Health and Safety Manager (Dragados)

Role Purpose: Provide visible Health and Safety leadership and direction to a Mace Dragados JV project and be part of the health and safety team to implement project decisions by being a provider of guidance.

Role Profile Accountabilities

• Act as H&S advisor in own area, to keep the team abreast of new developments, and apply professional standards to ensure best practice.

• Maintain core areas of expertise and impart knowledge to aid the development, training and mentoring of others.

• Apply tools and techniques, define local strategies and methods to initiate and/or implement change to improve project H&S performance.

• Provide H&S advice to MDJV managers and project managers to assist them in achieving project objectives.

• Maintain awareness of project implications of own activities to improve the quality of technical or project recommendations.

• Create, develop and maintain a range of internal/external relationships to maximise impact of expertise and knowledge to influence the quality of decision making.

• Advise on and interpret project contractual and statutory requirements and obligations to protect the project’s integrity.

• Establish, develop and maintain relationships with customers, partners and suppliers to assist the achievement of project targets.

Competency Responsibilities

➢ H&S Management System Development, Implementation and Audit

➢ H&S Risk Management

➢ H&S Incident Reporting and Investigation

➢ H&S Standards and Evaluation of Compliance

➢ H&S Emergency Preparedness and Response

➢ H&S Performance Monitoring and Measurement

➢ H&S Objectives, Targets and Planning

➢ Strategic H&S Risk Management

➢ Policy and Strategy Development

➢ Knowledge Building and Evaluation

➢ Communication

➢ H&S Leadership – Credibility

➢ H&S Leadership – Delivering through others

➢ H&S leadership – Building lasting relationships

Knowledge, Skills and Experience for the Health and Safety Manager

Appropriate diploma plus professional qualification OR significant qualitative experience. Business acumen for enhancing and interpreting H&S business objectives. Pro-active project focus displaying a clear understanding of their needs. Full awareness of IT capability. Actively promote H&S best practice. Communication and interpersonal/presentation skills and proven ability to present information to different audiences at project and business unit level. Ambassador for H&S and the project. Demonstrate and coach/mentor others in the project values.