.
We host regular seasonal events and you’ll often find our suppliers on site sharing details of their latest product. We’re also committed to fundraising for our current charity partner.
Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…
Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;
- 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family member
- Annual bonus scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Four and a half day working week with flexible working hours
- Company pension contributions
- Private healthcare
- Perks with over 850 retailers
- Free parking onsite
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