About the Role
The Gym Group is seeking a Health & Safety Officer to join their Health and Safety Team, covering gyms within the M25 area. This role involves providing expert health and safety advice to support site operations.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Regional, Cluster, and Gym Managers to provide practical, expert health and safety advice.
- Conduct audits, inspections, and risk assessments, tracking actions to completion.
- Lead investigations into serious accidents, incidents, and near misses, driving root cause analysis.
- Manage and develop the Health and Safety Heroes programme, including training and support.
- Deliver health and safety training, workshops, and awareness sessions.
- Support enforcing authority visits and manage formal notices.
- Contribute to ISO 45001 and FITcert accreditation audits.
- Lead on a technical specialism such as CDM, Building Safety, or fire safety.
- Produce regional performance updates and analyze trends.
- Support the preparation of the monthly Safe and Legal Report.
Requirements
- NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or recognised equivalent) is a firm requirement.
- Solid experience in a health and safety role across a multi-site operational environment.
- Strong working knowledge of UK health and safety legislation and Approved Codes of Practice.
- Practical experience of CDM and Building Safety requirements.
- Proven ability to lead incident investigations, conduct risk assessments, and manage audit action plans.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to build trusted relationships.
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly across an assigned regional patch.
Skills
- Health and safety advice
- Audits
- Inspections
- Risk assessments
- Incident investigations
- Root cause analysis
- Training delivery
- Stakeholder communication
- ISO 45001
- CDM
- Building Safety
- Fire safety
Location
- Clapham Junction
- M25 area
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Solid experience working in a health and safety role across a multi-site operational environment.
Education Level
- NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (or recognised equivalent)
- Level 6 health and safety qualification (NEBOSH Diploma, NCRQ Diploma in Applied Health and Safety) desirable
- Member of IOSH at Graduate or Chartered level with a structured CPD desirable
About the Company
- The Gym Group is the 2nd largest gym business in the UK and 4th largest in Europe.
- They hire people with passion, positivity, and enthusiasm.
- They actively invest in employees, offering flexibility and support.
- Recognised as #1 in their industry by Glass Door and #25 in the Top 50 Best Places to Work in 2022.
- Hold the Investors in People Gold Award for 2 years.
- Recent winners of an award for work and support during the pandemic.
Equal Opportunity
- Actively encourage applications from a diverse demographic.
- Passionate about culture and value alignment.
