Health and Safety Manager

Closing Date: Friday 5th December 2025 @ 9am 

Interview Date: Tuesday 16th December 2025 - in person interview     

Providing safe homes for our customers, and safe workspaces for our colleagues, is central to everything we’re doing at bdht.   

We have an exciting opportunity for a Health & Safety Manager to join us to play a critical role in shaping the organisation’s H&S strategy. 

The role    

In this key position, you will embed a culture of safety ensuring compliance across all operational areas, including office environments, housing stock, repairs and maintenance, and contractor operations.  

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing guidance on H&S and Occupational Health matters, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance. You will also be responsible for developing policies, driving improvement projects, and delivering training programs that enhance safety awareness and operational excellence.  

This is a hands-on, high-impact role with the opportunity to influence organisational practices and directly improve the safety and wellbeing of staff, contractors, and residents. 

About you    

Our Health and Safety Manager will hold a NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent; IOSH membership or other recognised H&S qualification and have proven experience managing health and safety in housing, social care, property management, or similar operational environments. 

You will have good knowledge of UK H&S legislation including fire safety, asbestos, legionella, manual handling, and COSHH, along with experience conducting risk assessments, audits, inspections, and incident investigations. 

With excellent written and verbal skills, you will have the ability to explain complex H&S concepts to staff, management, and residents 

Experience of delivering training and developing proactive risk mitigation strategies, H&S KPIs, or safety improvement programs would be beneficial, however not essential. 

This post requires that the job holder is subject to a DBS check at a Basic level. 

Possession of a current valid driving licence and appropriately insured car is a requirement for the post. 

What we can offer in return:   

• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays 

• Holiday purchase scheme –buy up to an additional 5 days holiday per year 

• Holiday buy back scheme – bdht will buy up to 10 days holiday back from staff 

• Team budget every year to enjoy an afternoon out as a team 

• Electric vehicle leasing scheme through Octopus Energy 

• Pension scheme – defined contributions pension administered by the Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS) 

• Life insurance is available to members of the pension scheme 

• Employee Assistance Programme 

• Mental Health First Aiders 

• Healthcare Cash Back Scheme – Healthshield 

• Retail discounts scheme 

• Long Service Awards (given at 1 year, 5 years and in increments of 5 years following this) 

• Reimbursement for professional subscription fees 

• Corporate Sponsorship opportunities 

• Reimbursement for HRT pre-paid certificates 

• Reimbursement for annual flu jab 

• Free parking and refreshments 

• Monthly staff compliments raffle 

• Wellbeing calendar of events throughout the year 

Bdht reserves the right to close vacancies before the stated closing date where the volume of applications is extremely high.  

BDHT employs 170 people and is dedicated to providing excellent services to our customers by having excellent staff. We are very much a learning organisation. We have a major commitment to identifying transferable skills within our employees and creating opportunities for individuals to grow.

BDHT is a people based organisation and our people are actively encouraged to 'bring their whole selves to work'. The things that are important to you become important to us too.

We believe in our people, and actively support them based upon three core themes: ‘Look after yourself’, ‘Look after your colleagues’ and ‘Look after the business’.

We are a great employer who pays fairly and has excellent terms and conditions. But above all we absolutely recognise that good performance is linked to happy staff, so we actively encourage fun and expect that it is part of the normal working day.