Health and Safety Lead

Overview

In this role you will lead and operationalize the UKI Health and Safety strategy to safeguard colleagues across Sales, Service, Rental, field-based and office functions. You will partner with the Health and Safety Manager to embed safe, compliant practices and drive a positive safety culture. You’ll inspect sites, review risk assessments, support incident investigations, and monitor corrective actions with data-driven insights. The position offers impact at scale within a healthcare-focused organisation that values safety, development, and cross-site collaboration.

Pay / Benefits

• training and professional development
• competitive package

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the UKI Health and Safety strategy and objectives
• Provide practical H&S guidance to managers and employees
• Conduct planned H&S inspections, audits and site visits across UKI operations
• Support completion and review of risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work
• Conduct and support investigations into accidents, incidents and near misses
• Monitor corrective actions from incidents, audits, inspections and risk assessments through to completion
• Analyse H&S data to identify trends, recurring issues and emerging risks
• Support the H&S management system implementation and ISO 45001 requirements
• Deliver or coordinate H&S training, toolbox talks and safety briefings
• Promote proactive hazard, near-miss and incident reporting across the business

Key requirements

• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, or an equivalent recognised qualification
• ISO 45001 Internal or Lead Auditor qualification
• Good working knowledge of UK Health and Safety legislation
• Experience completing or reviewing risk assessments and safe systems of work
• Experience undertaking H&S inspections and/or audits
• Experience supporting or conducting accident and incident investigations
• Understanding of root cause analysis and corrective action
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly across UKI
• Excellent written and spoken English

• approachable and credible relationship-builder
• analytical thinker
• ability to challenge unsafe practices constructively
• NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety
• ISO 45001 Internal or Lead Auditor
• UK Health and Safety legislation knowledge

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