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Health And Safety Manager

Job Posted: 5 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: WD25, Patchetts Green, Hertfordshire

Expire in: 23 days

Job Description

Health & Safety Manager

Location: Watford, WD25

Salary: Negotiable

Hours: 40 hrs per week (Mon–Fri, 8am–5pm) – flexibility to travel across multiple sites across London

About The Role:

This family owned builders merchants are looking for a hands-on Health & Safety Manager to lead, develop and embed a strong safety and environmental culture across our head office and 6 branch operations. You will ensure full legislative compliance, drive continuous improvement and mentor our Health & Safety Advisor, supporting safe, efficient and profitable operations.

Benefits:

  * Perkbox – 24/7 discounts, wellbeing support, online GP access & more

  * Company Pension Scheme

  * Performance Bonus

  * 25 days Annual Leave

  * Group Life Assurance – up to 3x Salary (subject to length of service)

  * Staff Discount

  * Free Breakfast every morning

  * Cycle to Work Scheme

  * Employee Assistance Programme

  * Long Service Awards

  * Birthday Day Off

Key Responsibilities:

  * Lead and maintain all Health & Safety and environmental policies, ensuring compliance with UK legislation across all sites.

  * Conduct risk assessments, audits and inspections across branches, warehouses and transport operations, driving corrective actions.

  * Investigate accidents, incidents and near misses, producing reports and implementing preventative measures.

  * Deliver H&S training, toolbox talks and colleague engagement initiatives companywide.

  * Manage H&S systems and records (training, incidents, audits, risk assessments) using Opus.

  * Drive continuous improvement in safety culture while supporting operational efficiency, sales and margin performance.

Key Requirements:

  * NEBOSH General Certificate (or equivalent) – essential.

  * Proven H&S experience within a builders’ merchant, construction or similar industrial environment.

  * Strong working knowledge of UK Health & Safety legislation and best practice (COSHH, manual handling, PPE, working at height).

  * Experience managing or mentoring H&S professionals and working closely with HR on complex issues.

  * Confident communicator with the ability to influence at colleague and senior leadership level.

  * Competent user of H&S management systems and MS Office, with strong reporting and data analysis skills

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