Enterprise Safety Manager (BT)

We have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure the health and safety of our people, and to ensure our activities have the minimum impact to the environment we live in.

Our executives and managers have a responsibility to deliver BT’s duty of care and need access to the competent advice and guidance that the role holder provides to enable them to deliver that.

Being up to date with the external legislative and regulatory environment enables us to ensure legal compliance which will enhance BT’s performance.

You’ll have the following responsibilities

• The role holder leads on business activities that ensure BT , BT Enterprise and 3rd party suppliers comply with all requirements to assure BT Enterprise of its health, safety and environmental risk
• You will drive improvements to safety & environmental standards within the contract organisations through benchmarking other industries, interpreting new legislation and seeking out new products on the market.
• You may author ,own and approve nominated mandatory BT or Enterprise, Environmental, Health and Safety policies e.g. Clerk of Working , Construction Design Management 2015 , Contractor Rules -controlled in ISIS library . Interpreting external legal frameworks in their requirements .
• You may author, own and approver pan BT ,Enterprise or CFU specific risk assessments in line with external legal standards.
• You may author, own, commission & deliver specialist Safety training content in line with external legal frameworks and business requirements – e.g Work at Height , Flat Roof , Vertical Ladder, Managers H&S training , Spillls. Safety check training for managers
• You will carry out contractor Health , Safety & Environmental assessments during Invitation to Tender , with professional advice to client and procurements teams contributing to procurement decisions.
• You will carry out regular review of Contractors Health , Safety and Environmental management systems to ensure standards are met
• You will induction contract organisations and people in line with BT H&S policy, and contribute to procurement decisions.
• You will contribute to contractor operational review meetings with regard to EHS items – service improvement
• You may represent BT as an H&S professional at magistrate or crown court.

You’ll have the following skills & experience

• Risk Management , able to balance cost/effort/benefit against business and legal requirements.
• Stakeholder Management: Managing expectations and the level of stakeholder engagement. Ability to manage to complex political relationships in a variety of business and technical situations. Influence and engage with stakeholders in decisions based on analysis of their needs, interests and impact. Use empathy and the right language to avoid misunderstanding.
• Technical Expert: Provides comprehensive technical expertise on emerging technologies. Coordinates knowledge sharing with the team. Is recognise as a specialist/expert in the field with networks on the outside of BT.
• NEBOSH Occupational Health & Safety – accredited or will to work towards
• Proven record of managing contractors
• Hold a full UK manual driving licence with less than six points and no motoring convictions