HSQE Manager
Location: Enfield
Salary / Benefits: Circa £65,000 - £70,000 plus car / allowance and competitive package.
Summary
A leading tier 1 contractor in the civil engineering and infrastructure sectors is seeking an experienced
Health and Safety Manager to join their team on working on the delivery of the infrastructure to support construction of 10,000 homes at Enfield Council's £6Bn Meridian Water development project.
This £80M framework involves the remediation of the existing site and construction of roads, bridges and flood mitigation measures; as well as electricity, gas, communications, water connections and hectares of new landscaped parkland areas.
Duties:
- Initiate and maintain positive measures to raise standards, ensuring the company complies with OHSAS 18001 obligations, health & safety legislation and all minimum health & safety standards (MSS).
- Support the monitoring of sites through the audit process, in a proactive manner to address any issues.
- Establish a system to ensure that all personnel on site, to work or to visit, have received a site induction briefing before going on site. Ensure the induction is regularly updated to reflect current site hazards/conditions.
- Ensure effective investigations take place to prevent accidents & incidents, whilst ensuring effective learning from all events are presented to the head of HSEQ for wider business distribution.
- Ensure a construction phase health & safety plan is prepared and accepted before works start and make sure the plan is continually updated.
- Introduce initiatives to improve standards and ensure safe working, whilst focusing on the proactive side of health & safety management.
- Identify, promote and where required, implement health & safety best practice.
- Participate in supporting the business with regards to tenders and pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQ's) and tender submissions, as designated by Senior Safety Manager/Preconstruction Team.
- Work with the supply chain to establish effective relationships and ensure continuous improvement in delivering safety solutions.
- In cases of difference of opinion on health & safety issues, lead negotiations to reach the best solution for the project.
- Ensure a schedule of weekly health & safety inspections is established and monitored, including operational staff, senior management and support services.
- Ensure effective assessments of the site are carried out prior to the start of any work, focusing on potential hazards e.g. services, access, ground conditions, etc.
Seeking an experienced HSQE Manager with:
- Previous experience as a Health and Safety Manager working on a major infrastructure project
- NEBOSH Diploma (Ideally) but will considered NEBOSH General or NEBOSH Construction Certificate or NVQ L3 in Health and Safety
- Degree or equivalent in Environment Management / Sciences / Sustainability and/or completion of IEMA Foundation Certificate
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