Health & Safety Business Partner

Last Mile Group; Reading; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 53,000

Job description

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Working Hours: Monday-Thursday 08:30-17:00 and Friday 08:30-16:00

Salary: Up to £52,215 DOE

Location: South England

Closing Date: 03/04/2025

Job Category: Health, Safety, Risk and Compliance

Company: Last Mile Infrastructure

Contractual Base: Remote / Home-based

Job Introduction

Health & Safety Business Partner – South England

Step into a leading utilities company that champions innovation and service excellence. At Last Mile, we take pride in delivering top-quality solutions across the multi-utility sector. Our Health and Safety team in South England is expanding, and we're looking for a skilled Health & Safety Business Partner to join us.

As a Health and Safety Business Partner, reporting to the Health and Safety Manager for Design and Build, you’ll provide expert guidance on health, safety, and compliance, driving a strong safety culture across our operations. You'll ensure legal and regulatory requirements are met while striving to exceed industry standards.

Your home address will be your primary place of work, with regular travel to offices and sites across the Southwest, Southeast, and London. This role requires a proactive and hands-on approach to supporting teams across the region.

What’s in it for you as a Health & Safety Business Partner?

• 25 days holiday, increasing after 2 years by 1 day each year up to 30 days, plus 9 public holidays
• Discretionary bonus
• EV and ULEV salary sacrifice scheme (subject to minimum length of service)
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Up to 7% employer pension contribution
• Life assurance (x4 annual basic salary)
• Refer a friend incentive
• Wagestream
• Employee assistance programme
• Flexible start and finish times for eligible roles*
• Private medical insurance*
• Company sick pay*

*Some of our benefits are only applicable when you have successfully completed your probation period*

Your responsibilities as a Health & Safety Business Partner:

• Audit working practices to ensure that they are safe, comply with legislation and identify any improvements that could reduce risk.
• Carry out regular site inspections to ensure that policies and procedures are properly implemented and are being followed. Travel to sites regularly (approximately 3 days per week) across your region, carrying out inspections to ensure policies and procedures are properly implemented and are being followed.
• Conduct safety meetings, briefings, safety campaigns, training, safety initiatives about health and safety issues and risks and promote a safe working environment.
• Providing risk-based coaching to operatives to help them better understand the risks associated with the works they are undertaking.
• Work with your peers to review the findings of audits and inspections and develop initiatives or changes that will make improvements.
• Undertake accident and incident investigations and prepare reports.
• Support in the closure of Non-Conformances to ensure that any learning points or corrective actions required are implemented within the business.
• Support the Project Management team with audits, advice, and CDM assistance and provide safety coaching and guidance in complex situations. Conduct safety inductions for new employees and regular refresher courses for existing staff.
• Contribute to the review, development, implementation, and maintenance of Last Mile’s health, safety and compliance policies, procedures, and standards to ensure they are up to date, appropriate, proportionate, and consistent across the business, keeping track of changes within the industry.

Experience / Knowledge:

• Solid experience in a health, safety and compliance role in utility/construction sector (or ex-military).
• Detailed knowledge of current health, safety & environmental legislation, and its application within the utility industry.
• Experienced in risk assessment, auditing, and risk management techniques.

Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of ISO 9001; ISO 14001 & ISO 45001.

Have you got the drive to go to the Last Mile as a Health & Safety Business Partner? Apply now!

We aim to keep candidates informed throughout the process and encourage you to apply promptly as we may close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

About us:

Last Mile is one of the largest last-mile multi-utility businesses in the UK.

We understand construction and we know utilities. We take responsibility for the ‘last mile’ of infrastructure that connects developments to wider distribution networks.

Our strong history in gas and electricity connections, deep knowledge of the industry and secure investor backing means we can provide a comprehensive multi-utility solution that includes clean (ground source) heat networks, electricity, water and wastewater.

Working through our operating companies UKPS (in South of England and Wales), Energetics (in Scotland, North Wales and the North of England) and our asset adoption business Last Mile Asset Management, we offer a ‘one-stop shop’ for new utility connections.