Find out more about Melanie Matthews, the health and safety manager on the Olympic Park
What do you do?
“I work for a company which is responsible for the temporary water and electricity supplies across the site. I carry out inspections and give advice on putting all the health and safety policies into practice, and it’s my job to prepare risk assessments.
When did you start working on the site?
“I started in 2009. Before that I was working as a Health and Safety advisor for another employer in London.”
What do you like about working on the Olympic Site?
‘It has been quite an experience working on the Olympic Park. Just having the chance to see it all progress is fantastic.”
More about the job
A Health and Safety Manager offers their expert knowledge and skills to make sure that people are safe at work. There laws are to protect workers. A Health and Safety Manager will make sure that these laws are being kept so that there are no unnecessary accidents at work.
Duties of a Health and Safety Manager:
- check the Health and Safety policies are being followed
- carry out risk assessments and work out how risks could be reduced
- keep up to date with all the latest laws and recommendations
- keep records on inspections and any accidents
- train the workers to make sure they know how Health and Safety applies to them
Knowledge and Skills:
- understand Health and Safety laws
- able to write written reports
- able to make decisions and work on own initiative
- good at communicating. Able to persuade people about the importance of Health and Safety
If you want to find out more about the importance of Health and Safety at the Olympic Park check out ‘Safe’
