Qhse Officer

**Position**: QHSE Officer
**Department**:Group-wide
**Assignment**: Permanent, Associate Level
**Line Manager**: QHSE Manager
**Location**: Kimpton Office & regular site visits

This role is a for a H&S professional looking for the next step in their career. The role will be mentored and further training is offered with this role, but you will need to demonstrate appropriate underlying SKEB to hit the ground running as an active member of the team from day one. Core competence it required in H&S but there will be significant cross over into supporting the management and maintenance of the company IMS as part of the role.

**Essential Skills**:

- Minimum 2 years of construction contractor experience (preferably in a construction site based QHSE / compliance role).
- Experience of assisting with and/or auditing the set up and managing of sites as Principal Contractor (CDM2015).
- Qualified with NEBOSH Construction Certificate or equal minimum. QHSE Graduate preferred.
- Highly organised, good with paperwork and writing, and having excellent time management skills.
- Solution focused with grounded construction operations knowledge - preferably in commercial HVAC and/or fit-out construction.
- Capable of devising logical and practicable solutions and procedures to overcome problems and ensure continuous improvement is achieved across the business.
- Willing to take on tasks proactively themselves where necessary to solve problems and progress the task in a timely manner. (For clarity, this is NOT a hands-off advisor/auditor ‘do as I say / show me’ position, it is also a front line producing/doing ‘active contributor’ role to support the team in closing out their actions).

**Desirable Skills**:

- **Building Safety Act 2022**:Having the right SKEB to meaningfully support, and evidence of competence (ongoing CPD record) in respect of understanding and assisting contractor and/or design teams in discharging their duties under Building Safety Act 2022 is ideal.
- **Q&E**:Previous auditing experience for integrated ISO Management Systems is ideal. Ideally familiar with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.
- Experience using Procore or SimPro digital platforms.

**Duties**:

- To support the QHSE Manager in ensuring company compliance with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and related acts.
- To support the QHSE Manager in ensuring company compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022 and related acts.
- Primarily to help prevent any adverse incidents occurring in the first place, but also to ensure the company position on QHSE matters is highly defensible if called upon. This means always ensuring: good timely planning, good timely implementation, and good timely records are all in place across the company.
- To proactively support the team in planning stages of tasks/projects, assisting in producing documentation where necessary. From time to time this may include producing RAMS, Construction Phase Plans, Induction and toolbox talk content etc, assisting with planning site establishment etc. to assist the team however required in this regard.
- To manage personnel training records and organise QHSE and CPD training as/when required, and collate matrix and records.
- To carry out impartial Health Safety and Environmental auditing and reporting on company/customer sites to identify any non-compliance and subsequently assist with and guide the close out of actions needed to ensure compliance.
- To pro-actively assist our teams in ensuring full regulatory compliance across all company/customer sites to the extent of our scope.
- To help ensure all QHSE systems and documentation are kept up to date and relevant. Assist with annual review of these documents.
- To assist with the auditing and maintenance of the company IMS and ensure effective implementation is maintained.
- To assist the QHSE Manager in IMS maintenance, reviews, and continuous improvement activities, including but not limited to assisting with closing out NCRs and trend analysis.
- To assist auditing of IMS management systems to planned frequencies, taking appropriate actions to correct deficiencies and maintain compliance with established standards.
- Assist with maintaining all Company accreditations, and the task of preparing for and presenting the company properly to various third party auditors for these as required. Ensure all necessary evidence is in place and to ensure close out of any shortcomings that may be identified at audit.
- To assist completion of customer prequalification questionnaires and support bids in QHSE matters.
- To assist with new sub-contractor/supplier approval process and their annual reviews.
- To assist with accident and incident investigations and maintain company records and statistics of the same.
- To maintain knowledge of current regulations and codes of practice etc and help disseminate updates to the team.
- To report help produce safety bulletins and toolbox talks where