Main Purpose of the Job:
The Health & Safety Business Partner (HSBP) will be expected to:
- Act as a subject matter expert to airport line management and key stakeholders on all Occupational Health & Safety matters pertaining to their areas.
- Have an excellent understanding of all HSE regulations, with the ability to adapt them to LCY requirements by producing, training and implementing through relevant procedures, programmes, manuals, and instructions.
- Develop strategies to continuously improve the safety at LCY.
- Maintain a close working relationship with the team of departmental Safety Champions, providing guidance and support to enhance their training and input to the overall safety of the airport.
- Promote a proactive Health & Safety Culture and the LCY Just Culture aligned with the overall LCY Safety Culture.
Main Tasks of the Job:
- Investigate injury/ill health to people caused by on-site accidents/incidents, and provide information as required to the HSE, especially regarding RIDDOR events.
- Produce, promote, implement, and manage the H&S Manual.
- Submit timely and accurate reports relating to safety incidents; supporting LCY departments as required with relevant investigation findings and actions.
- Develop meaningful working relationships with line management and be seen as a trusted and critical partner to the business to help develop and evolve the safety system.
- Produce, train, implement, and manage all H&S processes and procedures highlighted in the H&S Manual, and compliant with HSE and DfT legislation.
- Close management of the LCY Safety Champions (in liaison with their department / line management), with added responsibility to develop the role as necessary to enhance the overall safety of the airport. Conduct & coordinate (with the Safety Champions) regular Health & Safety inspections.
- Manage all the First Aid requirements (personnel and equipment) for LCY.
- Work closely with the wider Safety Team to ensure that all requirements of the roles are completed.
- Provide relevant inputs into, and attendance at, all Safety Reports & Meetings (weekly, monthly, quarterly and/or annually).
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with all third parties to enhance the safety of LCY.
- Provide and assist the QM with H&S aspects of internal and external audits.
- Use analytics and historical data (internal & external) to develop prevention and upskilling strategies to ensure the continuous safety of all employees, contractors, and stakeholders on LCY property.
- Promote a proactive Health & Safety Culture and the LCY Just Culture aligned with the overall LCY Safety Culture.
- Liaison with LCY Occupational Health provider as required for injured colleagues undergoing rehabilitation.
- Any other Health & Safety task as directed by Senior Management.
Key Competencies:
- An understanding of the aviation (airport) industry.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- An excellent understanding of HSE regulations.
- A good understanding of DfT, and UKHSA requirements which are relevant to LCY.
- Excellent IT skills and familiar with the use of standard software applications.
- Good analytical skills, with the ability to identify relevant H&S trends.
- Have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly to all staff and management while promoting a ‘Safe & Well’ working environment utilising information, training, and guidance.
- Be a balanced decision maker with the ability to assess cost verses benefit alongside risk and probability
Qualifications:
- NEBOSH General Certificate (Essential)
- Technical Member of IOSH (TechIOSH) (Essential)
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Health & Safety Department (Desirable)
- NEBOSH Diploma (or working towards) (Desirable)
- Graduate Member of IOSH (or working towards) (GradIOSH) (Desirable)
- Level 4 English speaking & written (Minimum)
Hours of Work:
40 hours per week Monday-Friday
Benefits:
- Free onsite parking
- Access to discounted Private Medical Insurance for you and immediate family
- Medicash Cash plan
- On site Physiotherapist
- Discounted Gym Membership at many local facilities
- Staff discounts at most of retailers on site & some local restaurants & hotels
- Enrolment into company AE pension scheme
- Access to Salary sacrifice pension scheme
- Bereavement Counselling
- Cycle 2 Work salary sacrifice scheme
- Hastee Pay Advances
- 25 Days Annual leave
- LCY Central discount website
- Annual performance related bonus
- Annual Season Ticket Loan
- Holiday Buy scheme (Ability to purchase up to 1 weeks A/L per year)
- Access to Salary Sacrifice Car leasing Scheme
London City Airport is one of the largest private sector employment sites in the London Borough of Newham. We offer a wide range of interesting and challenging career opportunities for the local community.
With over 2,000 employees here, working either directly for London City Airport Limited or for one of our concession partners, airlines, or other business partners on site, the scope for career satisfaction and progression is huge.
London City Airport is an Inclusive Employer.
At London City Airport we respect and celebrate each other’s individual differences. We embrace all backgrounds and abilities of all team members and we work closely with our Inclusion Group A Voice for all to ensure we are an inclusive workplace.
Please note that we only ask candidates to go through the necessary security checks (Criminal Record Checks or CRC) once a position has been offered. If you are approached by a third-party site offering to manage the process for you, please ignore it.
London City Airport Ltd is not currently delivering a Graduate Training Programme but we do run a Work Experience Programme. Please click here to find out more.
