Main Duties:
- Provide strategic leadership for the Company’s QHSE, Quality and Compliance function, ensuring it supports business objectives and protects the Company, its people and its reputation.
- Overall accountability for the design, implementation and continual improvement of the Group QHSE Management System, including governance, assurance and document control.
- Overall responsibility for the Company’s Quality and Compliance performance, including maintaining relevant accreditations and ensuring effective internal control and assurance processes.
- Ensure the Company is compliant with applicable QHSE legislation and requirements in the UK and internationally, and maintain oversight of changes to legislation, client standards and regulatory expectations.
- Line manage and develop the Group Health and Safety Manager, setting priorities and ensuring effective operational delivery and site assurance across the business.
- Provide governance and functional direction to QHSE Managers and site-based QHSE roles (dotted reporting), ensuring consistent standards, competent advice and timely support to operations and projects.
- Lead Board-level QHSE, Quality and Compliance reporting, including performance metrics, trends, audit results, risks, and improvement plans.
- Define and maintain the Company’s assurance programme (audits, inspections, leadership tours, compliance checks) and ensure findings are prioritised, actioned and closed out effectively.
- Oversee incident governance, including classification, investigation standards, statutory and client reporting, root cause analysis and verification of corrective and preventive actions; ensure proportionate escalation to senior leadership.
- QHSE Lead on all serious / major incidents.
- Ensure robust emergency preparedness and business contingency arrangements are in place, tested and reviewed, with debriefs and lessons learned embedded across the business.
- Support tendering and client governance requirements by providing QHSE, Quality and Compliance input, evidence, and continuous improvement narratives where required.
- Provide senior support for urgent QHSE matters, including out of hours escalation and site visits, where necessary.
- Undertake designated project work as required by the Board on behalf of the Company.
Additional duties as requested to assist the needs of the business.
Qualifications and experience required for this role:
- Proven senior QHSE, Quality or Compliance leadership experience within a high risk operational environment (onshore drilling, construction, energy, industrial, utilities or similar).
- Strong working knowledge of UK HSE legal framework and experience managing compliance requirements across multiple projects, clients and locations.
- Competence in management system leadership, audit and assurance, including ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 (or equivalent).
- Qualification(s) to include a relevant HSE or Quality degree or equivalent experience, plus a recognised HSE qualification (NEBOSH or equivalent) and an auditing qualification.
- Desirable: Chartered membership of IOSH and/or relevant Quality professional membership.
- Evidence of skills demonstrating leadership, prioritisation, delegation and development of staff at this level, including line management of senior team members.
- Strong communication skills including written, verbal and board level reporting/presentation.
- Experience of training facilitation and competence management.
Salary
Salary commensurate with experience.
Benefits:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Clay Cross South S45: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)
Experience:
- SHEQMS : 5 years (required)
- HSE Legislation: 5 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Drivers Licence (required)
- HSE Related Degree (preferred)
- Chartered membership of IOSH or professional Membership (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
