HSQE Manager

Salary: £35,000



Our client is a world leading organisation employing some 35,000 associates.

 

SCOPE & PURPOSE:

 

·         To implement, maintain and monitor quality and H&S systems

·         To identify issues and opportunities for continual improvement, and work with appropriate members of the team to ensure they are actioned

·         Maintain compliance with all aspects of quality and H&S systems, including but not limited to ISO certifications, quality, environmental, information security, business continuity, health and safety and shipping compliance

·         Management of the internal and external audit function

·         Conduct site visits in line with audit requirements

·         To review any proposed legislation and revisions of current legislation, assess the relevance and impact on the business and facilitate measures to maintain compliance

·         To ensure that the conditions of any licenses that the company holds are upheld

·         To facilitate applications for additional licences/certifications that the company determines are necessary

 

PRINCIPAL TASKS OF JOB / CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

Quality & H&S System Development

 

·         Maintenance and ongoing development or all systems

·         To scope and plan any Development and accreditation of further standards as determined by the needs of the business. To define resource requirement as required to deliver the business need

 

Environmental and H&S Legislative Compliance

 

·         Manage the company’s responsibilities with respect to Environmental and H&S legislation and ensure that the business is always compliant with existing legislation and is aware of the implications of future legislation by Facilitating the identification of Quality objectives and key performance indicators

·         Determine the manner of reporting, analysis and improvement activities

·         To ensure that applications and renewals for all license registrations are accurately and comprehensively completed and submitted in a timely manner to ensure continuity of registrations

·         To develop a harmonious and effective relationships with the appropriate licensing/enforcement authorities

·         To liaise with the appropriate licensing/enforcement authority in order to resolve or clarify issues that may arise

·         Quality and H&S system support maintaining and developing processes as business requirements in line with policies.

 

Internal Audit

 

·         Management of the audit function and reporting, including ensuring effective corrective actions are in place to correct any non-conformances identified and that where appropriate, preventative actions are in place to prevent non-conformances from occurring.

 

External Audits

 

·         Management of customer expectations with respect to quality systems

·         Facilitating / hosting as required during any onsite audits including customer, local and national authority audits

·         Effective timely resolution in line with customer/authority requirements of any non-conformities raised. Drawing on internal resource as required

·         Communicating improvement plans and timeframes to customers

 

External communications

 

·         Communicating with customers on issues that relate to quality systems and ensuring results of such communications are documented and followed up according to CAR

 

Quality and H&S system awareness

 

·         Preparing and maintaining material for the training functions to communicate awareness induction training of the company’s requirements for quality and environmental management

·         Preparing briefing material to address specific issues

·         Conducting awareness briefings with staff on specific issues as they arise

 

 Third Party Accreditations

 

·         Ensuring compliance with existing accreditations is maintained where agreed

·         Developing systems to meet the requirements of additional accreditations that the company may require

·         Facilitating / Hosting during external assessment visits as required

·         Effective timely resolution in line with customer/authority requirements of any non-conformities raised. Drawing on internal resource as required

·         Communicating improvement plans and timeframes to the accreditation body

 

Continuous development

 

·         Continuously developing the Quality and H&S Management systems and encouraging a continuous improvement culture within the organisation

·         Active role in the implementation, management and monitoring of company sustainability initiatives

 

Other:

 

·         Ensure compliance of company policies and procedures

·         To be aware of the Health & Safety requirements, in accordance with guidelines as set out in the Health & Safety manual

·         To have a flexible approach to work to deliver business goals

·         To attend training courses on and off site as and where necessary to ensure personal and team job skills keep pace with legislative and business developments

 

Health and Safety:

 

·         To chair regular H&S meetings and manage and document the inputs and outputs to promote safety, ensure compliance and strive for continual improvement

·         Providing instruction, assistance and monitoring on the completion of assessments such as risk, manual handling, display screen equipment, COSHH, PUWER etc.

·         Completing and documenting regular health and safety audits within designated premises

·         Highlighting all health and safety related issues that pose a possible risk, breaches current health and safety legislation or is deemed a general bad working practice

·         Investigating and reporting accidents, incidents or dangerous occurrences via the correct methods

·         Review of documentation relating to health and safety issues such as accident reports, incident reports etc.

·         Effectively communicating with all levels of management on issues relating to health and safety

·         Proactively promoting a good safety culture

·         Achieving ‘Zero Harm’

 

TEAMWORK

 

·         Responsible for coaching, supporting and encouraging members of the team

·         Contribute to the development of the team through regular sessions

·         Promote and ensure team members work together to achieve their personal and team goals

 

PROJECT WORK

 

·         Where appropriate, manage service focused projects

·         For each project undertaken, complete all relevant tasks and documentation

·         Ensure that assigned project tasks are undertaken to the specification and standard required

 

COMMUNICATION

 

·         Create and maintain a relationship with all stakeholders

·         Provide expert advice and consultancy to all staff and associated third parties to determine best solutions and practice

·         Build a constructive relationship with customers

 

Job Title: HSQE Manager

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire

Salary: £35,000

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.30pm

Job Type: Permanent

Job Reference: KT10225

Wilde Associates is working in the capacity of an Employment Business in respect of this role