Head of HSEQ (Southern) in St Albans

Barhale is a civil engineering and infrastructure specialist with a long-standing track record in design, civil engineering and maintenance services across multiple sectors, including water, transport, built environment and energy. We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, delivering through large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, and stand-alone projects. Our direct delivery model emphasizes our people as our greatest asset, with over 1,200 employees nationwide. Barhale values have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985. We employ a range of specialist skills including tunnelling, MEICA, temporary and permanent design, steel fabrication, signs (design and fabrication), and health & safety equipment and PPE.

The Role: you will manage and support the HSEQ Managers and HSEQ Advisory Team within your area to meet the requirements of the Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Management systems. You will lead and champion HSEQ initiatives such as Be Healthy & Be Safe, Be Sustainable Be Green and Front Foot Safety plans, ensuring compliance with legislation. You will assist the HSEQ Director in developing and embedding HSEQ Management Systems and strategic actions at a corporate level, enabling continual business improvement. An additional function is to review our Health & Safety and Environmental Training Strategy and maintain its structure and content to meet ongoing business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the provision of Occupational Health within the regions of control, under the direction of the HSEQ Director.
• Assist the communication and promotion of the monthly themes.
• Promote the value of Occupational Health & Wellbeing at a local level.
• Manage and lead HSEQ Team Members for allocated areas of control.
• Provide consistent and accurate HSEQ Leadership, support and advice to HSEQ Team members.
• Give HSEQ Leadership support to regions on HSEQ initiatives, issues and problems.
• Ensure regional HSEQ statistics are maintained and reported corporately to identify trends and determine proactive initiatives.
• Deliver Leadership, support and focus to the HSEQ Team on our Be Right First-Time initiatives and monitor our Quality Control as defined by the HSEQ Systems & Audit Manager.
• Be our Lead HSEQ representative for Client support for the region under your control.
• Ensure Client-led HSEQ Forums are represented by the HSEQ Team at the appropriate level and support lessons learnt, feedback, and sharing of best practices.
• Form collaborative relationships with Client senior HSEQ representatives.
• Contribute to general communications at a company level.
• Ensure the HSEQ Team create lessons learnt.
• Communicate HSEQ alerts following incidents and poor-quality standards to promote learning and prevention, and continual improvement.
• Prepare Weekly HSEQ Flash Reports for cascade.
• Support the HSEQ Director in maintaining HSEQ performance statistics monthly as requested.
• Lead HSEQ Team investigation reviews for HSE investigations to ensure root causes are properly defined and actions support future prevention.
• Keep local and corporate senior management informed on status.
• Ensure the identification of root causes.
• Lead, support and review HSE alerts / Flash reports as above.
• Act as an independent Lead Investigator in other areas of the business under the direction of the HSEQ Director.
• Conduct regular leadership visits to support and lead by example within the areas of your control.
• Carry out two HSEQ Inspections every month in the area of your control.
• Act as a role model for HSEQ in the area under your control.
• Provide HSEQ management support for Facilities Managers at the company premises on HSE-related issues and provisions.
• Check HSEQ Team monitoring of HSE standards at company premises and ensure legal obligations are being upheld.

Essentials About you

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent as a minimum, ideally IOSH CEnv (Chartered Environmentalist) or equivalent as a minimum, ideally an associate ISEP.
• Thorough knowledge of quality controls associated with company work.
• Analytical skills to interpret detailed information and regulations.
• High standard of written English.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with staff and operatives at all levels.
• Excellent use of MS Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• CSCS Safety Professional card.
• Leadership and mentoring skills, with proven ability in developing the HSEQ team members.

Desirable

• SHE experience within a civil engineering environment and experience in the rail sector.

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and guide how we care for and invest in people. As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we invest in people and support their careers and well-being. From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported. Benefits include:

• Competitive salary.
• Company Pension.
• Life Assurance.
• Private Medical.
• 25 days of annual leave plus 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days.
• 8 hours volunteering.
• Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing.
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice.
• Company car/green car scheme or car allowance.
• Leadership & management training and coaching.
• Regular line management engagement and career progression support.
• Development supported by training.
• Continuous service awards.

Would you like to know more? Please contact our Recruitment team via careers@barhale.co.uk.