Health and Safety Manager, Property

Morrisons has a fantastic opportunity for a Health & Safety professional with a background in Property & Construction to be embedded within our Property team to support the teams to put Safety First in all that they deliver from design to construction and maintenance across our complex estate. You will ensure continuous improvement and implement best practice to keep our customers, colleagues, contractors and members of the public safe.

The role requires time with the team at our Head Office in Bradford but will involve some travel across the UK to stores and sites to review compliance and standards. This will include completion of recorded audits during visits and provision of support to ensure a safe working environment. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to meet existing objectives and lead on driving improvements in Health & Safety culture and compliance. Areas to be covered include, but are not limited to, Pre-Construction, Construction, Property Management and Maintenance.

Reporting to the Group Property Director, in summary you will be responsible for leading driving Safety across the Property division. This includes:

• Managing and continuously improvement
• Developing and leading Health & Safety risk management strategies
• Ensuring contractors, colleagues and visitors comply with Health & Safety legislation and adhere to all Morrisons requirements
• Reviewing Health and Safety compliance on sites
• Regular Health and Safety reviews which measure safe working practices
• Data analysis, solutions and actions
• Driving an open and honest proactive safety culture
• Leading Health and Safety whilst listening and responding to issues and concerns
• Proactively driving contractor and stakeholder engagement to drive safety forward

You will require in-depth knowledge and experience in the following areas;

• Property and Construction Health & Safety management systems including Fire
• Property Health & Safety and related legislation and its requirements
• Health & Safety requirements of Landlords and how these work in practice
• Excellent and strong communication, engagement and motivational skills
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to produce management information in impactful ways
• Ability to coach to drive performance improvement
• Ability to engage with colleagues at all levels to drive improvements
• Ability to influence business decisions that impact on Health & Safety and legality
• Ability to champion the customer and retain a customer focus whilst keeping Health & Safety at the forefront
• Ability to identify risk and prioritise tasks
• Tenacity to follow up and resolve issues