Health & Safety Manager

Job Description

Health & Safety Manager - Permanent, Canary Wharf

Hours: 40 per week, Monday to Friday

The Health & Safety Manager must be registered at Advanced level on the National Fire Risk Assessors Register (NFRAR) and be able to demonstrate designated competence to review, challenge and assure externally commissioned Fire Risk Assessments for complex residential premises.

The post holder must be able to critically assess the suitability, sufficiency and proportionality of Fire Risk Assessments in accordance with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Fire Safety Act 2021, and relevant provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022, and with reference to PAS 79‑1:2020, BS 9992:2025 and the principles of BS 8674:2025.

The role requires the ability to identify weaknesses, challenge assumptions and conclusions, and assess the adequacy of evacuation strategies and fire safety management controls. In line with BS 8674:2025, the post holder must also recognise the limits of their own competence and ensure that appropriate specialist advice is obtained where matters fall outside general fire risk assessment expertise.

Auditing, Tracking & Reporting 

• Serve as the primary coordinator for fire, health, and safety across all properties. 
• Conduct on-site audits every quarter for each property, covering a checklist that includes Health & Safety documentation and Standard Operating Procedures utilising:
  • Vantify Risk Manager
  • Incident reporting system
  • Internally documented procedures
• Carry out physical inspection of the property, including controlled and high-risk areas
• Interview key team members to establish compliance with procedures
• Prepare technical reports on findings
• Maintain tracker documentation in Monday.com and excel.
• “Stress Test” exercises to test emergency preparedness of property management teams.
• Attend sites following any incidents in order to carry out immediate mitigations and conduct an investigation.

Risk Assessments 

Support the plan and organise the risk assessment programme, which includes selecting providers for all risks assessments, and ensuring that the providers carry out and document these fully for:

• Fire Risk Assessment
• Health and Safety Risk Assessment
• Water Hygiene Risk Assessment
• Leisure facilities Risk Assessment
• Play Equipment Risk Assessment

Accidents, Incident and Near Misses

The company operates a system of reporting for accidents, incidents and near misses.  The candidate will be required to:

• Attend serious incidents in order to advise on mitigations (this can include out of hours response).
• Conduct investigations.
• Advise on lessons learned arising from investigations.
• Compile a monthly report on accidents, incidents and near misses.

Strategic work

The Health and Safety Manager will 

• Develop and contribute to relevant business strategies.
• Serve as the first point of contact for Health and Safety matters.
• Contribute to innovation.
• Assist in dealing with enforcing authorities

 Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Chartered Health and Safety (CMIOSH)

• Must be Advanced level on the National Fire Risk Assessors Register (NFRAR)

• Intent to continue with lifelong learning and professional development.

• Have 5+ years’ experience in carrying out risk assessments.

• Possess technical knowledge of the operation of high rise residential buildings. 

• Have a proven track record in the management of risk, health, and safety.

• Possess strong auditing and reporting skills at a senior level, producing high quality technical reports. 

• Have strong communication and people management skills.

• Have a solid understanding of current legislation and standards.

• Experience with Vantify, Monday.com and PowerBI would be an advantage.

Ballymore operates as an equal opportunities employer.