Head of Safety and Assurance

Salary: £72,000 per year

Landmarc is a joint venture of Mitie, the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company and Amentum, a leading provider of global mission services to the U.S. Government.

We work in partnership with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), part of the Ministry of Defence, to manage and operate the UK Defence Training Estate, which covers around 120 locations across all four nations: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Our primary responsibility is to enable our servicemen and women to train safely and deploy on operations. This is integral to the security of our nation; underpinned by the maintenance of safe and secure defence infrastructure.

We are now looking to recruit a Head of Safety and Assurance, who will be the principal lead for the Company for all Health & Safety compliance issues. As the Head of Safety and Assurance you will be the principal point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders and for regulatory bodies as required. You will also support the change initiative towards making the business truly digital in all its support applications.

The Head of Safety and Assurance will be a natural and convincing leader, you will need to be commercially astute as well as thoroughly well versed in the core subject matter of the role.

Duties of the role:

The post holder will:

Take ownership of the Company Health & Safety Policy, Manual, Safety Management Plan and Operating Procedures, keeping these under constant review to ensure that they remain current; effective in protecting the business; and efficient in their application by staff.

Take ownership of the Company safety training policy to ensure that approriate levels of both general health and safety awareness and specialist knowledge are held at the correct levels to enable the Company to demonstrate competence across all operational areas of the business.

Provide input and support to the Company Assurance regime through the conduct of health and safety inspections and audits; Represent the Company in dealings with the client and external bodies in their conduct of second party and third party audits.

Manage and oversee the production of both internal and external reports on accident statistics and trends, safety incidents and training initiatives.

Take ownership of investigations and reporting of significant accidents and incidents, liaising with external investigatory bodies as necessary.

Establish and maintain in-Company expertise in each of the areas of the client’s ‘Big 6’ areas of risk management (Asbestos; Legionella; Gas; Electricity, Fuels / DSEAR, Fire). Take ownership of the Company’s representation at the client’s Infrastructure Board to co-ordinate actions and feedback on each of the above subject areas.

Take ownership of the provision of Authorising Engineer and Gas Safety Management service to oversee client-directed safe systems of work.

Provide SME advice and support on all aspects of Health & Safety Management to Regional teams and the Management Committee as required.

The postholder is also responsible for providing leadership to the wider Landmarc team, setting direction, managing customer and supplier relationships, supporting change management initiatives driving improvement and value within the business and for the customer.

The post-holder will be expected to take on additional responsibilities such as acting as deputies to Landmarc Responsible Persons for Legionella, Asbestos, Authorising Engineer and similar, within their own capability.

Corporate duties:

As a management representative and the post holder will be personally responsible for both following and leading-by-example on all company policies and procedures including, but not limited to:

1. 1.  the Operating Procedures (OP’s) of the Company Health and Safety manual;
   2. The Environment and Sustainable Development Policy,
   3.  Procurement policies,
   4. HR, IT and Security policies and guidance notes.

Establish and maintain effective formal and informal collaborative working relationships with all key stakeholders generally, to exchange information and views and to ensure that the Company provides the appropriate range and quality of services.

To ensure Landmarc meets the needs of our service users requires staff to accept an element of flexibility towards working arrangements. All staff are expected to be both willing and able to make occasional adjustments to hours of work, tasks and locations, sometimes at short notice, in order to maintain service delivery. All staff are also expected to undertake personal development and contribute towards continuous improvement

Support effective communications within the Company.

Ideal person:

What you know – essential

You will be an accomplished safety management or facilities management professional with a minimum of 5 years experience at managerial level in a management related role, ideally within an infrastructure-related organization.

You will have a thorough understanding and appreciation of the practical application of the management of risks arising from at least two of the following subject areas

• • Asbestos
  • Control of Legionella
  • Fuels management / DSEAR
  • Fire Safety
  • Gas Safety
  • Permit to Work controlled activity

• You will have a thorough knowledge of health and safety legislation as it applies to the FM industry, qualified to NEBOSH Diploma level or equivalent
• You will be familiar with the manner in which the Field Operations Division of the HSE operates and current Sector Plans and Health Priority Plans
• You will have good experience of conducting health & safety audits
• You will have well established skills in Windows PC environments and applications including MS Teams and Sharepoint
• You will be able to drive and have the capability and willingness to travel throughout the UK

What you know – desireable

• Familiarity with Health & Safety management; Quality management and Environmental management systems (ISO 45001; 9001; 14001)
• Familiarity with MOD Safe Systems of Work
• Familiarity with the application of the CDM Regulations
• Familiarity with SFG 20 and planned maintenance systems
• Familiarity with Maximo
• Familiarity with the Defence Estate
• Familiarity with government contracts

What you can do:

• You will have demonstrated the ability to develop policies, procedures and technical implementation documents from a standing start
• You will have strong written, verbal and presentational communication skills
• You will be able to present well-articulated proposals for investment in health and safety initiatives setting out alternative options considered and the respective benefits of each
• You will be able to chart an effective business strategy for the management of health and safety within the Company, in an environment where the way ahead is not always clear or established, making recommendations to the Management Committee as appropriate.

Prerequisites for employment:

Full driving licence valid in the United Kingdom.

Complete Baseline Personnel Security Standard – this is compulsory for all personnel who work for Landmarc Support Services Limited as Official Defence Contractors. This includes a Basic Police Disclosure, however, unspent convictions are not necessarily a bar to employment and will be reviewed case by case to ensure there are no risks to the security and integrity of the work completed by Landmarc Support Services Limited.

National Security Vetting may also be required. The candidate will be informed of this requirement during completion of the Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

About Landmarc:

is a company enriched with a long partnership with the Ministry of Defence in the UK to ensure their military training estates are safe, effective and sustainable places to train the armed forces.

We directly employ around 1300 skilled and experienced people and active across 120 sites in the UK, covering an area of 190,000 hectares including 45,000 hectares of SSSIs.

Benefits

Landmarc will provide you with a competitive salary, in addition to this we also offer the following main benefits, amongst many others:

Pension

Landmarc offers all employees an opportunity to join the company stakeholder pension scheme, where the company will contribute up to 8% of the employee’s salary.

Holiday

Employees are entitled to 25 days pro rata during each year of employment plus public holidays. 3 extra discretionary days are normally given in addition to annual leave allowances at Christmas.

Annual leave allowance will increase in recognition of your continued service.

Holiday purchase – purchase up to 10 more days holiday to use throughout the year.

Other benefits

Annual salary review, in consultation with the recognised Trade Unions

Life assurance insured for three times your annual salary, to help the loved ones that are left behind

Reimbursement of professional fees and on-going training

Family friendly policy

Sick pay

Some remote working but with extensive travel across the UK

Company car or car allowance

The core hours are 37 per week, Monday to Friday

To apply for this great opportunity, please click the apply button now and one of our friendly recruitment team will be in touch shortly, either via email or telephone!

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Landmarc Support Services are an equal opportunities employer.