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GC147: Health & Safety Manager
Location:
Hybrid – North West with site visits
Salary:
Day rate.
Overview:
The role provides specialist subject matter expertise in life safety systems across a complex, high risk, regulated environment, with accountability for governance, assurance, and compliance. This includes critical systems such as fire detection, suppression, emergency lighting, and confined space safety systems.
- Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all life safety systems across the sites and wider science estate
- Lead governance, assurance, and compliance for life safety systems in line with statutory, regulatory, and Defra standards
- Take ownership of life safety systems including:
- Fire detection and alarm systems
- Fire suppression (e.g. gas, sprinklers)
- Emergency and escape lighting
- Smoke control and pressurisation systems
- Confined space safety systems (e.g. oxygen depletion, man trapped alarms)
- Emergency egress and protected building infrastructure
- Ensure all systems are maintained, validated, and fit for purpose prior to operational use
- Develop, implement, and maintain technical standards, policies, and procedures for life safety systems
- Undertake technical assurance and compliance audits and ensure risks are identified, recorded, and mitigated
- Lead and support incident investigations, producing technical reports and recommendations
- Act as Intelligent Client Function (ICF), providing technical oversight of FM service provider performance
- Review and authorise design proposals, changes, and new installations to ensure compliance and best practice
- Support capital programmes through design reviews, FAT/SAT attendance, and project assurance
- Ensure accurate asset information and documentation is maintained and accessible
- Develop and deliver training and competency frameworks for engineers, contractors, and end users
- Monitor system performance and drive continuous improvement, reliability, and resilience
- Manage stakeholders across APHA, project teams, and service providers to ensure effective coordination and delivery
- Support financial and operational planning, including prioritisation of works and lifecycle management
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Requirements:
- Substantial experience working in a high risk environment as a safety professional and with life safety systems
- Experience in using varied and complex IT systems to manage both people and properties, including Contractor/supplier digital platforms
- Experience in managing the full lifecycle of life safety systems, including maintenance and delivering or supporting projects for life safety systems including their specification, installation and commissioning
- Experience working with safe systems of work and developing and reviewing risk assessments and method statements for work with decontamination (engineering)systems
- Experience in influencing and building strong partnerships with customers to maintain a positive reputation
- Experience in contractor management to ensure safe working practices on site
- A thorough understanding of life safety systems and their application in the built environment
- Lead investigator skills and methods for undertaking engineering analysis.


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Skills and Qualifications:
- Good verbal and written communication skills at all levels of management
- The ability to build good relationships with our key customers providing excellent customer service skills
- Be competent in carrying out technical compliance checks and audits – and be able to provide technical guidance to the team
- Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, construction, safety or related field
- Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status or working towards
- Certified Safety Professional
- Memberships:
- Member of an appropriate professional safety or engineering institute such as IOSH or IET.
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