HSQE Manager in Chelmsford

Job Summary

Aureos is seeking a Health and Safety Manager to join our distribution team based in Swatragh.

The HSQE Manager will provide the provision of competent health, safety, quality (assurance) and site environmental advice. Ensuring inspections and guidance for the site staff and management team is carried out. Providing challenge where required and not walking by. Promotion of safe equipment, standards and method of working. Managing and mentoring of those under their control, developing areas where the staff can improve their skills. Showing the behaviours expected and leading by example each and every time.

This is a site-based role.

Primary duties, responsibilities and accountabilities

• Where unsafe working is identified, stop the works, agree and document suitable and safe solution and re-brief.
• Responsible for managing and mentoring of HSQE Advisors
• Responsible for ensuring HSQE specific KPI information is produced
• Active attendance and participation in internal / external meetings / forums / working groups to promote the business activities
• Assisting the operational team with reviewing of CDM documentation
• Assurance of process and working methods; monitor effectiveness of the business management system
• Take an active role in developing, maintaining and promoting a positive HSQE culture
• Ensuring compliance with standards and client requirements
• Undertaking task analysis of risk assessment and method statements / Task briefings
• Provide support and advice for staff to aid and promote sustainable practices
• Ensure all requirements and findings are closed within the required timescales
• For ensuring any lessons are shared with the wider team and managing the team resource in the most cost effective and economical manner.
• Ensuring any problems or positives are raised to a higher level as necessary.
• Ensuring the required level and quality of HSE advice required is provided.

Secondary duties, responsibilities and accountabilities

• Liaison with regulatory/enforcement bodies when required
• Encourage quality contributions and ensure timely close out and feedback is actioned, promote lessons learnt and good practice sharing.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with site teams, clients and other stakeholders
• Promotion of health and wellbeing support, and directing staff where required
• Prepare and deliver workforce (including subcontractors) engagement (tool box talks, awareness sessions)
• Lead on Level 2 investigations
• Proactively reducing risk through input and attendance during the planning process
• Provide support to tendering activity as required
• Deputise for Lead HSQE Manager where appropriate

Qualifications and Training

Essential:

• NEBOSH Construction Level 3 – Level 6 (or equivalent)
• IOSH Membership Grad – Chartered (or equivalent)
• IEMA Practitioner member or above (or equivalent)
• Driving Licence

Desirable:

• CSCS
• EUSR
• PTS

Knowledge and Experience

Essential:

• Understanding of working methods

Desirable:

• Industrial knowledge across the infrastructure Services areas of Business
• Basics of management systems
• Site inspections and risk assessment experience
• Site experience
• Reviewing CDM and industry
• Sustainability and carbon capture

Skills and abilities

Essential:

• Excellent listening behaviours
• Positive attitude
• Ability to work weekends when required.
• Ability to work overtime when required.
• Ability to use IT systems including Microsoft 365, and HSQE specific systems.

Desirable:

• Excellent time management and relationship skills, comfortably working effectively within a broad range of working environments.
• Strong interpersonal skills able to communicate clearly to inform and influence others; uses appropriate, effective methods to deliver messages.
• Embraces and drives continuous improvement, challenging the status quo for the benefit of the business, supporting learning and development.
• Hands on approach to problem solving
• Excellent standard of written and numerical literacy

Equal opportunities

Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.