This role is responsible for ensuring the project's quality, health, safety, security and environmental management standards are met within development and delivery areas, by both the Client and the Supply Chain. The role is also responsible for role modelling and embedding the 'Safe at heart' culture across development and delivery.

Accountabilities:

(These are a series of statements that describe the main areas this job is accountable for. Most jobs have between six and ten statements. Each accountability should make clear what is done and the results that have to be achieved)

• To be accountable for role modelling and embedding 'Safe at Heart' culture and ways of working throughout delivery.
• To be responsible for supporting risk based Quality, Health, Safety, Security and Environment operational assurance within the development and delivery areas.
• To be accountable for overseeing and ensuring compliance to centrally defined Safety and Assurance processes and policies across:
  • Quality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Environmental Management
• To be responsible for supporting the investigation of Health, Safety, Security and Environment incidents within delivery areas.
• To be accountable for facilitating the provision of Safety and Assurance services to support development & delivery teams.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

Skills:

Able to lead and work as part of a team.

Analysis Skills - can identify hidden problems utilising honest analysis and probing techniques.

Problem solving - uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all relevant sources for answers.

Planning and organising - Able to prioritise and manage own workload.

IT proficiency (eg Microsoft Office).

Ability to write technical reports including assurance and investigation reports and interface with staff across all levels of the project.

Knowledge:

All aspects of health and safety, including occupational health, health and safety elements of the Works Information, security policies/procedures/processes and Environment Management policies, procedures and processes.

Broad knowledge of range of assurance activities, tools, techniques and their application.

Type of experience:

Experience of delivering assurance across a major programme, or a complex organisation, with multiple stakeholders

Experience in leading a multi-disciplinary Quality or Health & Safety team

Experience of leading complex and challenging investigations.

A professional qualification in Health and Safety or able to demonstrate the equivalent experience of a Chartered Member