Health and Safety Lead (Hseq)

Salary: £36 per hour

IBP are currently recruiting for a SHEQ Lead based in Cramlington. The Health and Safety Lead must develop ownership and a proactive approach to all SHEQ related matters, while ensuring the implementation of the business Safety Management System, delivery of legislative and client requirements promoting continuous improvement of SHEQ performance.

Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

Provide operational support for the delivery teams promoting operational ownership of Health and Safety
Management of SHEQ Advisor(s)
Ensure a positive incident reporting culture within contracts, that all incidents are properly investigated, and root causes established; ensure that root causes and recommendations are communicated across the wider division
Monitoring and measuring Key SHEQ Performance Indicators
Implement and share best practice through regular meetings
Contribute to the development of the Safety Management System (SMS)
Liaise with the client Health and Safety personnel to ensure procedural and contractual reporting requirements are met
Target key risk areas within each contract / work streams
Identify contract and work stream opportunities for innovation
Liaise with operational management team to ensure a consistent approach across the business
Collaborate with other SHEQ personnel across the division to drive consistency and implementation of initiatives
Undertake deep dive reviews on contracts / work streams under your area of responsibility to identify areas of non-compliance, ensuring comprehensive corrective action planning
Ensure regimes of inspections and audits are planned and executed throughout contracts / work streams and recommendations and actions are closed out in line with the safety management system
Build and maintain good working relationships with client personnel, ensuring constant communication
Ensure all CDM appointments are up to date and post holders have had successful competency assessments
Support tender submissions / award submissions within area of operations
Produce weekly and monthly reports and findings of the analysis of the completed audit / inspections carried out by SHE personnel and operational FLM’s.
Liaise with the Divisional Training Manager on the identification and fulfilling of all SHEQ training requirements.
Attend client meetings to provide full support to the business on subject matters
Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation regarding: Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality.
Manage ongoing compliance to all defined accreditations e.g. OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001; Achilles, Safe Contractor etc.
The ideal candidate must possess the following skills and experience

Previous experience in a Health and Safety role within the telecommunication sector
Strong knowledge on Working at Height Requirements and Systems
Working knowledge of Electrical Requirements (BS7671 and NICEIC)
Working knowledge of non-ironizing radiation (NIR) Identification and prevention
Working Knowledge of fixed and mobile infrastructure networks, including but not limited to: Optical Networks – Fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) and Fibre to The Premises (FTTP) – Radio telemetry solutions – 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G base station installations (Mobile Mast Installation) – Network decommission and recovery
Qualified to Degree / NVQ Level 5 or working towards
CMIOSH (Chartered status or working towards)
Proven understanding of Health and Safety legislation
Strong project management and analytical skills
An eye for detail and drive for continuous improvement
Commercial awareness
Good communications skills – written and verbal
Fully competent at using the appropriate company IT systems and office software
Proven influencing and negotiation skills
Full UK driving licence
Thank you for applying for this position. Successful applicants will be contacted within 10 working days of submitting their application – if you not hear back within this time, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please feel free to apply for any future roles.

IBP Recruitment Ltd provides services as an Agency and an Employment Business for permanent and contract recruitment and the supply of temporary workers, and we are committed to equal opportunities for all candidates.