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Job Description
Lead Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) specialist required to oversee compliance and ensure highest standards of HSE across major infrastructure projects.
The role involves advising on overall compliance in matters of HSE, leading by example, and serving as a role model in mobilising all project contractors to adopt the highest standards of HSE throughout the programme.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the development and implementation of a credible HSE Management System for the Contracting Entity's Infrastructure Department, including KPIs, dashboards, procedures, best practices, lessons learned and reporting systems.
- Provide oversight of the management of HSE impact within the Programme.
- Develop and deliver HSE induction to staff and sub-contractors.
- Conduct site audits, site inspections, task inspections, environmental audits.
- Review PSDP, PSCS project documentation, preliminary plans, construction stage plans, emergency plans, risk assessment method statements, temporary works and lift plans.
- Attend co-ordination meetings, site set up meetings, project status meetings.
- Assist with implementing ISO standards and ensuring these standards are maintained.
- Review and update SOPs, construction site permits and safe plan of actions.
- Enforce preventative measures, review control measures, amend where required.
- Manage the Permission to Work (P2W) system, review all submitted documents before permission to work is granted.
- Incident investigation oversight to ensure lessons-learned are implemented.
- Report on HSE performance of the programme using suitable key performance indicators.
- Keep relevant teams and individuals within the programme appraised of any proposed change in legislation that may impact on their business and advise of the implications.
- Establish, drive and implement best practice in relation to HSSE across the programme.
- Provide expert advice, assistance and support to the Programme teams on HSE requirements.
- Ensure the HSE management systems, processes and tools are fit for purpose and drive continuous improvement.
- Lead the development of processes that enable safety, and occupational health risks to be identified and mitigated.
- Ensure that there are effective processes for the recording, reporting and investigation of accidents and incidents.
Requirements:
- 10 years+ experience in HSE across major infrastructure and engineering projects, particularly in the aviation industry.
- Previous experience managing HSE on site.
- Experience in developing and maintaining HSE Management Systems, Safe T Cert, OHSAS 18001, ISO 45001.
- Knowledge and familiarity with contract documents, forms of contract and specifications.
- Excellent written communications and interpersonal skills.
- Team player, self-motivated and able to work using his/her own initiative.
- Excellent organisational skills with a positive, can-do flexible work attitude.
- Ability to work to strict deadlines and handle conflicting priorities.
- Strong computer skills including MS Office, Excel, Auto CAD, MS Project Primavera.
- Health and Safety Diploma or Degree is essential, along with circa 10 years experience.
- Mandatory Practicing/Training/Compliance Certification.
- Good Health & Safety awareness with Safepass accreditation.
- Basic Fire, asbestos & confined space safety awareness.