Health & Safety Officer

Job Title: Health and Safety Officer

Salary: SO2 £36,124.00 - £37,938.00

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Leeds Building Services - LS14 1NZ

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions .

Leeds Building Services (LBS) is the in-house service provider for construction, repairs and maintenance works across the Council. The service currently delivers Responsive Repairs, Maintenance and Planned Works to Council Houses across various parts of the City and Council Assets across 800 sites including Schools, the Civic Estate, Offices, Sports and Leisure Centres and Children's Homes across the Authority.

As a Health & Safety Officer you will:

• To assist the Health and Safety Manager in ensuring that all operatives - both direct and indirect labour undertake work in a safe and competent manner.
• To undertake health and safety compliance inspections on direct labour operatives, agency staff and sub-contractors.
• Liaise with operational teams to ensure that all sites, works and offices are managed consistently and in the appropriate manner in relation to H&S.
• Documenting and maintaining records of all health and safety compliance inspections undertaken.
• Where applicable instigate corrective action procedure and track to full resolution of issues highlighted.

About the Role:

This is a great opportunity to move into a vibrant and forward-thinking environment supporting the delivery of a diverse range of construction services.

This role will appeal to you if you have a genuine interest in the delivery of public services and a commitment to continuous improvement and delivery of a high-quality service. Examples of the type of work involved:

• Assist with incident investigations in a professional, competent and compassionate manner and provide accurate and independent reports.
• Carry out workplace inspections.
• Carry out auditing against legislation or standard.
• Comply with all internal Health, Safety and Environmental Policies, Procedures, Practices and Legislation.
• Assist with training and developing staff across the business on standard health and safety procedures.

In addition, ideally you will have a proven track record of working as part of a dedicated team and be effective in managing competing priorities and workloads, responding quickly and appropriately to changing needs and be able to demonstrate excellent organisation and influencing skills. Our teams are proactive, highly skilled, self-motivated, and actively seek opportunities to deliver.

What we offer you:

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays.
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions.
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements.
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities.
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further.

For more information about our benefits please see the benefits section of our jobs page. www.leeds.gov.uk/jobs

How to apply

Apply for this job online. Please complete the online application form.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the communities we serve. Leeds City Council is recognised in Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index 2024. We are also an Age-friendly Employer, a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Leader.

All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six month probationary period.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, candidates must consider their own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the 'standard' salary rate of at least £38,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. For more information visit Skilled Worker visa on the government website. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job Purpose: Assist the Health and Safety Team Manager in Supporting the business in meeting compliance with all statutory and legislative Health and Safety requirements and Approved Codes of Practice and compliance with the relevant underpinning Council Policies. You will undertake health and safety inspections on direct labour, agency staff and contractors ensuring that LBS comply to legal duties. You will assist the Health and Safety Team Manager in providing health and safety advice to operational teams on a day to day basis across all sections.

To achieve high levels of efficiency, cost effectiveness and quality, ensuring maximum performance in accordance with the targets, standards and policies of the Council. To ensure overall value for money is achieved through the effective management of resources.

Responsibilities

• To assist the Health and Safety Manager in ensuring that all operatives - both direct and indirect labour undertake work in a safe and competent manner.
• To undertake health and safety compliance inspections on direct labour operatives, agency staff and sub-contractors.
• Liaise with operational teams to ensure that all sites, works and offices are managed consistently and in the appropriate manner in relation to H&S.
• Documenting and maintaining records of all health and safety compliance inspections undertaken.
• Where applicable instigate corrective action procedure and track to full resolution of issues highlighted.
• Assist with incident investigations in a professional, competent and compassionate manner and provide accurate and independent reports.
• Carry out workplace inspections.
• Carry out auditing against legislation or standard.
• Comply with all internal Health, Safety and Environmental Policies, Procedures, Practices and Legislation.
• Assist with training and developing staff across the business on standard health and safety procedures. ...