To assist the HSE Manager with the day to day management of the department will be the key function of the role and also provide support and advice to operational teams on all aspects of health and safety management, developing health and safety documentation, meeting legal, company and project standards and helping deliver a safety culture of continual improvement and delivering the highest standards. Understand the Clients and Regulators requirements to ensure their health and safety requirements are complied with and work with supply chain to ensure they meet their legal and contractual obligations. Support the site teams to eliminate, minimise and mitigate risk to protect the operational teams, project management, visitors and members of the public.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities:
Implement the Project H&S Strategy as determined by the Senior Leadership team-
- Ensure that legal, contractual and procedural compliance is delivered.
- Provide advice and support to operational management and teams on health and safety matters.
- Work to parent company and projects codes of conduct and terms and conditions of employment.
- To promote a positive culture across all levels of the team and challenge behaviours not consistent with the strategy and ethos.
- To advise and support the project teams on their specific H&S duties, and provide guidance, monitoring and reporting on compliance with these responsibilities.
- To provide support to project site management and supervision to ensure that all operations and activities are effectively planned and undertaken in compliance with site and project HSE requirements.
- To provide the project team with competent advice on current HSE legislation applicable to the activities, any hazards present relevant to the scope of works
- To contribute towards building a positive team spirit on all H&S matters on the project.
- To actively challenge and report any unsafe actions and unsafe conditions.
- To ensure all enquiries from the project teams are dealt with accurately and promptly.
- Deliver suitable safety training programmes for all project personnel (including routine project inductions, toolbox talks and topic specific presentations as necessary to achieve the project goals).
- Participate in the regular reviews and updates of the project HSE management system via internal audits and with external accreditation bodies.
- Provide support to the site teams for internal and external audits.
- Maintain a visual presence on site and assist with coaching and mentoring of project personnel to ensure continuous improvements.
- Support the project management teams with the development and maintenance of project management, construction phase plans and project risk assessment and method statements.
- Undertake internal Health, Safety, Environmental & Quality Audits to identify possible gaps within the management system.