Head of HSEQ

Our client has an immediate requirement for a Head of HSEQ to join their team in Yorkshire on a permanent basis.  

As Head of HSEQ, you will manage and support the HSEQ Managers & HSEQ Advisory Team within the area of your control to meet the requirements of the Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Management systems.  

Lead and champion HSEQ initiatives such as Be Healthy & Be Safe Plan, Be Sustainable Be Green Plan & Front Foot Safety within areas of your control whilst ensuring that legislation is adhered to.  

Assist the HSEQ Director to work on further developing and embedding HSEQ Management Systems and strategic actions at a Corporate level to enable continual business improvement.  

An additional function will be to review their Health & Safety and Environmental Training Strategy and maintain its structure and content to meet the ongoing business needs.  

Key Responsibilities:  

• Support the provision of Occupational Health within the regions of control, under the direction of the HSEQ Director  

• Support the communication and promotion of the monthly themes.  

• Promote the value of Occupational Health & Wellbeing at a local level.  

• Provide consistent and accurate HSEQ Leadership, support and advice to HSEQ Team members.  

• Provide HSEQ Leadership support to regions on HSEQ initiatives.  

• Provide HSEQ Leadership to issues/problems.  

• Ensure regional HSEQ statistics are maintained and reported corporately to identify trends and determine proactive initiatives.  

• Provide Leadership, support and focus to the HSEQ Team on their Be Right First-Time initiatives and monitor their Quality Control as defined by the HSEQ Systems & Audit Manager.  

• Be their Lead HSEQ representative for Client support for the regions 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  

• Communications and communicates 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 cause(s) are properly defined and appropriate as well as ensuring 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.  

• Conduct 2No HSEQ Inspections every month in the area of your control.  

• Act as a role model for HSEQ in the area under your control.  

• Satisfy yourself with HSEQ management support for Facilities Managers at 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.

Essential  

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent as a minimum but ideally IOSH.  

• CEnv or equivalent as a minimum but ideally associate IEMA.  

• Extensive SHE experience within a civil engineering environment and experience in the rail sector would be beneficial but not essential Client-facing.  

• Sound knowledge of quality controls associated with company work activities.  

Skills and Qualifications:  

• Analytical skills to interpret detailed information and regulations.  

• High standard of written English  

• Good communication skills, including professional telephone manners.  

• People skills – ability to liaise with staff/operatives of all levels within the company.  

• Excellent use of MS Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint  

• Effective communicator with strong presentation and report-writing skills.  

• CSCS Safety Professional card  

• Mentoring skills to develop HSEQ Team members  

Personal Qualities:  

• Able to provide strong leadership skills for the HSEQ Team and capable of encouraging team members to work alone to tight deadlines as appropriate.  

• Pride - sets own high-quality standards, e.g. attention to detail.  

• Passion for Health, Safety &, Environment.  

• Lead by/set a good example.